The first book, Matched, had left a slight impression on me, and I decided to pursue the other two books, Crossed and Reached. However, I was disappointed in the degradation of the trilogy. The initial intrigue of a dystopian society, paired with the Romeo and Juliet-like elements of "matching", soon left as I started to read the other two books. While Matched had a promising start, the rest of the series wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be. The falling apart of the series is similar to the downfall of The Hunger Games. The books got worse and worse as the trilogy went on.