Book: Crossed by Ally Condie

Book Info: Published by Dutton Juvenile; 367 pages; hardcover; from the library

Goodreads Summary: Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky–taken by the Society to his sure death–only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of a rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices every thing to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game once again.

Narrated from both Cassia’s and Ky’s point of view, this hotly anticipated sequel to Matched will take them both to the edge of Society, where nothing is as expected and crosses and double crosses make their path more twisted than ever.

I didn’t like Crossed.  At all.

It was pretty disappointing, and it felt like the whole book was filler.  I was so bored reading it, and I kept waiting for something to happen.  Matched was so promising, and I was hoping that a lot of the questions I had at the end of it would be answered.  Sadly, they weren’t.  In fact, I have even more questions.  I highly doubt any questions I have will be answered in the next book…which I might (or might not) read.

The poetry was irritating, and I kept waiting for it to stop.  Did Condie want us to know she really likes poetry by throwing it in a lot?

Not only that, I just couldn’t care about anything.  Xander’s secret?  Don’t care that he has one and that it’s not Ky’s place to reveal it to Cassia.  Why bother mentioning it if no one’s going to tell Cassia or if Xander isn’t around to mention it?

The narration didn’t work for me- it’s told by Ky and Cassia, who sound exactly the same.

I have to give it a 1 out of 5.  It was really disappointing, and it felt like Condie didn’t care about what happened to her characters.