I can't say this is a valid review, but I just want to get my two cents out there for now. 
 I read less than 100 pages of Matched, and then I just couldn't take it anymore. (Yes I understand that the book may get better, and that I should have given it a second chance but bear with me for now.) Anyhow, I read less than 100 pages because Matched just didn't hook me. Typically YA has either some whacked out crazy world that makes you want to know more, or just lots of questions. For me, Matched had neither. The whole dystopian world of Matched was familiar, recycled descriptions and customs, while the romance seemed fairly obvious - perfect boy next door and the silent mysterious boy? Matched, at least in the first 100 pages or less, follows the same formulaic recycled format as its predecessors, one that I thought I could thoroughly predict. 
 But who knows, I might be wrong. It could be a wonderful series. But for now it's a did-not-finish book.