However, Matched is a trilogy. Cassia goes back and forth between her feelings for Xander and her feelings for Ky throughout the novels. At the end of the third book, Reached, Cassia chooses to be with Ky as her final choice of a partner.

Is Matched a good book?

This book has such a wide range of language, some exciting characters and such a rich in-book world, and I absolutely love it. It is definitely on par with other books in its genre, like the Hunger Games and Divergent, yet the story is so different and more about feelings than struggling to survive.

What is KY in matched?

Ky Markham is an Aberration that was adopted by the Markham family in the same borough as Cassia Reyes because their son had been killed by an escapee Anomaly (Later in Reached we find out that Ky’s cousin Matthew actually vanished to the Otherlands.).

Does Cassia choose KY or Xander?

Cassia has difficulty deciding who she loves more — Ky or Xander — both of whom have loved her since their childhoods. She finally decides Ky is the only one for her, and Xander pursues Lei, who turns out to be Vick’s (from the second book) Match.

When did matched come out?

November 30, 2010
Matched/Originally published

What does Cassia look like in matched?

She is described as having green eyes and coppery/brown hair, her nose being straight and small and her chin, with a trace of a dimple like her grandfather’s. On the book covers, her hair is long, dark, kind of curly hair that is brown and it reaches down past her chest.

How old is the main character in matched?

The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly-controlled society in which young people are “matched” with their life partners at the age of 17. The main character is seventeen-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.