"The simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have"

Ladies and gentlemen, I have found another genre/theme for my reading list! Aside from angels and reincarnations, I have added dystopia on my shelf. I never thought I'm going to love dystopian novels especially after what happened in The Hunger Games and Divergent. First of all, I love those books especially the Hunger Games. It's just that when I read them, I could really feel for them. I hate it that their government thinks that  they are so perfect and that they can control everything. I hate that their people think that they live in a perfect society wherein everything is all right as long as they do what their leaders wanted them to do. So after those two, I tried to stay away from dystopian themes. But I am a sucker for beautiful covers. When I saw Matched, I just couldn't resist buying it. Well anyway, after reading it, my view of dystopian novels changed. I started to love the genre. I realized that what made this genre great is the fact that the main character is fighting to gain freedom and live the way he/she wants and make their own choices. 

Matched by Ally Condie is really a page-turner. I was actually surprised on how fast I was reading it. I love how well it was written. I also love the concept and the story. It was just that I am ambivalent with the three main characters. I mean, I both love and hate them - Cassia, Xander and Ky.

I love Cassia for being brave and loving. I hate her for hurting Xander. She was two-timing him for heaven's sake. Cassia, Xander is your match! Can't you just love and look at him? But then we won't have this story. LoL. Anyway, I love Xander for loving Cassia and being understanding. I hate him since I know he might be doing something in the future that might hurt Cassia, you know like desperate moves to have her back. I love Ky... I love Ky... oh wait, I couldn't think of any. Do I love Ky? Maybe I would love him in the future like Peeta. But for now, I hate him for loving Cassia. As for now, I am currently in team Xander. But I think that's going to change just like what happened to me in the Hunger Games. Before, I was definitely on team Gale until I realized that Gale is not fighting for Katniss, but Peeta is. Unless Xander won't be doing something grave to hurt Cassia, that might not change. LoL. I just hope they're going to sell paperbacks of Crossed so I can read it when it comes out next week! I am so excited.