1st Quarter Book Review

For the first quarter book, I chose Crossed by Allie Condie, which is a sequel to Matched and also the second book of the trilogy. This is a young adult, dystopian novel. It has 367 pages. In this book, Cassia has been relocated to an all girls working camp, away from her friends and family, and also the life she knew so well. She's on a mission: to find her lost love, Ky, after he's been banished to the Outer Provinces for being an Aberration. Both are traveling, hoping the other is still alive; hoping they'd find each other again. Their longing for one another eventually leads them to parallel canyons that lead them to each other. Told from the viewpoints of Cassia and Ky, I think that Crossed is a really interesting novel, but I also feel that it would be way more interesting to new readers if they read the first novel, Matched. I really liked this book. The adventure and suspense thrilled me. The constant question of "Will they ever really find each other again?" had me captivated the entire time I read it. I also liked this book because I see values of passion and rebellion in the characters. They go against the Society to not only date each other, but to find something that's much more greater than their individual rebellions: The Rising. Plans to take down a over-controlling government that has too many secrets to be exploited? Count me in! I would definitely recommend this book (a trilogy) to some who enjoys Sci-Fi, but also romance :)