Rating: 4 stars
Cover synopsis: In the Society, officials decide who you love, where you work, when you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows he is the one...until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
This was an interesting dystopian novel. Most of the novels like this I've read focus on the society. And in this book, it certainly plays an important role. But Matched is first a love story. The Society has chosen Cassia's mate for her, but she finds herself falling in love with someone else. Who does she trust? The Society's choice? Or her own heart?
The book has a cliffhanger ending, so I hope there's a second book in the works. I enjoyed the characters, the emphasis the author places on the power of words, reading and writing, and the importance of nature and creativity.
