pg. 69-133

compared to the hunger games or even twilight, this book is extremely slow-paced. it doesn't even have that strong of a plot but yet i am unable to put it down. it is like magic. I forgot to mention that at match banquets after people have been matched, they get a microcard of their match's details on it and pictures and stuff because usually people have no idea who their match is. When Cassia gets hers she goes home and plugs it in and watches it and sees a picture of Xander, her match, but what is weird is that the screen then goes black and Ky's face shows up.

the officials claim that is it someone attempting to poll a prank or something and switch cards. They also reveal to cassia that Ky is an abberation.

After Cassia had visited her grandfather on the last day of his life, the officials had saved a tissue sample for the future where they were hoping to recreate and bring those people back through them. Grandfather puts Cassia's father in charge of this tissue sample, but when cassia returns home later on she finds that he has lost it. later it is revealed that it was Grandfather's wish for his tissue sample not to be returned.

Also while visiting grandfather, cassia is handed two poems that are not two of the list of hundred poems that were selected. this is extremely illegal and could basically get you killed or just ruin your reputation. cassia reads them and falls in love with their beautiful words. she then realizes why this poem was not selected as one to keep. it is a poem about fighting back against the authority.