Reached

Reached by Ally Condie is the last book in the Matched Trilogy (eep!).

(Summary from Goodreads)

After leaving Society to desperately seek The Rising, and each other, Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again. Cassia is assigned undercover in Central city, Ky outside the borders, an airship pilot with Indie. Xander is a medic, with a secret. All too soon, everything shifts again.

10/10 Oh gosh. Oh my gosh. This was my favorite book after I read it. It was one of those books that sits in the back of my mind days after I finish it, and I'm mourning the loss of a story that I loved so much...this happens a lot with final books. I'm reading The Fault in Our Stars right now though, and it's a close contender, (I'm not here to talk about that right now) but I really wanna read Reached again. Condie really stepped it up in this book. It was beautifully written, the type of writing that I wish I was capable of (or will be someday). I really enjoyed this book...all 512 pages of it--which brings me to my next point. The only thing not positive I have to say about this book is that the first 300 pages or so seemed like mostly filler. I mean, I didn't get bored reading the first half of the book or anything, but in retrospect, I felt like the beginning was pale in comparison to the ending. Matched is my favorite out of the three for that reason, but Reached is by far the most beautifully written. Oh and I loved the tri-perspective with Xander.

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT
This is the last book of a trilogy, so of course I have to talk about the ending and all of the surprises.

 Hey, well I saw this neat idea thing on some other book blog and just highlight the text to see the spoilers. (genius)

Okay well, Cassia ended up with Ky, which is no surprise. I mean, c'mon, Xander said it himself in the book that why would Cassia choose someone who was chosen for her. I felt so bad for Xander during the story, but I was so glad that he ended up with Lei (I never would've guessed her true identity). I personally never really shipped the whole "Xander Indie" thing. Okay Indie. I CAN'T BELIEVE INDIE DIED SHE WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER. NO. JUST NO. Condie really surprised me on some things, like how it turned out Cassia sorted for her own Banquet. She did a really good job with tying everything together, such as the "Red Garden Day". Like whoa. The ending was beautiful. It was amazing. It was breathtaking. I also felt pretty satisfied...the only things that I wanted tied up were Hunter, and who wins the vote. But, I was satisfied, and sad that the journey had to come to a close, but I couldn't have asked for a better final book. 

  

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♥Skittlez