Pure (The Pure Trilogy Book 1) by Julianna Baggott

      "We know you are here, our brothers and sisters...
      Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost - how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers... to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
      Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash...
      There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss - maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her. 
      When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again."

      This dystopian novel has a very action-packed story line. There are a few coarse words said aloud by some of the characters, but very infrequently. The romance is also kept very clean. There is, however, a lot of violence, the story taking place in a very violent world with a survival-of-the-fittest mentality. The characters are constantly being chased and attacked. There is also a very melancholy mood to the entire book as most of the characters are mutated and deformed and suffer from huge loss. This winds a very thoughtful journey, but is not for a reader who is looking for a feel-good novel.

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