What if love were a disease? There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. Now, everything is different. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Haloway has always looked forward to the day when she'll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But then, with only ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable.
Bethanay:
I didn't understand why eradicating love was really necessary. There was no historical explanation as to why it had to be removed and as most emotions are linked to love it must have made most people who had love removed from the brain pretty boring!
I really liked Grace (Lena's little 'sister'). She may not have talked but she was quite interesting and had potential for character development.
Eventually I will probably read the trilogy, if only because I hate leaving things unfinished.
Matthew:
I couldn't finish this book . The whole idea of removing love from the brain I didn't 'get'! However I did like Lena as a character because she was scared of what was to come, which fuelled my imagination. I don't think I'll read the rest of these books.
Kirsty:
I really wanted to know what had happened in society that was so bad that the only answer was to remove the 'love' part of the brain. This was never explored in the book. It may be in the future books so I shall remain hopeful!
I like the character of Alex as I was never quite sure whether he was trustworthy or not and this kept the story quite edgy. I may eventually read the next book in the series but there are so many other fantastic teen books out there I'm not in any hurry.
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