Cassia, her brother Bram, her mother and father all live a happy, controlled life. They live in a world where their government controls everything from what they eat, to how much they eat, how many children they have, what type of work they do, when they die, what they wear and even who they marry.
Nearing her match ceremony at age 17, Cassia is excited to learn who she will be paired with to marry. It is something everyone awaits anxiously for. At her matching ceremony, she learns that she has been matched to her best friend since childhood, Xander. At first Cassia is excited - it's someone she knows which is rare, it's her best friend who she knows thoroughly and she already loves him. She is fully prepared to commit to him until she plugs in a card to learn more about him, and for a quick moment sees another face - the face of someone else she knows, but doesn't know much about, Ky. Confused as to how the government, who never messes up, screwed this up, and wondering if she was supposed to be matched to Ky and not Xander, Cassia struggles with what to do. As she's drawn more and more to Ky, she wonders if he wasn't supposed to be her true match, but the government tells her it's Xander who she should be with. Should Cassia go with the flow and stick with Xander who is familiar, or risk her life and her family to buck the system to be with the mysterious Ky?
A little slow to start, but overall a great book! There will be a sequel too!
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