Matched Post One

In the novel, 'Matched', the main character Cassia lives in a dystopian society which controls everything perfectly. They choose when you're "matched" with another person, and when you marry your Match. They also decide when you die, which is at the "healthy" age of 80. It is told in first person from Cassia's point of view. Her issue comes when she is matched with her best friend, Xavier, but falls in love with Ky, who was shown to her as her match after a glitch occurred in the system. Overall, this book was OK. I found it a little generic and anticlimactic. The author described what Cassia looked like by having her look in the lid of her compact, which is almost as unoriginal as having the main character look in a mirror. I could tell who was part of the love triangle the minute Ky's character was described. Finally, it had the same ideas any other dystopian book has, odd names, random words capitalized (such as Hall), and pills that do stuff to you. But besides this, the book kept my attention and I enjoyed it, so I would recommend it to anyone who likes a book with romance and a controlling government.