3.5 stars The first 100ish pages of this book were zzzzzzz...it was really difficult for me to get into it. After they got to the camp with Auriel it picked up quite a bit and there were parts of the second half of the book that literally had me on the edge of my seat. I can't believe I have to wait until next year for book 3!

Decent second book. The "romance" between Lena and Julian felt forced and rushed though. I liked the "then" and "now" structure of the book, but it didn't really feel like they tied in together. All in all, I didn't like it as much as Delirium, but I have to know how it all ends!

3.5 stars

Started out so-so for me. Some of the backstory was a little murky. But it was a quick read and really picked up. The end was absolutely not what I expected and I'm glad I don't have to wait to read the next book!

I really enjoyed the first 95% of this book...and then it just abruptly ends. WTF?! Although there is hope that things will be alright, nothing is concrete...it felt like the author wasn't sure how to finish the book and instead decided to leave it open.
An epilogue would've done this book wonders. There were just too many unanswered questions.

Do they ever fully win against the government? What happens after the war is over? What happens to the individual characters?

And as much as I enjoyed the action and the pace of Requiem, there wasn't enough of Alex and Lena for my liking. The first book pulls you in and does its best to convince you that these two have a love so strong and intense that they would risk their LIVES for it...

and then all we get in the third book is like three scenes where they even talk to each other. And in two of those they aren't getting along.

It was frustrating.

That's what takes it from an almost four star book down to three stars, which stinks, because I really really REALLY wanted to love this book.

2.5 stars.

Nothing surprising here. You can pretty much figure out the course of what is going to happen within the first fifty or so pages, whenever it was the they flashed back to her high school trips to the nurse.

The "romance" developed pretty much from nowhere, and even if it did have some potential, it was all sucked away by another stupid pseudo-love-triangle.

The ending (POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!) felt rushed and really, nothing was actually resolved. They got away from the baddies (mostly because Lucy coincidentally has the one thing in the world that could possibly save their lives that she randomly took from the doctor's office O.o), but went back to the same camp that they had been abducted from in the first place... WTF?! What is to stop the sweepers from just coming back and tasing them all again??

All in all, I had high hopes for this book. The setup has potential, but other books have executed similar ideas in a more believable way.