Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine highlighting upcoming books that we are eagerly anticipating.
This week I am featuring Pandemonium, book two in the Delirium trilogy by Lauren Oliver. I have wanted to have this book in my hands ever since I finished the first installment. I adore Lauren Oliver’s writing and Delirium’s powerful love story set in a world where love is considered a disease. After the emotional ending of Delirium I can’t wait to find out what happens next with Lena.
From Goodreads:
Lauren Oliver captivated readers with Delirium, the first book in a thrilling dystopian trilogy in which Lena Haloway dared to fall in love with Alex and escape the cure, the government-mandated procedure that renders a person immune to the disease of love. Lena and Alex staked their lives on leaving their oppressive society, but only Lena broke free.
Pandemonium continues Lena’s gripping story. After escaping from Portland, Maine, Lena makes it to the Wilds and becomes part of an Invalid community, where she transforms herself into a warrior for the resistance. A future without Alex is unimaginable, but Lena pushes forward and fights, both for him and for a world in which love is no longer considered a disease. Swept up in a volatile mix of revolutionaries and counterinsurgents, Lena struggles to survive—and wonders if she may be falling in love again.
Full of danger, forbidden romance, and exquisite writing, Lauren Oliver’s sequel to Delirium races forward at a breathtaking pace and is sure to appeal to fans who crave the high-stakes action of The Hunger Games and the bittersweet love story of Romeo & Juliet.
I am definitely intrigued by that summary and curious to follow Lena’s journey to the Wilds. The romance teaser is a bit surprising but I’m curious to see how it plays out. This series has had a cover re-design and I think the new covers are a big improvement. Pandemonium’s cover is very striking and seems to suit the series better with the image and color scheme. Just wish I had the new cover of Delirium to match Pandemonium.
PANDEMONIUM is published by Harper Teen and is due to be released on February 28 2012.
UPDATE: You can read chapter 1 of Pandemonium now here. I may just wait to read it until I have the book in my hands though!
What are you waiting on this week?
Definitely excitedd about this one too. It can’t come fast enough. Great pick!
Me too – it seems so far away!
I;m going to have to look into this series. It sounds great! Thank you so much for sharing!
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There is a Delirium special edition with the new cover releasing on August 2. Hope you enjoy the series if you get a chance to check it out!
I still have to read the first one!!
Great pick though 🙂
Yes, read Delirium first! Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by!
I wonder who the girl on the cover is supossed to be because it can’t be Lena, right? Hmm.
I assumed it was Lena on the cover. Why don’t you think it is?
Like everything else, Delirium is on my to read list!
Dixie, wait until just before Pandemonium is released to read Delirium. Then you won’t be tortured with the wait 🙂
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Am I the only one bugged by how the first one ended? I am not happy with the fact that she might be falling again in book two. Sounds to me like the uglies series redone all over again. So frustrated! But of course I am still dying for the second one to come out if just to find out what happens.