Ariet lives in a protected world free from diseases, free from abnormalities and free from anything from the outside world - better known as the Old World, which was destroyed by the Great Illness. She lives in a world where her every movement is carefully monitored, measured and manipulated to the smallest degree - even what she eats and how much food is permitted to each family is carefully shared out. Her very existence has been tested and scanned by the Creators of the New World so she and her family works at their best.
In this New World, the people must pick out their breeding partners - and their life partners - by the age of 21 so they can procreate at the best time in their lives and have the right amount of genetically healthy offspring to keep their families going. However, Ariet has reached 20 and she has yet to find a partner; so one will be picked out for her by the Creators. Not only is this a creepy thing to do in her eyes,but it's something she hates; seeing her parents were picked for each other. But the Creators have been watching her carefully and have found her a perfect match - Mason Black; a Creator. This stuns and horrifies her as she is told she will never see her family again and she is to procreate within the month of meeting him.
At first, she goes into mourning and shock as Mason tries to help her adjust to her new life in his home. He makes her meals, takes her out and talks to her, but she hates him, hates what's happened and wants to go back home. He also wants to go home, as he was ordered away from his girlfriend and given Ariet as a mate instead.
As their new lives together continues over the next month, both Ariet and Mason find out that not only her name replaced by a number for the first fortnight, but her family has been told Ariet is dead. Ariet finds out that he's the grandson of the head Creator of the New World; and she hand picked Ariet to be his mate for him.
Almost as soon as they have been ordered to, Ariet falls pregnant. However, on their second visit to the medical centre, they are told there are problems with the fetus and it must be terminated; and a date is set for termination within a week or so. Once home, Mason lets Ariet in on a secret about the termination - that it's not only the fetus which is killed, it's also the mother who is also killed, as she is seen as defective too.
By this time, Mason and Ariet have begun to have serious feelings for each other, and they start to put together a plan to get her out of the New World (which doesn't sound like such a great place to live after all) and into the Old World - which they have all be told is empty, filled with disease and has nothing to live on in it. So, the plan is hatched between Mason, Ariet and Thor (Mason's best friend) to get her and Mason out of the New World... but when Mason volunteers to stay behind to make sure no more mother's are terminated with their 'defective' babies, Ariet wonders if she will ever see him again... and will Thor and her survive in this strange Old World they really know nothing about?
This book is a first of a trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading the other two when I find them. The 'Breeders' Trilogy is her published set of novels, and I'm impressed with how wonderful the prose is and now, I want to read the others when they are available.
In this New World, the people must pick out their breeding partners - and their life partners - by the age of 21 so they can procreate at the best time in their lives and have the right amount of genetically healthy offspring to keep their families going. However, Ariet has reached 20 and she has yet to find a partner; so one will be picked out for her by the Creators. Not only is this a creepy thing to do in her eyes,but it's something she hates; seeing her parents were picked for each other. But the Creators have been watching her carefully and have found her a perfect match - Mason Black; a Creator. This stuns and horrifies her as she is told she will never see her family again and she is to procreate within the month of meeting him.
At first, she goes into mourning and shock as Mason tries to help her adjust to her new life in his home. He makes her meals, takes her out and talks to her, but she hates him, hates what's happened and wants to go back home. He also wants to go home, as he was ordered away from his girlfriend and given Ariet as a mate instead.
As their new lives together continues over the next month, both Ariet and Mason find out that not only her name replaced by a number for the first fortnight, but her family has been told Ariet is dead. Ariet finds out that he's the grandson of the head Creator of the New World; and she hand picked Ariet to be his mate for him.
Almost as soon as they have been ordered to, Ariet falls pregnant. However, on their second visit to the medical centre, they are told there are problems with the fetus and it must be terminated; and a date is set for termination within a week or so. Once home, Mason lets Ariet in on a secret about the termination - that it's not only the fetus which is killed, it's also the mother who is also killed, as she is seen as defective too.
By this time, Mason and Ariet have begun to have serious feelings for each other, and they start to put together a plan to get her out of the New World (which doesn't sound like such a great place to live after all) and into the Old World - which they have all be told is empty, filled with disease and has nothing to live on in it. So, the plan is hatched between Mason, Ariet and Thor (Mason's best friend) to get her and Mason out of the New World... but when Mason volunteers to stay behind to make sure no more mother's are terminated with their 'defective' babies, Ariet wonders if she will ever see him again... and will Thor and her survive in this strange Old World they really know nothing about?
This book is a first of a trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading the other two when I find them. The 'Breeders' Trilogy is her published set of novels, and I'm impressed with how wonderful the prose is and now, I want to read the others when they are available.
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