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Reached by Ally Condie
3.0

Of all the dystopian YA I've read, the first book in this trilogy (Matched) stood out for me and was one of my favorites. I was really looking forward to seeing this through and unraveling the secrets of the Society and Cassia's family - specifically her grandfather. Alas, all the talk of Society vs the Rising vs the Enemy got convoluded and nothing is revealed that I didn't already assume. And yet, many things are left ambiguous and I felt a bit beaten over the head with the theme of threes.