Matched by Ally Condie    

This book opens with a very happy Cassia heading for her Matching ball.  She is wearing a formal dress, everyone is wearing their finest and the ceremony is full of splendor.  Right away, I suspected something foul in a scene that was perfect.  The society that Cassia lives in controls EVERYTHING, even who they can marry.  They aren't allowed to own any items (that wouldn't be fair) and everyone dies at age 80.  It is an authoritarian regime to the utmost degree, reminding me of Fahrenheit 451. In fact, her dad is in charge of burning books at the library!  As the book unravels, so does the utopian picture of Cassia's life.  She likes the wrong guy, she starts to feel stifled by her lack of choices, and her grandfather shares a *gasp* poem that is outlawed.  Only 100 poems are chosen from the myriad of poetry written and none other can exist.   Only 100 songs are allowed, no other music. This is society gone terribly wrong, and Cassia is stuck right in the middle of it. Great read, hard to put down.  It reminded me of how revolutionary reading can be!