Reached – by Ally Condie

Synopsis

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most – family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion.

With exquisite prose, the emotionally griping conclusion to the international bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

I say…

I have to say that I was pretty upset with the ending of this Matched trilogy. Perhaps the ending was different with what I’ve imagined it before. And unconsciously, I was reminded of Hunger Games trilogy with pretty much the same surprising (lame) ending. Those 512 pages tells the days of Ky and Indie as the pilots in the Rising, Xander’s part in the Rising as well and Cassia’s unexected way of revolution in the Gallery.

The plot moves slowly, from one character to anothers, until the end (geez…I was sleepy reading it – the book didn’t give me the excitement like the previous ones). Without new problem except the mutation plaque, I consider this as the most boring book within Matched trilogy.

Crossed (2nd book in Matched trilogy) by Allie Condie

I guess this will be my last post in this week and the week after...tomorrow is my girls' last day of school and afterward, we are having a holiday YAY   (>.<)   So I wont be writing for sometimes...but please kindly frequent my blog since more posts are coming after the holiday.

Synopsis

On the edge of society, nothing is as expected.

Cassia flees to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, only to discover he has escaped into the canyons. But even as she risks everything to reunite with Ky, a few surprises from her former life may haunt her...or change the game once again. The path to freedom is more twisted than ever. Is Ŀ♡√Ɛ enough in order to survive?

I say...

The long-awaited-book...this one was quite difficult to find @Jkt bookstore, even though I searched it on several big imported store. So when I saw this one (along with the newly released 3rd book)...I was practically jumping with joy...уααу!└(^o^)┘ \^o^/ └(^o^)┘уααу! ...finally I got books to read during the year-end holiday (well, I guess I will eat this up pretty fast - meaning in a day or two)

So...half of the book tells the story of Ky, escaping the Society and Cassia, trying to reach Ky - anywhere he could be. Again, the story flows smoothly, from Ky to Cassia...then back to Ky again...to and fro with flawless elegency. Up...until Ky is reunited again with Cassia, then I got this confusion on who is talking to whom ‎​=.=! pheω...‎​⊙﹏⊙

The way Condie describes things are as powerful as before and before you realize, you are drawn into it already...into the strong feeling of affection...into the strong desire of freedom...into the deep belief of Cassia and Ky toward each other...into the beauty of the colors, the river, the canyons, and the poems as well. This book tells a story of Ky and Cassia, joining the Rising, a rebellion against the Society.

Quoting a sentence from the book, loving let's you look, however the more you look into it...the more you will find out that he/she is different from what you've visualized. Ky and Cassia, after reunited, realized that each holds something...which conciously or not...being kept from the other. Some secrets are unravelled but more are still wait to be unfolded on the last book - Reached (I'm reading it right now). Because in the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.

Matched by Ally Condie

Synopsis

Cassia has always trusted the society's choices. And when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia is certain he is the one...until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path no one dares follow...between perfection and passion.

I say...

After several fictions of action and dystopian world, now was the perfect time for a little bit of romance. And the book I chose, yes, I picked it up from the bookshelves due to its green cover (I Ŀ♡√Ɛ green as you might have known) was this one. I flipped over the cover (couldn't open since it was sealed up perfectly) and I read all those encouraging recommendation for this book. It claimed as the superb dystopian romance after Hunger Games...‎​‎​⊙.◎ ‎​‎​w(°ｏ°)w ⊙.◎ And when I tore the plastic wrapping, there on the last page...the sequel book to this one, called Crossed and soon-to-be-released Reached (the last book in this trilogy). Geez...I hate it...hate it...hate it....why every fictions nowadays have to have the sequel...and why the authors don't bother to put it up on the cover ‎​=.=! pheω...‎​⊙﹏⊙

I couldn't imagine...living in the this utopian world which every single thing is decided by the society. Every body practically wear the same thing, doing things assigned by the society, die when you reach 80, eat the same unappealing stuff, and even this strange sleep tag. Every data is collected and processed...it's like a fake world...like a robotic-kinda-of-world. It's like you ask your super computer to predict the number out of the rolling dice...nice try though

But I loved the romance...it described fall-in-love in such a smooth way...from a light flirting to such intense and emotionally bantering. It wasn't a sexy romance but yet I got this soft-fleeting and longing-ache feeling after reading it. It was beautiful...intoxinating...gripping me through the last chapters. The romance reminded me a lot of Twilight saga, a choice of Bella between a normal life with Jacob or risky and unpredictable true Ŀ♡√Ɛ with Edward. The world and plot were pretty similar with the Hunger Games trilogy, about fighting the 'so-wrong-society' without a clue of what an ideal society should be.

I Ŀ♡√Ɛ уσυ...like red...