Matched
Ally Condie
Penguin Group
ISBN 978-0-525-42364-5
YR fiction
“Cassia Reyes, the Society is pleased to present you with your Match. “
I smile as Xander’s face appears on the portscreen immediately following the recorded message….I reach up to touch the words Courtship Guidelines on the screen, but before I do, Xander’s face darkens and then disappears. The portscreen beeps and the voice says again, “Cassia Reyes, the Society is pleased to present you with your Match.”
My heart stops, and I can’t believe what I see. A face comes back into view on the port in front of me. It is not Xander. Page 34-35
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if everything was determined for you? If you didn’t know any different, it might not bother you if your meals, activities, occupation, and even your marriage were predetermined.
Cassia, a young teen ready to be Matched, trusts that the Society’s system works. She is ready to start her relationship with her Match Xander without question, until a mysterious glitch plants doubt in her mind. For a brief second, Ky Markham’s face flashes on her screen, and Cassia wonders if this unusual boy was meant to be her true Match. As she struggles to learn the truth, she keeps the dying words of her grandfather in her heart….
“It’s all right to wonder….”
Ally Condie’s dystopian romance proves that finding true love, however dangerous, is worth the risk. Cassia finds the strength to question her prearranged destiny, and to believe in the forbidden poetic words, “Do not go gentle into that good night.” Condie’s Matched is a futuristic thriller that will leave you questioning the rules and cheering on love.
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