Crossed (Matched #2): Book Review

I enjoyed this (3.5 stars); I am enjoying the series as a whole. I hated all the running in this one though. I wish we had spent more time in one place, like at the end - I wish we'd gotten to see more of the Rising. I liked Ky in the first book and like him even more now. I feel like what we learned of Xander doesn't really fit with the character that he was in the first book. Can he have changed so much? I find it interesting that I do not like Cassia as much as I feel I should, though I cannot exactly put my finger on why. One issue in this part of the story that I felt was unbelievable was how Cassia risked everything to chase after Ky, and then almost as soon as they were reunited, it was so easy for her to decide to be separated from him. Likewise, he, who apparently had nothing but her (and whose thoughts of her were all that kept him alive in the beginning), said mid-way through that he would NOT join the Rising for her. Not even for her. And then two seconds later, he's all, "Yeah, okay. I'll join too!" But then he's totally okay being away from her. Huh? This middle installment opens up many new questions that aren't answered, but I felt it wrapped up others from the first book sufficiently enough that it didn't leave me unsatisfied. I'm still trying to figure out though...how many different groups are there again? The Farmers, The Society (are they humans or robots or aliens?), The Rising, and The Enemy? Or are some of these one and the same?

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