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Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky—taken by Society to his certain death—only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life. But even as Cassia sacrifices everything to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game.

Read an Excerpt. Penguin Minis: Matched. Perfectly-sized to slip into a pocket or bag, Penguin Minis are ideal for reading on the go. About Matched: In the Society, Officials decide. Share: Share on Facebook. Matched Series: Related Titles. Other Series By Ally Condie. More about Ally Condie. Once I started enjoying it that way, the book began to pick up for me. As with any sequel, there are new characters.

I enjoyed Eli and Indie. Throughout most of the book, though, I wasn't sure if I fully trusted her. Even after reading it, I'm still suspicious! Eli is a trooper, though, and I love the meaning behind his character and why he was with Ky.

A lot of this book gives you insight to background information and history, but I'm hoping that will all part a huge part in the final novel. If you enjoyed Matched, you can pick up Crossed when it comes out in November May 11, Julie rated it it was ok. I literally only continued with this book because Cassandra Clare reviewed it and made it sound good.

May 15, Aj the Ravenous Reader rated it it was ok Shelves: sci-fi , dystopia. Crossed is I think a little better than the first book-Matched but it's still not enough to achieve greatness. The addition of new characters contributed in making the story a bit more interesting but the "dragging" factor is still there.

What I liked though about this story is Cassia's determination to find Ky whom she chooses ever Xander who still hopes to win Cassia In a way, the love triangle built in this sequel earned the reader's attention especially when Indie who falls for Xander' Crossed is I think a little better than the first book-Matched but it's still not enough to achieve greatness. What I liked though about this story is Cassia's determination to find Ky whom she chooses ever Xander who still hopes to win Cassia In a way, the love triangle built in this sequel earned the reader's attention especially when Indie who falls for Xander's picture but later wants Ky enters the scenario.

But still, there seems to be something missing. Nov 25, sophie. This book is a jewel in the series! I was hanging on the edge of this story, yet it was a gentle read--not greedy hunger, but soft hunger to reach the end.

Quietly, easily, page by page, calmly seeking the final chapter. The love story is sweet and I'm a huge fan of the appreciation of art and poetry in this story. Myself, I've never much loved art and poetry as much as I have, say, writing and reading.

But like I mentioned for Matched , this book has deepened my curiosity for the two. It has reim This book is a jewel in the series! It has reimagined what art and poetry mean in my opinion.

That's a great feat that Ally Condie accomplishes! I would count this book as part of my favorites. Even Matched didn't quite do that for me like this book did. They understand each other completely, they sacrifice for each other, theirs is a loving relationship, they are willing to wait for the other to come to them and share their secrets.

They're honest with themselves and each other and try hard to reach for the one they love, even if they're not perfect. Perhaps they are my favorite book relationship ever. This is a book to relax and yet still feel that tension of "what'll happen next? Art, poetry, writing, and creativity are prominent and cherished like gold, and I like that very much, to appreciate in commonality the soft raging words that echo on paper.

It's starry, it's colorful, it's a wonderful sequel to the adventure. Although it hit shelves with a great deal of fanfare and marketing to-do, beyond the strikingly pretty cover, I found little to get excited over. My feelings were lukewarm, at best. Crossed proved to be a similarly anti-climatic book for me, although this time I could moderate my pre-reading expectations with my Matched experience.

Being in a glass-half-full mood and not much of a series abandoner 2. Being in a glass-half-full mood and not much of a series abandoner, despite my best efforts , I decided to read Crossed to see if it could provoke a stronger response.

The answer to that is: marginally. I think that I do prefer the second instalment in this trilogy, but my reservations and opinions formed by the first remain firmly intact.

As with Matched, poetry features heavily in Crossed and is liberally referenced. To the point where a scene of much urgency and panic is followed up by chapters where the characters sit around and read poetry. While Condie writes well, with some genuinely lovely passages, I found that yet again, the writing is weighed down by the pages of introspection and poetic ponderings on love.

What works better in Crossed, in my opinion, is the setting. While there are still vast blanks left to be puzzled over and filled in where possible by the reader, the natural environment that Crossed takes place in feels more fully fleshed out. The Society itself is not so much at the fore of this story, which makes for less confusion and questions about the worldbuilding.

The problem with this is that at times, I found the voices of Cassia and Ky to be almost indistinguishable. The issues that Ky carries from his past and must confront fail to lend his voice much distinction. While Xander makes a brief personal appearance, his presence is still very much felt throughout Crossed , keeping the love triangle element alive and well.

