He was so rough, and hard and not at all like the Alex I knew from Delirium. I love her character through and through. She was so strong, so tough but also still had that softness, the kindness that she did in Delirium. She grew so much as a person from Delirium to Requiem, it was amazing to watch her transformation in the pages. Requiem completed Lena’s character development for me. And then had to switch to DM’s because we were spoiler-ing all over the place! Cassie was also reading it, and let me tell you… we blew up Twitter.

I knew there was no actual way I could have made it the entire day at work knowing this book was out so I used an extra vacation day, got up super early and went to the bookstore to pick it up. Like cold sweats type of obsessed, so naturally I had to book the day off to read it, HAHA. Ok, so just a forward note on Requiem and the events that occurred. **This review will contain spoilers for the previous books it in the series** The two girls live side by side in a world that divides them until, at last, their stories converge.” My Thoughts & Review: Requiem is told from both Lena’s and Hana’s points of view. We are even free to choose the wrong thing. Maybe love is a disease, and we would be better off without it.Īnd in the end, that is the point of escaping the cure: We are free to choose. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings.

Regulators now infiltrate the borderlands to stamp out the rebels, and as Lena navigates the increasingly dangerous terrain, her best friend, Hana, lives a safe, loveless life in Portland as the fiancée of the young mayor. But the Wilds are no longer a safe haven-pockets of rebellion have opened throughout the country, and the government cannot deny the existence of Invalids. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center of the fight.Īfter rescuing Julian from a death sentence, Lena and her friends fled to the Wilds. Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. “They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us into the past. Amazon | The Book Depository | Chapters/Indigo | Kobo Summary from Goodreads:

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