Title: Pandemonium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 375
Summary: The old Lena is dead. The old Lena remains with Alex in Portland, Maine, behind a wall of smoke and flame, but the new Lena was born in the Wilds, transformed by hardship, deprivation, and loss.
Now an active member of the resistance, Lena fights for a world in which love will no longer be considered a dangerous disease. Her inner life is as turbulent as the world around her. . . . Although consumed with grief for Alex, might she be falling in love with someone else?
Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.
This is one of the most difficult reviews to write ever. There’s just so much to say! But there’s so much I can’t say without ruining all the things.
I can say that once again, Oliver impressed the heck out of me.
Not gonna lie, I wasn’t a huge fan of hers after finishing Before I Fall. It felt like I invested so much time in a book and in characters that never quite achieved redemption (for me). So, when I went to read Delirium, I was super worried it would happen to me again.
You should all know that didn’t happen, because I fell in love with Lena and Alex’s story. I am in awe of the world Oliver has created – a future where love is thought to be a disease that people have to be cured of. For me, it just seems so realistic and possible (and a little frightening), because in a sense she’s right. Love is a disease. It can make you do things you never thought possible. It literally takes you over and runs your life and in some cases, you answer to it above all else.
It’s what drove Lena’s decisions in Delirium and what led us to that EPIC FREAKING CLIFFHANGER OF AN ENDING. I was so tied up in knots and just… yeah… I can’t even explain the flails. It was basically kinda like this:
Needless to say, I could not wait to get my hands on a copy of Pandemonium to find out the answer to the question everyone who read the first book is asking:
IS HE ALIVE?
Oh, wait, you thought I was going to answer that? LOL
Nope. Not happening.
Pandemonium flashes between Lena’s time following the end of book one, and where she’s at in present time, as a member of the revolution. We get to see her struggle and grieve as she acclimates to becoming an invalid and adjusts to her new life in the Wilds.
Alone.
Grief is like sinking, like being buried. I am in water the tawny color of kicked-up dirt. Every breath is full of choking. There is nothing to hold on to, no sides, no way to claw myself up. There is nothing to do but let go.
Let go. Feel the weight all around you, feel the squeezing of your lungs, the slow, low pressure. Let yourself go deeper. There is nothing but bottom. There is nothing but the taste of metal, and the echoes of old things, and the days that look like darkness.
And then we get to see how being one of them has changed her.
She’s not the same scared girl she was in the first novel. Losing the love of her life has made her stronger, more vigilant. And you know how much badassery makes me a happy girl. Lena definitely earned her ‘caren thinks you’re a badass’ badge here, folks.
This novel is full of ups and downs and highs and lows and a few spectacular HOLY SHIT DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN moments. Never before have I been so torn about the future for characters as I am with this one. I hope you’ll give it a chance, because I can’t be the only one flailing over here.
I didn’t realize that I’ve been sitting on writing this review since November, and part of the reason is that I just don’t know what to say. I don’t know how to describe how awesome I thought this book was and how much I loved it. Tonya said everything way better than I can articulate, so I hope you’ll check out her review. I’ll try to be as spoiler-free as possible, but if you haven’t read Delirium yet, definitely don’t read this.
I loved the idea of Delirium, but I wasn’t convinced by the romance–I didn’t feel the all-consuming love that should have swept them away. I felt like there should have been more–more devotion to Alex, more determination to be with him no matter what the cost, more devastation at the prospect of not being with him forever. I didn’t feel that in Delirium.
I sure as hell got it in Pandemonium. We flip back and forth between the struggles Lena has to endure as she acclimates to being in the Wilds–without Alex–and a few months later, where she’s on the forefront of the revolution. I don’t want to give away anything else, but I will say that she finds herself in an unexpected situation, with someone she’d never expect to cross paths with, much less consider an ally.
The depth of emotion that I felt from Lena as a character is so much more than we got in Delirium. I understood her motivations throughout most of the book, and I found myself rooting for her. I loved lots of the other characters, though I won’t ever waver on who I love the most lol
I can’t even tell you how much my friends and I have talked about this book. I honestly have no idea what’s going to happen, or how Oliver is going to wrap up this series in just one more. I will tell you this: If you thought Delirium had an evil cliffie, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. I will advise you NOT to look at the end before you get there, though. It will ruin everything, and trust me–you want to enjoy this journey. ♥
Are you ready for this, Fictionees? We’ve been waiting a looooooong time to give you an ARC of this book!! To enter, leave us a comment. If you’ve already read Pandemonium, let us know what your favorite part was (no real spoilers–and you know what we mean haha)! If you’ve read Delirium, let us know what you think will happen (no real spoilers, this is pure speculation)! And if you haven’t read either, any comment will do (we like being told that we’re pretty Following us isn’t required, but we appreciate it 
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I think she will learn about her mom — her family history. I think she will storm through her assignment because love is her driving force. And I think once she’s fallen for the new guy, Alex will show up, and the book will end, and I will cry, “Nooooooo!” and my hubs will shake his head like I’m a fool. Oh, well.
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I want this book!!! I did read Delirium, but It’s been too long ago. For some damn reason I have it written down that the new one didn’t come out until May ugh! Very much looking forward to getting my hands on it. I bet it takes forever, but YES he’s alive!!!
Dude your both SO pretty and I totally need to read this I don’t even know what could happen but the hopeless romantic says he is alive but its so not going to be that easy I can’t wait to see what happens!
