@SummerSnowQueen Hi, Jeweeeeeeeel! Why not? Well I gotta say it's not that satisfying but it certainly is not the worst book I've read either. It wasn't a catchy cliffhanger. I want to believe there's more to the story - that there will be more excitement and stuff in the fifth book. If The Heir were to stand alone without the first three books, it won't be as intriguing. I guess we read it because either we wanted to know what happened to Maxeria after The One or we wanted to experience The Selection in another point of view.