Matched by Ally Condle

To be Published Nov. 2010

There's been quite the fuss over this YA novel on book discussion lists so I was anxious to read it. After the first few chapters, I thought, "Yes! This is as good as The Hunger Games!" But then the plot started to drag for me. It's a Romeo-and-Juliet romance set in a futuristic society. Cassia is matched with her spouse and everything is statistically approved by the government. But what happens if you fall in love with someone else? or if you find a poem that isn't one of the 100 Poems approved by the Society? Does Cassia rebel? Fight for true love? or follow the law?

And, yes, there is a sequel!