I already read this a couple months ago and LOVED it! I am so excited for its release so I can catch everyone else’s reactions. Bwahahaha! Another killer ending! The wait for the last book may seriously kill me.
Well, of course your’re pretty! Duh!
I haven’t read either but I’ve wanted too! They are on my library TBR list. The cover is also super beautiful. Sigh.
I read Delirium back in January so my flails were for a shorter amount of time but I’ve been absolutely *dying* after the tweets Oliver posted on Twitter yesterday. I gots to know what happen you guise! Is he still alive?! Does she meet her mother?! What about Hana?! So many questions and so little time. Gag. Can’t wait till I finally get to read Pandemonium.
Oh, and ya’ll are definitely pretty
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Jenn
I really enjoyed Delirium, but like others have mentioned, I read it awhile back and can’t remember all that happened. Reading the reviews you gave Pandemonium was a nice refresher, but I’ll have to do a little more research. And of course, I’d love a copy of Pandemonium.
I just finished Delirium last week and I should smack myself for how long it took me to get around to reading it!
The cliffhanger ending was almost too much for me. And Alex… oh my gosh Alex. He needs to make an appearance in this one. Somehow!!!
They are both on my TBR list and I just bought Delirium so I will be reading it very soon. Thanks for the chance to win Pandemonium!
Wow! I haven’t read either of them yet, but I have been wanting to read them for so long! My TBR list is huge, though! I got Delirium for my Kindle a while back, so hopefully I’ll be starting it soon…
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I so want PAndemonium! I read Delirium just a few days ago and cannot wait to read how it goes!
Great giveaway!! I haven’t read either book
Thank you for taking the time to do this giveaway 
Thank you for taking the time to do this giveaway
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I’ve read Delirium but not Pandemonium yet. The ending of Delirium was so cruel! I can’t even hazard a guess as to what will happen in Pandemonium. Thanks for the chance to win!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/Dani_Nguyen/status/174882887819198464
I read Delirium and loved it! The ending killed me.
I’d love LOVE to win a copy of this book! It sounds fabulous and well, the first one was amazing!
Thank you for the giveaway!
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I haven’t read either yet but I just bought Delirium last week and it is next in my TBR pile =D I have hear such amazing things about it that I can’t believe it has taken me this long to read it!
I haven’t read the books yet and yes, you are pretty, and yes, I’m super excited to read both of these books!
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I really hope that we find our more about her mom. I think it would also be interesting to see if her sister plays a major part…or even minor… of supporting Lena or not…
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have read neither, but based on the great reviews I can’t wait
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I’m dying to find out what happens to her honey.
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i haven’t read it but it’s on my TBR list
I haven’t read either because I knew that I’d rather wait for Pandemonium to come out so that I could read both and wouldn’t have to wait for months! I did love Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall, so I hope that I’ll like these books as well!
That, and… oh my! You are very pretty 
thanks for the giveaway!
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I have read Delirium and I really enjoyed it. I do not know what is going to happen. But I can’t wait to see.
The ending of Delirium was a heart breaker. I really hope that Pandemonium can ease my troubled mind. Maybe I want the impossible.
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Delirium is sitting on my shelf now but I haven’t had time to read it yet
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Hey pretty ladies
I haven’t gotten to read these yet! …Sadly 
It is very very (extremely) high on my TBR list!! I just have to get my hands on it from somewhere…Thanks so much for this!!
I tweeted too! https://twitter.com/#!/VickieReljin/status/175431754021216256
Oh gosh! So excited for this book. I LOVED Delirium, and the ending had me practically crying. The teasers about Pandemonium have me kind of worried. I love the idea of a stronger Lena, but without Alex the book might not work for me. I hope Lena prevails and learns more about her mom and her heritage.
You’re pretty.
It’s on my to-read list!
I have not read this book, but sounds realy good. I want to get it. Thanks for the giveaway.
I haven’t read either yet, though both Delirium & Pandemonium are on my very loooooong tbr list on Goodreads (which is mostly Kassiah’s fault). Winning the copy of Pandemonium would give me the excuse of running right out and buying Delirium to read first (ignoring the 30 books already sitting on my table tbr) so that I can avoid the rage that being left hanging at the end of Delirium would give me if I didn’t have Pandemonium waiting. I get ragey enough at the way some books end, so I try to avoid it whenever possible.
And NEGL, both of you are very pretty.
I haven’t read either book, but I will because you’re both so pretty, I can’t help myself, and I kinda trust your taste in fiction.
I just brought Delirium and will be reading it after I read the Trylle Series. I have high hopes for this book as the reviews were amazing and so were the rates. PLEASE be good xD. The summar is awesome and the cover is cool too. I didn’t know Pandemonium was out or else I would have brought both of them together -.- but hopefully I will win this so I don’t need to go down to the bookshop and buy it
Okay, haven’t read either, but so wanting to. Really like the premise and both books are on my tbr list, fairly near the top. Would so love to win…. then I would have an excuse to get book one and my husband couldn’t argue that I ‘didn’t need another book because I already have so many’ because I would want to read them in order
a win-win-win situation.
Haven’t read either, but a win-win-win situation would have me win the book then I would HAVE to buy the first one and my husband couldn’t say I didn’t need it because you can’t read book 2 without reading book1. Yeah me!
I’ve never read any of her books. They look a little iffy to me. But everyone seems to love them…..ahhhh. I don’t know what to do. Also. Why is everyone commenting saying that you guys are both so pretty? I don’t usually go around complimenting random bloggers on their looks. But that’s probably just me.