She explains that Ky is classified as an Aberration-which means he can never be Matched. An Official, a member of the Government police force, soon pays Cassia a visit to tell her that her Match with Ky was a mistake. After Xander’s face appears on the port screen, the face of another boy whom Cassia knows, Ky Markham, also pops up. However, Cassia’s life begins to change when she inserts her microcard containing information about Xander into her home port (a computer). She naively accepts the path laid out for her by the Society. She enjoys a life of comfort living in Oria Province with her parents and 10-year-old brother, Bram, and looks forward to her future with Xander. Cassia is thrilled to be Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow, whom she has known since childhood. Nearly every facet of life in the Society is tightly controlled, including romantic relationships, which are initiated at the Match Banquet. The Banquet is a required event for nearly all citizens of the Society-a dystopian reality that exists at some point in the future. Overall, it's a terrific start to the planned trilogy.Matched begins on the eve of protagonist Cassia Maria Reyes’s Match Banquet-which also happens to be her 17th birthday. There are just enough details about the Society to tell the story, making it pretty light as far as sci-fi goes - so this will appeal to readers who don't consider themselves fans of the genre normally. Instead, it's a great coming-of-age story, one that encourages readers to think long and hard about their relationships - to people, to technology, and to authority. This could easily turn into just another hand-wringing love triangle, or a ho-hum story of teen rebellion. As Cassie’s relationship with Ky deepens, so do her relationships with her parents, her brother, and even Xander.
Cassie’s awakening - to the harm caused by the Society, to love, to the complexity of the adults who have raised her - feels authentic. Her characters are complex and surprising even the peripheral characters carry real weight. But most teen readers will agree that author Condie has crafted a fine addition to the genre. MATCHED invites comparisons to The Giver and Brave New World, and some science fiction fans may rightly complain that it’s derivative.
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