MATCHED by Ally Condie

Matched by Ally Condie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book has been flying off the shelves in libraries and bookstores. I had to read it and I enjoyed it but I think it had been hyped up too much to meet my expectations. Cassia, 17, lives in a futuristic society where the government controls the lives of its citizens. What a person eats, where he/she works, when he/she dies, and who he/she fall in love with are decided without a personal choice in the matter. On her seventeenth birthday Cassia is "Matched" with her best friend Xander. This is an uncommon match and even more Cassia is confused by a second "Match", Ky. Now Cassia must choose between the safety the government provides and her true feelings. It is a love story without a lot of action but it is set up for a action packed sequel.