Book Review: Crossed by Ally Condie

Title: Crossed

Author: Ally Condie

Series/Novel: Matched Series (Book #2)

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Romance

Pages: 367

Publisher: Dutton Books

Year Published: 2011

First Line: “I’m standing in a river.”

“The Society chooses everything.

The books you read.

The music you listen to.

The person you love.

Yet for Cassia the rules have changed. Ky has been taken and she will sacrifice everything to find him.

And when Cassia discovers Ky has escaped to the wild frontiers beyond the Society there is hope.

But on the edge of society nothing is as it seems…

A rebellion is rising.

And a tangled web of lies and double-crosses could destroy everything.”

My Rating: ⅘

I’ve been really taking my time with reading lately as I get into my final term in college. This installment into the Match series has really expanded on the first book, as the characters grow and as it says in the description nothing is as it seems, not the environment, the people or the rebellion.

This book introduces new characters and a different understanding of what both the Society and the Rebellion believe in. All in all, I think this book really hits on what makes us human. What makes us think that one thing is good while another is evil? Or is everything just a murky shade of grey in between the two?

When you look at the Society from the inside, it looks quite perfect, because you don’t have to take the time to make choices, but what is life without choices?

Outside the society, things are quite different. For those who have risked and lost, the Outer Provinces are safe for no one. As the characters expanded I began to wonder if this book could possibly live up to the first, and sadly no. It’s a good middle journey, but it’s nothing compared to the introduction. It follows the journey on the outside, but seems to drag on near the ending. The characters are what really carry this story throughout. I look forward to reading the ending in this trilogy, and seeing how the Society turns out.

THANK YOU ALLY CONDIE FOR LETTING US FOLLOW A JOURNEY!

Thanks for reading,

Love,

Sidny xoxo