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Partials (Partials Sequence #1) by Dan Wells | Review

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Pages: 468 pages

Publication Date: February 28th 2012 by Balzer + Bray

ISBN: 0062071041 (ISBN13: 9780062071040)

Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war's origin that she never knew to ask.

Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike—and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view.

Now, What I Thought:

So to start off, this is a dystopian novel, and it's definitely different than any dystopia world I'v ever read about. The novel revolves around Kira, she's a pretty smart medic. They have her working on maternity, much to her dismay, because the human population is depleting each day. Years back, some scientists wanted to finally win the big war that was happening. They decided to create these human look-a-likes, except they're not even human. Think cyborg meets insanely attractive alien lol. Indestructible. These Partials did in fact win the big war, which was intended, but didn't stop there. They legit. took. out. more. than. half. of. the. earth's. population. TALK ABOUT BIG MISTAKES.

Now with only a couple ten-thousand humans left that did manage to hide and survive from the Partials, they're slowly dying as well. A virus, in which Kira thinks the Partial's made, RM, is killing the newborns in the maternity ward. Literally, not one baby has ever survived. Due to this and the fact that the population is lacking, laws have been put in place to ensure that at a certain age, you are eligible to produce babies. That doesn't bode well for Kira, considering she's 16 and there about to make the age from 18 to 16.

Kira, being the strong and independent individual that she is, went off looking for the RM cure. Lots of exciting things happen and its crazy to read about the after math of the world. The way Wells describes New York, Chicago, and the various other hot spots and how destroyed they are, is impeccable. Now, with every strong female protagonist, comes the love interest. I won't get into too much detail about him but lets just say.. yum hehe.

Great book, different type of story which was refreshing and I did not regret it one bit!