What if everything that mattered came down to a single test? If your entire life was defined at the age of seventeen, could you handle it? Could you accept your fate even if it meant leaving the ones you love, or would you risk it all and stay? Just one test stands between Vanessa and Central. One chance to make the leap across the walls to a better life. One test to decide her fate. As Vanessa's seventeenth birthday closes-in, the leap-test ebbs closer, like fog rolling at morning's dawn. At seventeen, Central considers Vanessa an adult. Her labor role, marriage, and housing divisions will be dictated by her performance on the leap. Dedication and unfaltering friendship has bonded Vanessa to Garrett as they fight for their chance to leap into Central. But what happens when love overtakes reason? When defiance in the name of love creates an unintentional fracture in their nation. Without warning Vanessa finds herself at the mercy of the nation that's supposed to protect her. Exiled and abandoned she must fight, but she find's she's not alone. With her heart divided she seeks her revenge, but will her stand be enough? Ruination is the next YA dystopian trilogy that will hook you from the start! If you liked Veronica Roth's Divergent series or Suzanne Collins Hunger Games series then be prepared to get addicted to Ruination. Be prepared for a fast-paced, action-packed story that will keep you on the edge of your seat and begging for book two! It's the perfect trilogy to read for those looking for the next addicting young adult dystopian series. Young adult, fiction, dystopian, action, adventure, romance, strong female heroine trilogy