Okay, sounds corny. Like teenagers fighting for the right to love. It could've gone this route, but didn't. It was actually pretty vicious.
Once you are 18, you get a lobotomy that "cures" you of love. The reasoning seems sound. It's a dangerous emotion that leads to violence, jealousy, revenge, pain, and general unpleasantness.
The problem is enforcement. Portland is enclosed by an electrical fence because there's a movement of resistors fighting back.
Our protagonist, befriends one of those resistors. Through his eyes, she starts to see her world as it actually is. Regulators peering inside windows to catch adults loving their kids too much. Midnight raids with forcible entry to see if you're breaking the rules. Immediate execution or lifetime imprisonment if you're caught.
The book is a mite predictable, but it is a good read. I like how it takes the protagonist a while to change her thinking. It's not like hey there's a hot guy! I love him! My world is wrong! It took several hundred pages to get there. The journey is page turning and exciting though. I'm definitely checking out the sequel.
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