Crossed (Matched, #2) in Ask Ally Condie

Dec 04, 2011 Becky rated it it was amazing

Crossed is the second installment in the Matched Trilogy, following on from where the first book ended.
I read Matched last year for a Book Day at work and was surprised by how much I loved it, so I was really excited when Crossed came out. As I'm broke right now I had to request a copy from the library instead of buying one (although I still want my own copy), the library copy came in quite quickly and I couldn't wait to get stuck in.
At 366 pages I thought it would take me a while to read but I ...more

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Feb 03, 2012 Moedawg63 rated it liked it

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Oct 11, 2011 Jody rated it liked it

Shelves: dystopia, trilogy

Summary
After they came and took Ky away, Cassia wasn’t sure what the future held, but she knew she had to find him. Now she’s been working in the outer Provinces for months in hopes of somehow finding a way to connect with him. Fearful that she’s running out of time before she must return to her work assignment in the Society, Cassia sneaks onto an airship transporting workers to a village in the border provinces. Once there, she hears word that someone who fits Ky’s description has recently bee Summary
After they came and took Ky away, Cassia wasn’t sure what the future held, but she knew she had to find him. Now she’s been working in the outer Provinces for months in hopes of somehow finding a way to connect with him. Fearful that she’s running out of time before she must return to her work assignment in the Society, Cassia sneaks onto an airship transporting workers to a village in the border provinces. Once there, she hears word that someone who fits Ky’s description has recently been in the area. Along with Indie, her one friend from the work camps, Cassia plans an escape and embarks on a journey to find Ky and with any luck, others who want to rebel against the Society as well. While she searches for Ky and the Rising, Cassia must stay alive, avoid capture or discovery and decide where an with whom her future lies.

Review
Now that Cassia has ventured away from her comfortable life in the Society, the sterile and pristine world we were introduced to in Matched has been replaced by rugged wilderness and harsh terrain giving Crossed a very different feel than the first book in the series. Along with the Society, Cassia’s family, and to an extent Xander have also disappeared from this second installment. I found myself missing the characters from the first novel, but did enjoy the new characters that were introduced in book 2.

Each chapter in Crossed switches back in forth between Cassia and Ky’s points of view. While I enjoyed getting to better know Ky in this manner, I found the flip-flopping confusing at times and often had to check back to see who was speaking. While the story isn’t quite as gripping as Matched, Crossed does set up the next book in the series wonderfully. I’m eager to see how things work out in book 3!

Verdict
An enjoyable read, Crossed felt a little more like a bridge between the fist and third books in the series rather than a complete novel on its own. Fans of Matched will want to read this one, but don’t expect the same book you read in the first installment in the trilogy. ...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Chrissy (The Every Free Chance Reader) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-on-blog

Did I enjoy this book? I did enjoy this book, but not until I got through the first half of it. For me, the first half dragged a bit. Once I hit the second half, I had to read it every free chance I got. I finished the second half in a little more than a day, which is a short amount of time considering the holiday and being a stay-at-home mom.

The journey was interesting. There were “near misses,” or what seemed to be “near misses.” There were near-death situations and a lot of death itself. Ther ...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Rebecca rated it liked it

This book was definitely a bridge between the first and the third, with new characters and plots introduced, but nothing is really resolved. It felt kind of like the last Harry Potter book where the trio spends a lot of time wandering in the forests waiting for something to happen. I'm curious to see what happens in the third book of this trilogy. ...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Princess Debz rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, i-own-it, best-books-ever, to-re-read, read-in-2011, dystopia, read-in-2012, lds, clean-reads, series

Ally Condie has done it again (no surprise). While this book is slower paced, it's even more beautiful than Matched!

Full re-review to come...

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This book was really slow paced, but it fit the story well. I just wish it hadn't been so slow paced so I would've finished it faster. I fell in love with the whole new cast of characters, and I fell into a whole new kind of love with the old characters. All their relationships with one another were complex and realistic.
The setting was stunning. I cou ...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Margarita rated it really liked it

I fell in love with this series. Second book was not disappointing.

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Dec 25, 2011 Karijean31 rated it it was amazing

Ready to read the next one!!!!

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Sep 05, 2011 Anastasia Adams rated it liked it

You can never judge someone elses opinion but your own. While I have seen that the review score is poor, mostly 2 or 3 stars I am happy to give the book 4.5 stars. Unlike many readers I disagree with the comments made, and find that the book had so much depth, romance suspence and so many secrets! I am sorry I cannot understand how anyone could fault this book, my only explanation is may be I read diffrent book to everybody else?

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