I have been reading the Matched trilogy. In the first book, Matched, Cassia Reyes gets matched with Xander, her best friend. When she went to go look at his micro- card a face came up, but it wasn’t Xander. When the other face popped up, she recognized who that was too… It was Ky, her other best friend. After she talked to her official about it she didn’t know what to do other than to talk to Ky about it. As soon as they realized that they liked each other, they decided that they wanted to be together.
Throughout this whole adventure, Cassia has realized that her life is full of conflicts. Including the one that the love of her life would have to pay for dearly. When Ky was assigned a “better” work position after he received his permanent job. She still loves Xander, and after all he is still her match. She still loves him but she also loves Ky. She has known Xander all her life while she has known Ky for only a little bit. Even though Xander is her Match and she still loves him, she would choose Ky over him.
When Xander joined The Rising, he had no idea that Cassia was looking for it. The Rising told Xander that he would be the best at infiltrating the distressed city of Camas. There was a plague that was taking over the city and the society had no cure. They thought that if they waited long enough, eventually the plague would wipe out everyone in the society except the people and officials who are a part of The Rising. When Xander noticed that the little boy from a household in the Camas was getting the plague, he didn’t worry because he knew that the Rising would be able to get a cure and assure the family that everything would be okay. But until then, he would have to wait for the pilot to come and take over Society so that everyone could live in peace with no rules!
Life with no rules sounded good to Xander and all the others in the Rising. Including Indie, Cassia’s friend from work camp, who isn’t easily impressed. It also took Ky a long time to convince himself that Indie was a good and pure person. Even after her saving the love of his life from dying in the Caverns. Ky knew that as soon as he joined the Rising, that he would have to hold some ridiculous responsibility. He was right. He had to drive the air ship. This story reminds me of the prevalence of Cinderella and her evil step sisters. When Cinderella was known as a maid who would never be able to get any husband like the prince. And when they got married, everyone was shocked but they knew that if they were happy, then they should be together. While in Matched, everyone still believes that Ky and Cassia shouldn't be together.
Through and through, Cassia, Ky and Xander had to go through a lot to be where they are now. Xander is waiting for the Rising to begin, Cassia is in Central wondering if her life was complete being back in society, and Ky is in both the society and the Rising. They are all around 16 and 17 years old. So being put in such responsibility is a big deal. While Xander and Cassia had life good living in the Society, Ky was watching his own family being shot down and burned right in front of him. Now that he is older, he is wondering, was it the Rising? All that these poor, innocent kids need right now is a family and a place to call home that doesn’t require them to live on their own already. All they are wondering is… Is It really worth risking our lives?
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