The Pairing

Fuelled by God's desire that they should repopulate the Earth after cataclysmic wars 300 years earlier, the people of New Peace value family above all else. Marriage is mandatory at the age of 16, at which young people face the Pairing Ceremony: make a Lovematch, be Paired by fate, or be immolated. Natalie Peckett is on the cusp of the Pairing Ceremony and has no marriage prospects. This year, there are eleven women too many, eleven women who will be ceremoniously burned alive...

The Pairing is a Young Adult novel written by Kate Pryor, an English teacher based in Central Queensland, Australia.