“Crossed” was a good book. The writing, one of my favorite elements of “Matched” with its poetry and flow were impeccable, again. The poems at the beginning were good, too– the actual poetry. They enriched the story. Problematically though– it wasn’t awesome. It was good. I was a little bit disappointed that I wasn’t totally blown away after being so excited for it. While I didn’t expect an incredibly adventurous book filled with violence and suspense or anything like that, I was expecting a little bit more adventure– the ending of the first set up for some grand endeavor to the end of the Society, and I expected that to a be a little bit more exciting that it was. There was a journey, a long one, a hard one, throughout the Society and outside it. However, sometimes it seemed to drag.
Also, I really liked Cassia, the heroine, in the first book. But in “Crossed” I didn’t like her nearly as much, because I felt she was so absorbed in thoughts of Xander and/or Ky rather than what was going on and the bigger picture or even her family. It was like in parts of “Catching Fire” or “Mockingjay” when I started to get (super) annoyed with Katniss for being caught up between Gale and Peeta rather than, you know, EVERYTHING ELSE. *slight exaggeration.* I did still like Xander and Ky, and am less convinced about being ‘team Xander’ like before. It’s harder now. Ha!
The bottom line: “Crossed” was good book and I liked it, just not as much as I expected.