Matched is a story about a dystopian society where the government controls everything, including the personal and professional lives of its people. The story explains the future world where every aspect, including the personal, physical, and professional, of citizens are dictated by the government, including their next meal, career, and life partners.
The main character, Cassi, is a seventeen-year-old girl preparing herself to attend her matching banquet ceremony. This ceremony is held to decide the appropriate and compatible life partner for each individual. Normally, in this ceremony, the picture of the compatible partner appears on the screen, and in most cases, it is a stranger.
However, that was not the case for Cassia, as the person who appeared on the screen was Xander, her best friend, and that incident is considered a rare and fortunate occurrence. Nevertheless, to everyone’s surprise, the story takes a shocking turn when the screen displays another person’s face because of some technical glitch. Ky Markham’s appearance as a match shocked everyone due to his reputation as a societal outcast.
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