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In the book Matched, one evident theme is love. Although the citizens are matched by personal characteristics and are forbidden the opportunity to choose their own partner, Cassia feels extremely happy to find out that she is matched with her best friend Xander. However, when she wants to find out more about her match, Xander is not the boy who shows up on the card, Ky is. Although the situation is cleared up with the officials, and there is no possible way for her to be matched with Ky due to his past, Cassia still begins to wonder more about him. She cannot help but find herself thinking about him and seeing him wherever she goes. Cassia knows that their love is forbidden, and that her mind should be filled with thoughts of Xander, but as time goes on she cannot restrict her feelings. She worries that Xander is not the only potential match for her. Therefore, love is an extremely important theme in the novel Matched