Hello beautiful readers! Sorry for the long absence I have been busy with school and it has been a little rough but I think I should at least squeeze in a review from my finished books. As you can tell from the title I will be reviewing "Matched" By Ally Condie. This YA novel is about a perfect world referred to as the "Society" and in the book we are introduced with the main character Cassia. Which starts with her own match banquet, the match banquet is when citizen's of the society see who they are to be matched or married to. Since the society is perfect, a glitch appears in the system and leaves Cassia to question the society for she is caught to be in love with Ky, who is a society outcast, and Xander, who is her childhood friend and her match. The story unfolds with her questions and decisions of the society.
Characters:
Cassia Reyes- Is a 17 year old and is the story's main protagonist. She is matched with her old friend Xander but is caught in love with Ky. She lives with her parents and younger brother.
Xander Carrow- He is an old friend of Cassia and secretly in love with her since he can remember. He is also good friends with Ky and is known to be the golden boy and somebody to look up to. Xander is Cassia's perfect match.
Ky Markham-He is an aberration, a person who is no longer a citizen due to his fathers acts of rebellion against the society. Which caused him to live with his aunt and uncle, and their son was murdered and is something that has never happened in the society. Because he is an aberration he could never be put in the matching pool. Ky also has feelings towards Cassia even though she is matched with Xander. He is also extremely jealous of Xander.
Overall Ranking:
I give this book a 4 and a half out of five stars because the storyline is easy to follow. I personally find bits of the story interesting such as the society thinking they have too much culture and deciding 100 songs, 100 poems, 100 pieces of art..etc. to have kept in the society. I also like how Cassia is secretly learning how to write even though the society forbids it and how she makes up games for her little brother in order for him to go to school for the first time. Which the society does not allow anyone to behave against the society. The other part to the reason I gave this rating is that this book is written by an English teacher. Which the author makes most of the book filled with lots of imagery but I find most of it over the top such as making the character refer to the color green a lot after she wore that particular color after her match ceremony. On that side note I found Matched to be a great read and it made me want to buy the next book and I will also review that soon. I for sure recommend it to any YA, dystopian, and romance readers because it is an easy read and it makes you question what your society is like and what it might be. I hope this makes up for my absence and I will get back to reviewing soon. Be sure to follow me on here and on the sites listed bellow! Let me know what you think if you read this book or let me know if you are interested down in the comment section.