As with Matched I have no real investment in either of these characters. As compelling choices to generate conflict in the story — they still leave me rather cold.

Based on my feelings at the end of Crossed , Cassia could choose either one and I would feel the same way. Which is.. There are good elements here: the tension is increased, the secondary characters more interesting, there is a promise of more action to come. But overall, I still found myself bored and rather unmoved by these characters. There is a certain blandness to this story that prevents me from feeling an emotional connection to it.

View all 19 comments. Shelves: own , kindle , blog , amazon , wow-pick , won , gave-away , 4-stars , utah-author , signed. It's like meets My Side of the Mountain. I took my time reading this book and when I sat back and thought about it, I realized that it was because the writing was just so beautiful.

It felt like I was reading poetry. Ally was so good at unfolding the story. Every time I learned something new about the characters or the world, I just ended up with more questions. The biggest question was: "Is everything really what it seems? The word "Crossed" weaved itself beautifully in and out of every aspect of the book and I found myself analyzing it and thinking many deep thoughts. It was so much more deep and thought provoking than I thought it would be. The story leaves you hanging and eager to read the next one, but not in a huge cliff-hanger way.

I'm going to go think about this story some more Oh, and the love triangle was one of the best and truly honest ones that I've read. This book is also reviewed on my blog Books: A true story Just as bad as the first one yet still entertaining in all of its awfulness. I truly don't give a shit about any of these characters. Ky is in the Outer Procinves too, he was sent there to die, like many other innocent young man too.

The only difference is that Ky is determined not to die. He flees with Eli and Vick in the canyons and soon Cassia and her new companion Indie follow them. Cassia is searching for Ky and he is searching for her, but as soon as they find each other everything turns out to be more complicated than they expect I loved Cassia and her development in the first book.

I still like her in this book, but her personality is sometimes She is searching for Ky. She chose him. Still she hangs on Xander and thinks about him way too often. Really, if she chose one guy, why can't she let the other one go?! This is my only problem with her in this book. It is remarkable how she adapts herself to the new life-style.

Although she is not used to the hunger, the heat and the pain she goes through everything just to find Ky. Are they looking at me? Is is him? This far away there's only one way to know.

I point to the sky. It is just absolutely breathtaking! In this book we have both Cassia's and Ky's POV so it is finally possible to understand him, what is much harder than expected. Ky has a deep personality. He is a genius, but he is broken and he has a serious problem with trusting people. I love Ky in this book. Besides, he finally freaks out! In the first book he is calm and thoughtful but in Crossed he shows that this is not his whole personality and he can be upset and jealous and terribly angry as well.

Indie is just like a snake for me. She is secretive and conniving and I really don't like such characters. Eli on the other side is like Bram. He is young and he is super-sweet! Hunter and Vick are also awesome! Both are strong and both are important in this book. Cassia nearly takes the red tablet after what she finds out and I can totally understand that. She has reasons to take it, but Cassia is strong therefore she doesn't take it in the end.

Ky is not always honest with her and neither is she with him. He is jealous and she is very fixed on herself so in this book the couple is confronted with the bad character traits of each other. In such a dangerous situation it is hard for everyone, but Cassia and Ky went through hell to find each other and be together so they understand and forgive each other. Neither one of them takes a step back.

Both look forward ready to fight everything just to be together. For each other. For who we are meant to be. A dangerous and exhausting one, but it is perfect. While writing the review I realize that I like this book more than expected and decide to give not 3 but 4 stars The canyons are the exact opposite of Oria, where the first book takes place. The first and the second book are generally exact opposites and this is what makes these books so amazing!

Both books are authentic and thrilling and at the same time both are filled with an surprising depth through poetry. I love it! Crossed is unpredictable, it is dangerous and it is heart-wrenching!

Cut deep like canyon walls. View all 4 comments. If the point of this sequel was to provide "food for thought", someone should tell the author over-eating is bad, very very bad, as was this sequel.

About half way through this novel, I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish. This promising series took a turn for the worse. What started out as an intriguing adventure became a forced introspective on the "oh so sad" human condition by way of paragraph after paragraph of what almost read like sermon.

I felt a certain obligation to myself to see i If the point of this sequel was to provide "food for thought", someone should tell the author over-eating is bad, very very bad, as was this sequel. I felt a certain obligation to myself to see it through, however the thought of then having to read another book after this one, just to know how it all ends, exhausted me. Maybe I should have quit while I was ahead. I have never stopped mid-series ever though, and even contemplating it was a telling first.

