Book Review :: The Uglies and Matched Series

As with Harry Potter and Twilight, the Hunger Games left me wanting more. I've read two series in particular that are similar to The Hunger Games.

The Uglies series by Scott Westerfield is my favorite of the two. This series takes place in the future, and everyone wonders what it was like to live in our time. When citizens reach a certain age they must have an operation to make them "pretty." Tally, the main character, can't wait to have this operation. Her friend Shay does not agree, and decides to run away. The "specials," or what we would think of as the government, tell her that she has to find Shay and bring her back or not have the operation. I can't spoil the rest, you'll have to read it for yourself! 

Similarities: love interest; big brother is watching; contained, isolated city; surviving in the wilderness; going against authority; dystopian future

Matched by Ally Condie is very similar to both The Uglies and Hunger Games. In Matched, everyone's choices are made for them. Who you marry. Where you work. What you eat. Cassia is fine with this because it's all she's ever known. When she is matched with her future husband, she is delighted! She is given a microchip with information about him to study. Unfortunately, the person whose information is on the microchip is not the person she was matched with. It's her friend, Ky. Cassia knows that this was a mistake, and the officials really want her to be matched with Xander, but is Ky really her soul mate? Read to find out if Cassia chooses perfection or passion!

Similarities: love interest; big brother is watching; contained, isolated city; dystopian future; choosing between two loves

Have you read these series?

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Brittany