Matched

= Matched by Ally Condie =

Rating: 5 Stars
==Summary: Cassia lives in the perfect society, one that takes care of her and makes sure she eats the right food, gets the right amount of sleep, etc. Cassia is about to go to her matching banquet where society chooses who she will be matched with for the rest of her life. She is so nervous and looks to her best friend Xander for support, who is her very handsome friend from childhood. When she stands up to finally find out who she is matched with, nothing happens because her match is actually in the same room. As it turns out, Xander is her match and she could not have wished for anything more. She receives his micro-card which has all his information on it, most of which she already knows. She still looks at it anyways, but instead of seeing Xander's face on it, another face comes up for a split second before disappearing. It is Ky Markham's face, the boy who moved to her borough from the Outer Provinces. Cassia is worried, did society make a mistake? Is she really supposed to be matched with someone else? She wants to remain matched to Xander, but she finds herself thinking of Ky more and more, trying to figure out why he could have possibly come up on her screen that day. Can she still be happy with her beautiful and comfortable future with Xander? Or should she choose a life more unknown with Ky who makes her feel alive?==

==Review: I really liked this book. It was similar to Divergent in that there was a society that wanted people to conform to it's rules and people start to have the spark to fight back. It was dull in some parts and it felt like it kept dragging on and on, but it eventually picked up and became more interesting. I thought it was interesting to see Cassia changing throughout the book and see her want more than the planned out, predictable lifestyle. I liked the characters Xander and Ky because they are the perfect foils of each other and watching Cassia interact with each of them is fun. I overall really liked the book and I would recommend it to any ladies that liked Divergent but want more of the love triangle intertwined in that kind of plot.==