In this dystopian story, the Society "matches" most 17 year olds to the person they will eventually marry. Cassia has been anxiously awaiting her day to be matched for years. When she realizes that her match is her best friend from childhood, Xander, then her future happiness seems certain. It's certain until she accesses her information card about Xander and another boy's face pops up on the screen; a boy she knows; a boy named Ky. Cassia's world view quickly gets turned on its head as she starts to question the wisdom of the Society in not only matching, but in everything.
I listened to this title on audiobook, read by Kate Simses, and it was really quite good. My one line sell of
Matched by Ally Condie is: "Lois Lowry's
The Giver but with the love triangle of Suzanne Collins's
The Hunger Games." And if that doesn't make most teenage girls want to read it then I don't know what will!
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