Matched (Matched Trilogy, Book 1)
Strike a Flame Author: Ally Condie Without really intending to, I’ve read an awful lot of dystopian teen romance in the past year. I wouldn’t blame the librarian for thinking that I have a tween-age daughter, based on my armloads of books featuring sad-looking girls in evening gowns posing against scuffed steel backgrounds. Nope, it’s just me! Anyway, the one benefit of all this shame-reading is that I feel qualified to inform you that Matched (book 1 of the hugely popular Matched trilogy) is a mostly worthwhile addition to your Young Lady’s Dystopian Library — whatever age you yourself may [...]