OK. What can I say? I'm a sucker for dystopian young adult trilogies and this is a well-written addition to the genre. Cassia is a 17-year old girl in a future society that has eliminated disease, risk, and danger. In the process, they have also clamped down on creativity, imagination and joy. In order to reduce the stress of having too many choices, committees have selected 100 history books, 100 poems, 100 songs, 100 paintings, etc. and destroyed the remainder of centuries of art and literature. Everyone wears the same clothes, lives in the same houses, and eats the same food. Couples are "matched" by the Officials. It is a safe world but a claustrophobic way to live. Those who dare to deviate from the norm will face the consequences. I will move on to the next books in this series in the hope that Cassia will find a way to reunite with her true love and pursue her dreams.