“Our time together feels like a storm, like a wild wind and rain, like something too big to handle but too powerful to escape.” 

#WhenIReadMatched, it was July 2019. This series sparked my desire to get back into the YA fantasy realm! I binged this series! 💚

In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow. If you’re like me and dig dystopia novels like the Hunger Games and Divergent, then Matched is right up your alley! 👏🏼

It’s been ten years since the publication of Matched, one of the most successful young adult novels of all time! Celebrating a decade 🥳! The Deluxe Edition includes exclusive content: never-before-seen official map of the Society and Outlying Areas (gorgeous cartography), bonus story “Green Girl in a Green Dress”, Ally Condie in conversation with best selling author Soman Chainani, and a discussion guide. AND extra! Extra! The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe paperback is also on shelves today! A twofer! ✌🏼👏🏼

Thank you Penguin Teen and Ally Condie! Happy 10th birthday to Matched! Pleased and honored to celebrate TEN years with you! Cheers to the next generation of readers who will fall in love with Cassia’s story. #PenguinTeenPartner

🎶 song: We Come Alive by Ruelle 🎶