** spoiler alert ** 
 Matched is one of the most inspiring and thought provoking books I have ever read. It was amazing from start to finish and challenges everything we know about society and how our lives could be different. I love this book so much. I definitely rank it higher than The Hunger Games. Cassia isn't your normal lead female character. She isn't helpless, she is constantly learning and taking in everything she discovers about the life she is living. 
 Ky. Ohmygoodness Ky is an amazing character who is strong and so inspiring. I think one of the reasons why I like Cassia so much is because she appreciates Ky for everything he is and everything he could be. I think this series is a trilogy and if I'm right, I can't wait to read about Ky again and learn the rest of his story. 
 Another reason I like Cassia so much is that at one part of the book she actually admits to herself that she does not know what true loss is, and I admire her for that. With all the teenagers today who complain about their lives when they lose something as mundane as their cell phone, I hard core judge them because I feel a lot of people don't know what loss is but are too prideful to admit that maybe they haven't experienced everything yet. 
 At one point in the book Cassia asks: "If their love was born because of society, can it still be real and good and right?" I loved this question so much because in this book I can only wonder how accurate the societies pairings of people are. How much of these pairings are based on actual compatibility and how much of the success of the relationships is based off of the trustin the officials that the compatibility is accurate and the lack of stress that is present in all of their lives? In present day, so many relationships are ended over the stress of things like money and status that aren't even relevant in the society created in Matched. So many variables have been eliminated and so many new ones created that I doubt anyone could predict the actual person someone should be perfectly matched with in a society where being matched with so many different people could feel right and natural. 
 This book was powerful and beautiful. Hunger Games better look out because the war has only begun in book one of the Matched Series.