They say that the cure for Love will make me happy and safe forever.
And I've always believed them.
Until now.
Now everything has changed.
Now, I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie.
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
Lena Tiddle, also known as Lena Haloway, lives with her aunt, uncle and two cousins. They live in a futuristic America where love is a disease called Amor Delirium Nervosa. When teenagers turn eighteen, they go through a procedure that “cures” them of the disease. This is after they are evaluated which is what they must have done right before graduating high school. The Evaluations determines what job the person being evaluated will have and who they will be Matched with.
There is a mishap on the day of Lena’s evaluation: somehow, a horde of cows are allowed into the room she is being evaluated in and she is interrupted. She sees a boy on top of a desk laughing at the fiasco; this was her first time ever meeting Alex.
Lena has to redo the Evaluations a few days later, everything goes well, and she gets the name of three guys who could potentially be matched with her.
While on a run one afternoon, Lena and her best friend, Hana, sneak through the gates of a government facility, the one in charge of deliveries to be exact. The girls are caught by a security guard who happens to be the guy she saw on the desk; he pretends to never have met her which angers her.
A few days later, Hana invites Lena to an illegal party that takes place after curfew. Lena sneaks out before curfew and attends the party where she hears the strangest yet hypnotic music. She meets Alex again but their conversation doesn’t turns out as well as planned due to Alex’s denial of seeing Lena. By the end of the night, Alex hints to Lena that she should meet in at the Black Cove the following night but he’s a no show. Lena and Alex meet up at another Part y that Lena shows up to for in order to warn Hana that Regulators, people who patrol for rule-breakers, are on the way but she is too late and the Regulators arrive with dogs the moment she gets there, Alex is the one who saves her after she’s injured.
While hiding out, Alex ends up telling Lena everything about himself and the two grow closer and closer from then on. They know that their time together is limited for Lena’s Procedure is only a couple of weeks away but they make the best of it. Complications arise when Lena receives the name of the person she’s matched with. From there, whether or not things go uphill for them is for you to find out and you to know.
My Thoughts
I’m going to be completely honest is saying that I loved Delirium, but it isn’t one of my favorite books. The plot and setting is amazing and orchestrated very well but the ending….let’s just say it had my blood boiling.
Lena was annoying. She focused too much on the consequences for breaking the rules rather than enjoying herself and being with the guy she liked. If I had a guy like Alex, the last thing on my mind would be stupid consequences. She was fickle in her decisions and made them based on her current feelings and that – my friends – did not bode well with me.
Alex, on the other hand, happens to be the love of my life, along with others. He loved Lena and always put her wants and needs before his, no matter the result. He had too little a regard for his safety, I didn’t like that either.
The book is a dystopian, so that enabled me to like it way better than I thought. It took me a while to start Delirium; I didn’t think it was worth all the hype and I am proud to say that I was wrong.
If you’re like me, you need to get your stuff together and buy a copy of this book. It’s soooo Bootastic.
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