#xander carrow

I remember liking the books, but I don't remember much from them. What I DO remember is picturing Ky NOT being white. After all, he's described as having darker skin and black hair. So, listening to this, this is who I envisioned:

(Micheal Cimino from Never Have I Ever)

So imagine my surprise when I look Ky Markham up to see how other people see him AND ALL I SEE ARE WHITE MEN 😭

Like, even as a middle schooler, Ky was NEVER white in my head. So, looking at the picture used on fandom wiki:

And the other fancasts/fan art of him:

(Honarable mentions for fancasts include Jacob Elordi, Logan Lerman, Zac Efron, and Drew Roy)

Was honeslty a big shock for me. Now don't get it twisted, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Ky being widely believed to be white, I'm just saying that I was so surprised that it seems I was the only one who pictured him that way.

2.2.2021

Matched by Ally Condie is a book (and series) that a friend recommended to me several years ago. I remember her stopping by the circulation desk at the university library to chat with me and she had just finished the trilogy and said it was one she thought I would like.

Well, here we are, almost seven years later, and I finally started the trilogy! 

In this first book, we’re introduced to The Society and it’s various citizens, focusing on Cassia Reyes, Ky Markham, and Xander Carrow, a trio of seventeen-year-olds who are getting ready to enter the adult world. Cassia and Xander are matched together for marriage, something that will not take place until they turn twenty-one, but Cassia is also matched with Ky as a government experiment to see how someone who is an Abberation will pair up and fall in love with someone “normal.” Cassia is torn between her best friend who will keep her in the confines of her comfort zone and the boy she truly falls in love with and wishes she could be with instead.

This book was a nice, airy read for me, something I don’t usually say about futuristic books like this. But, compared to some of the books I’ve been reading the last several months, it was a nice change of pace. It did leave off with a little bit of a cliff-hanger, enough to get me to want to read the next book (which will most likely happen later this month). 

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