Delirium is the first in a trilogy of three books about the disease deliria amor nervosa, "The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you hat it and when you don't." I'm very pleased about this! I devoured half of this book in book form and the other half in eBook form in the mater of a few days. *strokes the nook lovingly* Lauren's writing was unique and flowed in a wonderful way. The way she made the characters feel happy, sad or in pain was in such a way that I felt with and for the characters. I will be picking up Lauren Oliver's debut novel Before I Fall due to the inky goodness of this book. 
 Before we can delve into the review of the book I feel a burning need to say that I loved how each chapter started with altered nursery rhymes, wild propaganda against love, and excerpts from the Book of Shh which is sort of the anti love guideline handbook on everything against this horrible disease. 
 This Beloved book begins in the future dystopian United States, which believes that Love is a disease that needs to be cured before it can fall onto you and cause great harm. Everyone is to be cured around their 18th birthday and Lena Haloway can hardly wait to join the world of the cured. Lena abides by all of the rules of the society so she can get a decent score in her evaluations. After all, she just wanted a decent list of eligible guys for possible matching. 
 In the beginning I found the world that surrounded Lena to be unique and believable. Lauren painted a dystopian world that eliminated all of the side effects of the Delirium. However, she did a beautiful job crumbling down the beautiful facade that she built as Lena learned more about he world she desperately wanted to be apart before... She falls for Alex despite how hard she fits it. *swoon* Mad Scientist fell for him too! 
 For Lena her perfect life is was now to be challenged around every turn. It was bound to happen in a story about love as the main disease. Ah, forbidden love. What will they sacrifice to be together?