Matched by Ally Condie Review!

MATCHED by ALLY CONDIE

Movie Rating: G
Book Rating: @@@@@
Swearing: None
Inappropriate Scenes: None
# of Pages: 366 (paperback)
Genre: YA dystopian
Publisher: Speak
LLFTB: Love is worth fighting for.

Back Blurb: 

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between 
the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

My Review: 

Okay, so I've talked a bit about Matched on here but I've never done a review on it. *facepalm* My bad. Those rumors who hear about Matched being really slow at the beginning are true. In fact, I was really considering putting it down, but I guess I really wanted to love this book so I just kept reading. I'm so glad I did. I'm now a permanent Matched fan! : ) Matched is a book that I will read over and over and over. It has been compared to Lois Lowry's book, The Giver, I personally thought it was 10x better than The Giver even though I did enjoy The Giver. Matched has the romantic aspect to it that The Giver didn't have. I'm not usually a romance reader but I made an exception for Matched and Crossed and I'll make an exception for Reached too! : ) I am now a permanent Matched fan! Don't miss out on this book if you like Dystopian books like The Giver! 

Cover Convo #3: Matched trilogy

I haven't reviewed any of this trilogy on my blog yet. But FYI the first two books were just astounding! : ) And because I loved them and their covers so much I'm doing a cover conversation about them!

Matched and Crossed are already released but
Reached Release Date: November 13, 2012! (I've been waiting over a year for this book)

                                                                                                     

This has to be my favorite trilogy book covers EVER coming after (The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner)! I love how it starts out with her trapped in the glass ball, then she's breaking out, and finally, she's all the way out and free. It gets the point of each book across very well. I'm guessing that in Reached she's finally free of the government because she's all the way out of the ball. I like the main colors. Green, Blue, and Red. Those colors have a special meaning. In the Society every citizen has to carry a container around containing these pills. They can only take them after an Official says so. SPOILER! The pills help brainwash the people.

Green pill = Green cover

Blue pill = Blue cover

Red pill? = Red cover

*i'm so excited for this book to come out!*  When this book finally comes out I will have been waiting for this book for over a YEAR!!! Gosh, I wish books could come out a lot sooner than that! So right now I'm stuck staring at this awesome cover. Btw, I really want the red dress Cassia's wearing! :) It's so pretty! And I seriously hope that Cassia and Ky get together. Xander can get together with that Indie girl. They match. I didn't care for Xander and I didn't care for Indie so yeah, them two can get together. And Ky is so sweet. Him and Cassia just click. Xander's seems to pushy and me me me. Did anyone else get that? Hopefully I'll put a book review up of Matched soon, ok? I just got to get it from the library first so I can read it again. ;)

 *Fascinating Fact: In Matched the green dress Cassia is wearing on the cover played an important part in the book. In Crossed the blue overalls Cassia is wearing played a part in the the book too. So what's the red dress gonna do? :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi, guys! Tomorrow (or today or yesterday--depending on when you see this) is Valentine's Day! So I thought I'd say:

Hope you guys have a really Awesome Valentine's Day! :) (and don't forget to tell your parents) 

And if you are looking for some good romance novels here are a few:

The Price of Trust by Amanda Stephan (contemporary romance)

Lonely Hearts by Amanda Stephan (contemporary romance)

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (fantasy)

Matched by Ally Condie (dystopian romance)