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Violence
Some
Some violence — the government's enforcers; the regulated world and its costs
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A government that regulates love — the premise; its implications; Lena's conditioning — she has been taught to want the cure; Alex's existence — what he represents to her; The society's violence — what happens to resisters; The ending of the first book — not a clean resolution; A trilogy
What this book is about
Lena Haloway lives in a world where amor deliria nervosa — love — has been classified as a disease. At eighteen, citizens receive the cure. Lena has always been eager to be cured, to be safe. Then she meets Alex. Delirium is the first of a YA dystopian trilogy — a slow-building romance inside a tightly controlled society.
Notes for sensitive readers
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A government that regulates love — the premise and its implications
Lena's conditioning — she has been taught to want the cure
The society's violence — what happens to those who resist
The ending of the first book — not a clean resolution; a trilogy
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