So many things made this book an almost embarassing yawnfest, but to go over every reason why would be like reliving the boredom so I'll pick just a few. Ah, the poetry. The poetry crammed in yes, poetry was mostly irrelevant to the story.

It seemed as though, in some places, the story had actually been written around the author's desire to shove her own poetry in. It came across as a desperate attempt to gain praise for her brilliant poetry writing ability and her amazingly in-depth analyzation of existent poetry heavy sarcasm. Lastly, the message I understand this genre often carries an underlying if not outright commentary on society, but there was just too much of this here, especially when the Society they are trying to escape in the story is less than uncomfortable compared to other dystopian novels.

I was never overwhelmingly appalled at the conditions they were living in, so reading page after page of the author making her feelings about our current society known by way of a character's inner dialogue, ad nauseum, was almost more than I could bear. It is one thing to drive the point home, it is another to nail it through the reader's forehead with a dull nail and soft slow blows.

So, when is the third and final book in the trilogy set to debut? I couldn't care less. How it all ends will never be a mystery to me because I don't even care enough to wonder.

Condie's writing is so crisp and clear that the book just flows along, and her characters continue to be vivid, real people who you root for and even more importantly believe in.

There are no sitcom-esque misunderstandings, but people having normal, natural conversations, keeping secrets that need to be kept, revealing secrets when they think the time is right. That, I think, is the true appeal of these books. The characters are so real, their dialogue is so real, and that you can fully believe that this is our own future we are seeing, frightening and strange as it is.

This change of scene keeps the storyline fresh, and introduces a whole new set of challenges: Cassia has learned that she cannot trust the Society, but can she trust the rebels, either?

Now that I've seen both options, I'm very excited to find out where book three will land Cassia, Ky, and Xander. And does Cassia really need to choose between them? C'mon, Ally, it's the future! With Crossed , Ally Condie committed the crime of writing a slow-paced, conflict-lacking middle book in a series.

I recall enjoying Matched to an extent, but reading Crossed caused me to question my prior positive feelings for Matched. Condie can write. There were some beautiful phrases and sentences in Crossed. However, for the most part Condie's prose lacked any power or punch - her writing was void of emotion.

I noticed it in the first book, but attributed it to Cassia's sheltered lifestyle wit With Crossed , Ally Condie committed the crime of writing a slow-paced, conflict-lacking middle book in a series. I noticed it in the first book, but attributed it to Cassia's sheltered lifestyle within the Society.

Now, I realize that Condie could not include a strong voice for either of her characters - in fact, I had a difficult time differentiating between Ky and Cassia. I found the characters themselves flat too.

I could not connect to Cassia or Ky or Eli or Indie, and even the romance between Cassia and Ky seemed shallow, most likely as a result of Condie doing too much telling and not enough showing. Strangely out of all the characters I like Xander the best, even though he was cut out of almost the entire book and is only brought up when Cassia or Ky take the time to reflect on him.

And the characters reflected a lot in Crossed. Don't get me wrong, rumination is not a bad thing - but when you dedicate page after page and chapter after chapter only to a character's internal thought process, you run the risk of losing the reader's interest. Which is exactly what happened with Crossed , because despite the decent character development, the lack of immediacy or actual actions of the Society and the Enemy allowed my boredom to burgeon.

After reading this one, I'm not sure if I'll read the third book in the series. I recommend Crossed to fans of Matched who want to see how the plot progresses - but if you didn't like Matched , don't bother picking up Crossed.

It'll be a waste of your time. It's hard to even know exactly where to begin. I wanted so badly to love this book, because I have been dying to read it from the moment I finished Matched last year, which I had given 5-stars to. While Matched is perhaps closer to 4-stars at times, ultimately I found myself very interested in the World that Condie built and in the relationships developed throughout the book.

Unfortunately loving Crossed is out of the question and I realized this very early on. The book begins right where Matched It's hard to even know exactly where to begin. The book begins right where Matched left off. I won't go into what happens in the book, since so many people have already covered that, but I will say that little happens that falls outside of the description of the book. There were many times where I would close my Kindle App and start playing Words with Friends, because the book would get to such a boring state that I wanted to wake myself up a bit before trying to continue on.

