Xander gives her his green tablet on Ky's suggestion and Em calms down. There, Em has an anxiety attack about her Match Banquet. Together, they are in a group of friends that consists of Cassia, Em, Xander, Ky, Sera, and Piper.ĭuring 'Matched', Em goes to the Music Hall with Cassia, Xander, and Ky. One is a sleep aid.Em is Cassia's best friend in 'Matched' and ' Crossed'. Society members keep three tablets with them at all times, to be taken for specific purposes, with usage carefully monitored. Some reference to adults having the option to stay single rather than being matched and choosing to have casual physical relationships, but no details given and no bearing on the story itself. Condie elegantly weaves a story of disillusionment and hope and propels her readers through the twists and turns of Cassia’s story. It is difficult indeed even for the reader to choose between Cassia’s loves. For Cassia, it is a safe and perfect world until Ky enters it and awakens dreams she shouldn’t have, desires she can’t understand and a growing distrust of the world she thought protected her. All actions and even sleep are monitored. Only select forms of artwork have been preserved and allowed. Matched is a romance set against a dystopian backdrop: a world carefully balanced and controlled by the elite members of the Society. And now she must choose between Xander, who knows her through and through and Ky, who knows things she can’t yet understand. She begins to fall in love with the mysterious poetry and the boy who shares them with her. Cassia knows she must destroy them, but can’t help reading and savoring them again and again. Her doubts resurface in the form of a gift from her grandfather: words from a forbidden poem. Confused, Cassia allows the Society leaders to reassure her that everything is fine.

So she believes until a rare malfunction occurs and another face flashes across Cassia’s screen. He is right for her in every way, a confirmation to Cassia of the Society’s perfection.

She is elated when the Society choses Xander to be her very own match. Published NovemAmazon | Barnes & Noble | GoodreadsĬassia has looked forward to her Match Banquet for as long as she can remember, and nothing could be more wonderful than sharing that day with her best friend, Xander.

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