I haven’t read many post-apocalyptic books, but after reading Partials by Dan Wells I think that I’m much more inclined to. After the government’s most deadly genetic creation, the partials, rebel, a virus called RM is released to the world killing 99.9% of the world’s population. All the remaining survivors are immune to RM and have gathered in one community on Long Island off the coast of New York, which is inhabited by partials. The partials have been leaving them alone, but they still have one major problem: none of their newborn babies are immune to RM and they all die within three days of their birth.
Kira Walker, a 16 year old medic-in-training, 
becomes determined to be the one who cures RM and will do anything to achieve that goal. She will even go across the Long Island Sound and capture a partial. Kira is determined that the partials hold the key to curing RM because they have human DNA, and yet they are immune to RM as well. Kira must work around a controlling and secretive government and a dangerous rebel group called the Voice who are upset with one law in particular. This law would be the Hope Act, named so because the government and the people believe that this law is their only hope for humanity’s survival. The Hope Act states that every girl must become pregnant as much as possible in order for more babies to be born. There is an age limit attached to the law, but it keeps getting lowered. When Kira learns that her best friend, Madison, has become pregnant Kira becomes even more determined to save Madison’s baby, Arwen Sato, from being killed by RM.
Partials is a wonderful story of survival, determination, and one girl’s determination to change the world and do something unforgettable. Partials is the first book in a series and I can’t wait for the next installment, Fragments, to be released.
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