What it is about
In a world where love is a disease and there is a cure would you want to be cured? That is the premise of this novel. Set in an alternate United States, teenagers await their 18th birthday so that they can be cured and go on to live a disease free life. They are matched with some one who is picked for them and await a life of complaceny free of heart ache. There are no love poems, but there is also no love. Even among a parent and a child.
What I thought
Dystopia seems to be pretty popular right now and I set about reading this novel wondering if I could make it through the book (it is the first novel in a triology). I just had finished Matched and Crossed both of which are really fine works but I was getting a bit burned out on the dystopian theme.
This book is really good and now I can not wait for the second book.
The book is about resisting society, understanding what is important in this world and the heartache and beauty that love has to offer. It is exciting and has believable characters and relationships. The ending is a cliff hanger and offers the message of hope among a desperate stituation. Recommended read, quick read (1 day) and thought provoking. Let me know what you think?!
