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Synopsis
Cassia has always followed the autocratic Society without question. So when Xander's face is displayed on the screen at the Matching ceremony, she knows that they are the perfect mates. However, Ky Markham's face also flashed on the screen, if only briefly. Although the Society claims it was a glitch and Cassia knows she is to be with Xander, she cannot stop thinking about Ky. In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices, but she begins to question just how perfect her world really is when she notices things are not what they seem. As Cassia begins to doubt the Society’s infallibility, she 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. - Publisher.
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Is Matched appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A clean dystopian romance about a girl questioning her controlling society after a computer glitch shows her an alternate romantic match. No sexual content beyond kissing, minimal violence, focuses on themes of choice and individuality.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include forbidden relationship, loss of agency, and state control.
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Cassia's forbidden romance and her brave journey to choose her own path in a world where everything is decided for you.