All that being said, lots of confusion and no one is happy. Mind you Lena WAS holding on to the hope that Alex was some how ok yet she assumed he was dead since she saw him get shot and captured at the end of Delirium. Alex is hurt that he held on to the thought that Lena was waiting for him and when he walks in and sees that it’s not the case, he’s bitter. So, at the beginning of Requiem, we’re at the camp where Alex is now part of the group, and there’s all sorts of uncomfortable ness going on. The challenge being that Alex still holds her heart and Julian was basically giving his to her.

Amidst all this though, she found that she had growing feelings for Julian and started to develop their relationship a bit. ….so lena wasn’t very happy with the situation all around. it was known that they would be captured by the Scavengers who were working for the DFA (how backwards). So at the end of Pandemonium (book 2), Lena and Julian find out that they were pawns for Raven/Tack and the resistance. finally – 2 days ago i started reading Requiem and i’m not quite sure what i think about it. You guys can only imagine how long i was waiting for this book to come out – i was sitting on the edge of my seat to get it and trying to get through my re-reads of books 1 and 2 so that i was fully up to speed with what was going on. Sophisticated and wide-ranging, Requiem brings the Delirium trilogy to a thrilling conclusion. With lyrical writing, Lauren Oliver seamlessly interweaves the peril that Lena faces with the inner tumult she experiences after the reappearance of her first love, Alex, the boy she thought was dead. They live side by side in a world that divides them until, at last, their stories converge. Requiem is told from both Lena and Hana’s points of view.

Regulators infiltrate the borderlands to stamp out the rebels.Īs Lena navigates the increasingly dangerous terrain of the Wilds, her best friend, Hana, lives a safe, loveless life in Portland as the fiancée of the young mayor.

Pockets of rebellion have opened throughout the country, and the government cannot deny the existence of Invalids. But the Wilds are no longer a safe haven. The nascent rebellion that was underway 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 transformed. This exciting finale to Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling Delirium trilogy is a riveting blend of nonstop action and forbidden romance in a dystopian United States. Publisher/Year: Harper Collins Publishers 3/5/13

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