Delirium 
By Lauren Oliver
Genre: Young Adult Sci Fi
Personal Rating: 7/10

Delirium was one of those books I tried reading a few years ago but gave up on, then suddenly all my friends where reading it and loving it, so I figured I'd give it another try. I just finished it this last week and I honestly enjoyed it. It's one of those books that starts out really slow--which is most likely why I couldn't get through it the first time--but it does pick up pace and actually gets very interesting.

In Lena's world, love is a disease. As deadly and terrifying as cancer, love is to be feared. At the age of eighteen, all citizens in the U.S undergo a procedure that destroys their ability to feel love. It's a cure Lena cannot wait for...until she meets Alex. Alex is from the Wilds, a place outside the protected walls of the city, a place where all the "Invalids" live--people who refuse the cure. And despite all reasoning, Lena begins to care for Alex. With her procedure day moving closer and closer, Lena has to decide what she believes about her society, and what she would sacrifice for love.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the plot of the story and the characters where well rounded and likable. Lauren Oliver has a very smooth writing style that sort of just flows effortlessly and it makes it easy for you to get lost in the story. My only complaint is that there is a lot of unnecessary fluff. Meaning that there's a lot of over explaining and scenes that don't enhance the story at all. I feel like a lot of the first half of the book could have been cut out and the story wouldn't have been affected.