Partials (Partials Sequence, #1) in And So It Begins Reading Challenge

Dec 16, 2011 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopian, signed-by-the-author

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I was not expecting to love this as much as I did. I’d heard from more than a few people that it was lacking in the romance department (and I can’t say enough how I need my romance), but Partials was a wonderful surprised, with action that never stopped and made you question what you believe is moral. What helped me is that there were traces of a romance: the dying one between Keira and Marcus, and the possible fling between Keira and Samm Find more of my reviews on my blog, The Reader's Antidote

I was not expecting to love this as much as I did. I’d heard from more than a few people that it was lacking in the romance department (and I can’t say enough how I need my romance), but Partials was a wonderful surprised, with action that never stopped and made you question what you believe is moral. What helped me is that there were traces of a romance: the dying one between Keira and Marcus, and the possible fling between Keira and Samm. Once Keira finds out more about who she is, she’s not certain about anything, except that she needs to know more.

There was a lot of medical jargon. Thankfully, I’ve taken college-level biology and high school physiology, so I understood a good amount of it. That would be my only warning with this novel; it’s not for younger high school kids because they simply wouldn’t be able to understand most of the medical breakthrough’s that Keira makes. Dan Wells obviously did his research. This book also has a comedic element to it, which took me by surprise. I guess I don’t expect dystopian writers to be funny, but those little moments were a kind of relief. It also made me love Marcus. He so obviously loved Keira, but Keira is what you might call a free spirit. This annoyed me. A lot. But that’s what made her a great character. She wasn’t just going to sit back and take it. And even though she kind of dragged her friends into it all, it’s what she thought was right.

When I started this book, I was immediately reminded of Terminator. The humans made these half-human-half-machines, Partials, to basically fight a war for them. Needless to say, just like in Terminator, this did not turn out well. But instead of the Partials turning on the humans, they spread a virus that they were immune to, but was deadly to most humans. For those who survived, you’d think this would make a nearly perfect world (no sarcasm intended). The stores remain intact but unmanned. All the clothes in the stores are left, so people just take what they want. This takes place in New York, so you can imagine the awesomeness of that! The biggest problem: every baby that’s born since after the disease dies from it. They’re not immune, and the human race is dying. That’s why Keira will do anything to find a cure. Anything.

I can’t wait to see what happens next! Again, this was a pleasant surprise. And now that Keria isn’t who she thought she was, she’s off to get answers from the last place you’d expect Definitely worth a read ...more

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