![]() ![]() The One is not exactly a novel, but instead follows the lives of five strangers as they find their matches. But, as with all things, there’s an underbelly to this new world of that is anything but romantic. It would be an almost idyllic society, at least on the surface, if not for all of the families that have been broken up as married couples split to be with their genetic matches. Racism, homophobia, and religious conflicts are basically things of the past, as DNA matches can cross continents, genders, races, and creeds. ![]() One simple mouth swab, and they’ll scour their database in search of your genetic match. The company Match Your DNA has taken the world by storm. That’s exactly what has happened in The One. Imagine if scientists were able to isolate a component of DNA that exactly matched with only one other person on the face of the earth. What if your soul mate dies of cancer before they graduate high school? What if they live halfway around the world? Those kinds of questions are just scratching the surface of what Marrs explores in The One. ![]() There are too many things that could potentially go wrong. ![]() I love my husband with every single fiber of my being, but I can’t fathom there only being one right person out there for anyone. The concept of soul mates is not one that I believe in. ![]()
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