Pandemonium

This review was originally posted on my blog here: http://knowitnotsomuch.blogspot.com/2012/10/pandemonium.html

I liked Lena a lot more here than in Delirium. She's harder, but it hasn't stifled her compassion. She comes into the Wilds broken, hurt and ready to die but she soldiers on and make the resistance a priority for herself because she knows it's the right thing. The ‘now' and ‘then' flip flopping of the chapters was great, It felt like everything moved faster although it did leave little room for suspense because you basically knew the future when you were in the ‘then' parts.

I dread Alex returning. While I don't think that what Lena may have found in Pandemonium is deep, I dread the ‘you hurt me' boy all butt hurt and acting like she betrayed him. It's a character that's been done too many times in too many different novels and I was hoping this would be different. Of course, I could be wrong. We'll find out in March when Requiem comes out!