![]() ![]() She is given a microchip which will give her more information about her match, but when she looks into it, she sees the face of Ky Markham appear on the screen. ![]() Summary Spoiler AlertĪt a matching banquet in a dystopian future, Cassia Reyes is matched with her best friend Xander Carrow who lives in her neighborhood. She soon starts to fall in love with Ky during their summer leisure: hiking. At first she is confused because she was matched with Xander, but then things are straightened out with her official. However, when she's at home viewing her micro card on the port, something flashes and a familiar face pops up on the screen Ky Markham, another friend of Cassia's. She ends up being matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow, and is at first excited about their future together. At the age of seventeen, citizens undergo a process known as "matching"- becoming paired up with another boy/girl selected by the authorities. Seventeen year-old Cassia lives in a futuristic, dystopian society where the citizens' lives are strictly controlled by the government. ![]() Condie was also inspired by a time when she chaperoned a high school prom and other experiences such as falling in love and becoming a parent. The idea for Matched came in 2008 when Condie's husband asked her, "What if someone wrote the perfect algorithm for lining people up, and the government used it to decide who you married, when you married, etc.?". ![]()
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