Matched had something that a lot of the YA dystopian fiction I've been reading has been lacking: a society that made friggin' sense. It really did seem like an actual utopia, which is the damn point. I could easily see why the characters would be fine with the society, it seems pretty nice on the surface. 
 What I didn't get sold with on this one is the romance, which is extremely critical for this book. I can't properly explain why I didn't swoon over it, especially since it had all of the elements I've come to love in romance. Can't explain it, but I definitely noticed and felt it.