Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (Good)

Sorry, its been so long since I posted an actual review, but I also haven't done anything but reread books lately.  Anyway, I finally made it through Pandemonium, which I started sometime near January.  Anyway, I'll go ahead and start reviewing.  The cover:

This is the sequel to Delirium.  (Click on the link to see my review of that book.)  The cover is just Lena with things found in the woods around her.  The title also should make perfect sense after reading the book, so I'm not going to go into that in detail.  *At this point there may be spoilers from Delirium*

Lena is in the wilds now.  She needs to learn the way to survive outside of "Zombieland", as the people in the wilds have taken to calling it.  In a series of flashbacks, she is both fighting starvation, etc. in the Wilds and fighting the society from the inside.  In a sudden twist, Lena is put into the middle of the action, in a way that isn't as she expects.  This event might even change the way she thinks about herself and her aim by fighting.

I liked this book, but I wouldn't say I loved it because the beginning was slow.  Do not give up.  It starts getting fast paced and exciting by at the very latest 50 pages in.  Once I got into it, I really enjoyed it.  

Every other chapter was either from "then" or "now" as the chapter heading said.  So about half the story was Lena's trip in the Wilds and the rest was the current story line.  It was kind of annoying/ confusing at first, but you warm up to it while reading it.  

Personally, I felt like *SPOILER ALERT* Lena was moving way too fast.  I mean her old boyfriend had just died and she was cuddling with some other guy? *SPOILER ALERT OFF*  The whole thing was super frustrating for me, as a reader.  And the cliffhanger was amazingly well crafted.  I'm really looking forward to Requiem, which I believe is coming out in March, now.  

All in all, Pandemonium is a great book with a bit of a slow start.  If you read Delirium, I would suggest reading it.  This book is a bit different because it is less of a love story than the first book.  In fact, the difference is sort of like the difference between Matched and Crossed if you have read those(the links are to my reviews of those books).

In unrelated news, I am very excited about Light, the next book in the Gone Series, right after Fear.  It comes out April 2nd and is the last book in the series.  Oh, and one of the four main characters supposedly die.  It sounds intense.  I'm looking forward to it, and if you haven't yet discovered the series, please, please look it up.  It's in my top three favorite series, currently at least.  

I'll post again as soon as something interesting happens book-wise or I read another book. So... probably next weekend.  Thanks a lot for reading.  As always, feel free to comment your own opinion if you would like.