I am OBSESSED!

I started reading the Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver at the end of January and I cannot stop obsessing over it. (Just a quick alert: if you want to read further just be prepared because this is a SPOILER filled gush).

Delirium took a little motivation to start reading and, I'll admit, I was hesitant to start the series. I had heard rave reviews but, you know, with these kinds of series large amounts of hype can lead to an extremely crappy ass book. I was completely afraid of that such thing happening. Luckily, I was wrong. Absolutely wrong. Thankfully wrong. When I started to read this book I was blown away. The slow-yet-heart-racing speed of the story caused me to get enraptured. The way that Alex appears in the story made me start to laugh, picturing him up on the observation deck with a twinkle in his eye, and his head thrown back in laughter. Mmm, Alex. I swear, up until the beginning of Requiem, I could not get over him. I had a serious fictional-character-I-want-you-now thing workin. The way he makes Lena realize the toxicity of the world around her and how much the government and the labs have lied to her. I was really happy that she found someone to love her for her, even with all of her flaws. But, the end had me balling my eyes out. Literally. I couldn't stop crying at the thought that Alex was dead. Even the possibility made me my breath catch.

Pandemonium gave me some hope though. I finished it from cover to cover in about one night. I was done at around two in the morning. But, anyways, back to Pandemonium. I thought there was some hope at the beginning and then when she gets captured. I almost lost my shit. I was so mad and flustered and out-of-my-mind nervous for Lena. Julian, kind of, pissed me off at first. Although, I could understand where he was coming from, but I was still pissed, and that stems from the fact that at that point I was already seeing this completely from Lena's point of view. Of course, Julian grew on me, like he grew on Lena. Of course, I don't have that intense like of him like I did Alex, but for as far as I am in Requiem, he'll do. I haven't read far enough in Requiem to find out if things get better between Alex and Lena, but I really hope they do, as much as he's being an absolute ass right now, I really hope they do. They were perfect together and you can just tell that Lena doesn't love Julian as much as she still loves Alex, even though she tries to deny, deny, deny it. Of course, Alex isn't helping in this regard, with his affections towards Coral. Ugh. No. Not even okay. She may be nice, but there's something about her I just don't trust. To be honest, I think she an implant with the Invalids. This is just a theory right now, but I think it'll prove true.

Well, I have gone through my gush. Thanks for bearing with me. (:

Too-da-loo

until next time,
The Book Nerd