Review: Very interesting! Wish we had more of Annabel.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2013
The first thing I really enjoyed about this short story is that it is written in the same style as Pandemonium - as a "Now and Then" type thing. I like how the novella kind of mirror the books, and I think it adds quite a bit to the whole series. The next thing that I really enjoyed was learning about Annabel. She's such a mystery to us, and to Lena, and I've always wondered about who she was before she ended up in the Crypts, and what her life in the Crypts was like. And we even get to see a little bit of Lena's father.Oliver does an excellent job yet again taking a minor character and really expanding on her story so that we not only understand the character, but we also understand more about the society and the world of Delirium. Annabel doesn't grow up in a world where the cure is mandatory, unless you're a criminal or a bad kid. Instead, people opt into it. And I think that really helps the reader to understand how such a thing became mandatory for everyone, and why most people seem to believe that it's a good thing.Like with Hana, I think everyone who has read any of the Delirium books should read this story. I liked it even more than Hana, and would totally give it at least a 4/5. Go read it!