3.5 stars

This is book 3 of (I believe) a trilogy. The gist of this dytopian trilogy is that people are “cured” of a disease with a surgery when they come of age. That disease is love. They will no longer feel love. They are then paired with someone to marry. But there is a group of people who don’t want this to happen, at least to them. This book follows Lena and Hana, once best friends. Their points of view alternate.

Possible spoilers for previous books: Lena is living with a group of people in the “wilds”; she has not had the surgery nor does she want to. Hana has had the surgery and is slated to marry Fred. Fred’s father was the mayor, but he died in an uprising and Fred is now mayor. He emphasizes how much he despises the uncured. He was married previously to Cassie, but Cassie seems to have disappeared.

I listened to the audio and this was good. Once again, it took a bit for me to figure out who many of the characters were (though I knew the main characters). It was interesting to see Hana’s and Lena’s different viewpoints, given where they each were at this point in their lives. I found Hana’s POV a bit more interesting than Lena’s. I did like how it ended. ( )

I was all set to give it four stars, but I wasn't a fan of the ending. No real resolution, especially for Hana. ( )

Maybe it's the fact that it's been 2 years since I read the last book and I'm kind of over this series now, but I found myself bored throughout most of the book. Which is a shame because I still remember how much I loved the first book, I even got one of my friends to read this series. Even though the first book leaves you wanting more, I kind of wished we were denied that and Delirium was a stand alone. I thought book 1 was great, book 2 not so great but ok, book 3 had me thinking "what was the point of that?" Seriously, why bother writing another book if I have to make up the ending in my head anyway? I would have much rather have only Delirium and make up more own ending for what happened after Delirium than to trudge through 2 more books whose purpose seems like it was to throw in a love triangle to add more drama.

The one thing I did like about this book was getting to see Hana's perspective after she's been cured. I found myself more interested in Hana's story than Lena's. It was interesting to see how she's changed and how she views the world now and some of the things she still struggles with even after the cure. Seeing Hana's perspective is probably the only reason I'm giving this a 2 stars. This book just left me with too many unanswered questions.

**SPOILERS AHEAD!!!**

Questions I still need answers for:
1. Did the bomb go off at Fred's house? (I don't think this was made clear)
2. Did Fred actually stay inside the house? Was he killed? (I hope so)
3. What will happen to Hana now? Will she go back to living with her parents? Will she get another match?
4. What happened to Grace's family? Are they dead?
5. What is Lena going to tell Julian now that she knows Alex still loves her and she loves him?
6. What's going to happen with ALL of the characters now? Where will Lena and Grace go?
7. Will they stay with Lena's mom? What's Lena's mom going to do now? Will she continuing moving all over the country helping the resistance fight wherever she can? Will Lena and Grace join her?
8. Will Alex join Lena and Grace? Will any of them go back to the wilds?

And now for some of the major questions:

9. What will Portland look like now after this attack?
10. Will all the cureds leave and find somewhere else to go?
11. Will the city become nothing more than a ghost town?
12. Will the invalids/resistance take control and start running things? If so, what would the new structure look like?
13. How would they go about implementing change and convincing the rest of the surviving cureds that love isn't a disease and no one should be made to get the cure?
14. Will the resistance be able to take over other cities and towns until the whole country is free or will an army of regulators come in and massacre everyone again?
15. Will the cureds find help from other cities and towns and take Portland back?

I get NO answers to any of these questions. I think you can see the frustration. ( )

I enjoyed it. However I find the third books in a series tend to get a bit tired. Maybe I should have left it for a few weeks before reading them back to back. ( )

Hated the ending so much. ( )