To begin with, this book is slightly creepy because Anya’s grandmother was born in 1995 and is really old, but apart from that, it’s a fantastic book. Anya is arrested for attempted murder of her ex-boyfriend (which naturally is a false accusation) and it’s a great book about family and love. After this attempted murder that Anya didn’t attempt in the first place, she’s saved from Liberty Children’s Facility by the District Attorney. He warns her to stay away from his son and in return he will not come down on her family for being illegal chocolate dealers (yes, chocolate is a banned substance, along with coffee). It was a good book, with Anya trying to juggle her family’s needs and her relationship with Win (the DA’s son). It would have been predictable if not for the underlying mystery of who actually poisoned Anya’s ex and why as well as the numerous individual stories of other, more minor characters which give the novel more depth. It’s a dark and sometimes scary book with an unpredictable ending. 6.5/10

Okay, I’ve decided to start doing book reviews every so often. Before you all go “but why is the title ‘summer book review’?”, I live in New Zealand. It’s summer here. Deal with it.
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The idea behind Delirium is genius. I keep wishing I’d come up with the idea myself. It’s basically about a society where love is seen as a disease and everyone gets cured of it when they’re 18. Lena, the heroine, accepts this and even looks forward to it after her mother committed suicide because of love. She’s 95 days away from her operation and then, of course, the inevitable happens and she falls in love. What could have happened didn’t (thank God). She could have gone along with it happily, no longer questioning her previous beliefs. However, she does fight it and even after she accepts that she’s in love, it’s not smooth sailing and she still is worried by the expectations of the society around her, which is a nice break from all the books wherein someone falls in love and forgets about everything else in their lives and previous beliefs. Although love is meant to be a disease in this book, name of the disease sounds pretty. I mean, I don’t know about you but amor deliria nervosa doesn’t exactly send the fear of God rocketing through my bones. It was a fantastic book, wonderfully paced and I didn’t notice how long it actually was (I think it’s around 400 pages). Lena was a likeable character, not like some heroines who are so needy when they fall in love. Yeah, she depends on Alex, but not to the Bella-Edward annoyingness that could have happened, although I do hate the name Alex. It seems as if every hot hero is called Alex. Of course, if your name is Alex, please don’t be offended - it just seems to be really common in books. There are plenty of twists…especially at the end. I can’t wait for the next in the trilogy, Pandemonium, coming out in March next year. 9/10