I feel like a very large portion of the book could have been cut out and I would have enjoyed it just the same. Boredom aside, the other large complaint I have about Crossed is the alternating narratives. Now, don't get me wrong, I actually quite enjoy alternating narratives and I enjoy seeing things from a different perspective, but not if you cannot determine whose POV you are reading from.

There were MANY times where the only way I could differentiate between who was speaking was to turn back to the chapter page to see if it was titled Cassia or Ky. Neither of the two main characters had a distinct voice for a good chunk of the chapters. I think toward the end I did find it easier to differentiate between the two, as I much preferred reading from Ky's POV. Cassia for the later part of the book got on my nerves, a lot.

Another aspect that kind of bothered me after the fact was that I did not really feel that Cassia and Ky had a huge connection.

I realize they are doing these crazy things to get to each other, but I just didn't feel it. To go through what they have, I expect there to be an intense love between the two, as you would have no motivation otherwise to go through these things and I just did not feel it.

It all felt very superficial. This was one of the factors that toward the end helped me better differentiate between the two POVs - if the love seemed sincere, I knew it was Ky, otherwise I knew it had to be Cassia.

The last thing that really bothered me was the vagueness of it all. Who is The Enemy? How can an entire book go on about The Enemy attacking without once implying who they may be? Are they Farmers, people from the Rising, people from Society?

I don't know and neither will you, not even after reading the entire book. These four major things aside, there were aspects I liked about the book. I really enjoyed the new characters that were introduced, particularly Eli and Vick view spoiler [I felt on the verge of tears when Vick died - particularly after he shared about his love for Laney - it was devastating! I haven't entirely decided on if I like Indie or not, but I think that was perhaps the intent of the author, so she did her job well in that aspect!

While I liked Xander in the first book, I loved him in the second. Even though Xander makes only one physical appearance in the book, he is spoken about a lot and you learn so much more about who he is; I developed quite a fondness for him. I think ultimately in book 3, he will end up with view spoiler [Indie and I am not sure how I feel about that; I am hoping I will find her character more likable in book 3.

I also felt as they traveled throughout the canyons that I had a very clear picture of what everything looked like, how everyone felt I could easily picture these poisoned rivers and painted caves and found the descriptions were great. In fact, I found some pieces of the writing beautiful. Unfortunately these things that I liked did not really makeup for the parts that drove me crazy, so I still finished the book a bit disappointed Had this not been a sequel to a book I so enjoyed, I would not have finished it or I would have taken months to finish it.

While this book did have it's flaws, I still plan to read the 3rd one to see how this journey will end. When I read Matched last year I unexpectedly fell in love with it. Dystopian books are becoming more and more popular and it is therefore rare to find a unique one. However I didn't enjoy this as much as the first one.

One of the best aspects of this trilogy is Ally Condie's writing style. Her writing is gorgeous. She really has a way with words. Her book feels like a poem; the words flow and intertwine together. This gives a classic, old feeling that contrasts with the futuristic setting of the When I read Matched last year I unexpectedly fell in love with it. This gives a classic, old feeling that contrasts with the futuristic setting of the story.

Sometimes I actually felt like I was reading a classic. The biggest problem that readers have with this trilogy is how slow the plot is.

For me it's not slow, it is character-driven. Dystopian books are usually based on action, twists, war, brutality. But Condie's dystopian fairytale is based on emotions. Despite the fact that the plot is slow you are not able to stop reading. However, although that worked great in Matched in this book I felt like something was missing.

I loved the first half of the book since it builds up to something big but then there is no climax. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it. The story is pure and beautiful. View all 5 comments. Ally's voice grows more certain with every book. I'm looking forward to the last book of the trilogy. Ally's really working on something here, and I can't wait to see where she goes with it.

May 02, Prabhjot Kaur rated it it was ok Shelves: ya-romance , ya , fiction , science-fiction , dystopia. Well after reading the first book in the series and not liking that, I should have given up on the series but I didn't and ended up reading it. I was surprised by this book in the beginning I must say. But soon after all the emotions that I felt while reading the first book which were mostly anger, disappointment and confusion came rushing back to me.

I wished that there was something that I liked save for the first few chapters. As for the characters, I still didn't like Cassia and Ky was okay ag Well after reading the first book in the series and not liking that, I should have given up on the series but I didn't and ended up reading it.

And it was an opportunity that ended up working out for Condie. It was very lucky for me. And the government, and just private parties too, have outrageous amounts of information about us. But the appeal of dystopia, to Condie, is that it provides a sense of hope. And Condie thinks that the culture of places like Utah is particularly receptive to that message.

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