From the publisher: "Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow."

Agatha Christie meets The White Lotus in Condie’s adult debut. When a mudslide prevents anyone from accessing or leaving a luxury Big Sur resort, it means the guests are trapped with a murderer. Among the guests is Ellery, a newly divorced woman who’d planned the trip as a twentieth anniversary celebration but instead is traveling alone. Upon her arrival, Ellery is wounded to discover most of the resort’s guests are there for a wedding—but before the event can take place, Ellery finds the groom’s dead body in the pool. She starts investigating, but before she gets any answers, another guest turns up dead. The suspenseful plot kept me turning pages, but I especially appreciated the poignant passages on love, loss, and grief.