Author: Lauren Oliver
From GoodReads, "Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the governments demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love."
I was a little hesitant to read a futuristic book, but decided to give it a shot because I absolutely loved Lauren Oliver's previous book, Before I Fall. I found that the future aspect of this book didn't bother me at all. Delirium has so many good things going for it. It has suspense, mystery, but best of all, a forbidden love story. Any book that has a love so strong and has so much potential and so many obstacles... this book really moved me! I kept reading, thinking... "Come on, please make it work!"
Then there is the secondary character of Alex. The one that main character, Lena Holloway, shouldn't be with. The one who the society says is all-wrong for her. Alex is thoughtful, mysterious, and romantic. This is a book you have got to read!
The only bad thing about the book is that the next on isn't coming out until 2012! Will I read it? You bet!
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