Matched- Ally Condie (3 1/2 Stars)

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

Review

3 1/2 Stars

I love dystopian novels... I really do.... truly I do. But this one was just lacking. I mean I loved the society and what goes on in the society. What I didn't like was

A.) It was kind of slow

B.) Xavier and Ky

 

I loved Ky but I didn't like how Cassia strung Xavier along. They were best friends. Seriously. And then she just like falls for Ky I guess. One moment,I swear, they were friends and the next BAM! They were in love. Like, What the heck? Love takes time, it's not instant. But it was in this book. I also didn't like how Ms. Condie killed off Grandfather. I mean she wrote it in a beautiful way, I cried, I did. But why did she have to kill him. What was the point? I guess it could symbolize how disturbed the Society really was. But still I liked Grandfather. Cassia did too. Why couldn't we keep him? Oh Well. The next book is Crossed and I might read it. I'm still debating.