One of the best ones is that occasionally I can get my hands on the pre-pub galley of a book before it hits the shelves of any bookstore. Let me just say that by the end of the book I was (literally) sitting on the edge of my bed, wide-eyed, and by the last words uttered by the narrator, I was cursing out loud because the book was over and I cannot believe that Lauren Oliver expects us to sit and wait until February, 2013 for Requiem to come out so we can find out what happens next!!!!!Īs an editor at Audible there are a couple awesome perks of my job. Just know that Sarah Drew does a wonderful job at expressing the emotion in Lana's voice and that is definitely needed in this book because poor Lana is put to so many tests, emotionally and physically. There are so many things that I would love to go into about Alex, Julian, and her Lana's mom, but that would be giving away just too many potential spoilers.and it would totally ruin the experience for anyone about to listen to the book. We also see the introduction of an almost entirely new cast of characters.
In this follow-up to Delirium, we see Lana's character grow immensely and really come into herself. Once that was figured out (sorry, I'm not giving any spoilers), I did find the story, and the "Now" and "Then" perspectives just a bit confusing to me.but I quickly got with the program. When I first started listening to this audiobook, I was doing so just because I read the first book and I wanted to know what happened to Alex and Lana, and to see if they made it into the Wilds safely. If I can make it to that tree, Alex will come back.Okay. “If I can run all the way to the old bank - lungs exploding, thighs shaking - then Alex will be alive.
That becomes my mantra, the story I tell myself every day, as I emerge into the inky dawn and the mist and begin, slowly, painstakingly, to train again,’’ Lena tells us, admitting that she’s playing games with herself to cope with the grief.
Julian is likable enough, and has his own tragic back story, but sadly, Oliver made her “Delirium’’heartthrob, Alex, so wonderfully magnetic that it’s a bit too difficult to accept that she’d ever really move on. Oliver introduces us to the world of “The Wilds,’’ gives us a new love interest for Lena, the vulnerable Julian, who happens to be the son of the president of Deliria-Free America, a group that promotes the society’s bible, “The Book of Shhh,’’ to the letter. While “Delirium’’ is a love story, “Pandemonium’’ is mostly about politics and rebellion. Alex has been killed while helping Lena with her terrifying escape. In the first book, Lena falls in love with a handsome outsider named Alex just days before she’s supposed to be “cured.’’ That installment follows her through the revelation of forbidden love, and (spoiler alert) the story ends with our heroine having escaped to the outskirts of society. It is no “Hunger Games,’’ but it is addictive in its own right. And Lauren Oliver’s “Delirium’’ series, which saw the release of its second book, “Pandemonium,’’ last month, is an absorbing mix of dark dystopian lore and romance novel. Marie Lu’s “Legend,’’ which like “The Hunger Games’’ is set to be a trilogy, is a thrilling romance about a teen groomed by a dystopian government who falls for a dangerous outsider.
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Readers who tore through the “Twilight’’ trilogy and then turned to Richelle Mead’s addictive “Vampire Academy’’ series because it seemed to be a suitable imitation probably figured out quickly that Mead’s books are uniquely engaging, not at all derivative of Stephenie Meyer’s story, and manage to use vampire lore to explore class, sexual politics, and how teenagers cope with depression.įans of “The Hunger Games’’ - the international bestseller by Suzanne Collins that made more than $150 million as a film adaptation during its first weekend at the box office - also have a list of well-written dystopian novels to choose from that may seem to be imitations but actually stand quite well on their own. When it comes to commercial young adult novels, we must not discount the new releases that appear to be knock-offs.
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