Part of Delirium, book 0.5
First published 2012
Annabel sits in her prison cell, scratching the word "Love" into the walls. Her daughter Lena believes she committed suicide years ago. That story is false. As a teenager, Annabel fled her home to marry the man she loved. The world was different then. The cure was new, only ten years old. The regulations were looser. Now Annabel plans her escape while remembering her past. She thinks about her failed cures, her wedding, giving birth to her children, and her imprisonment. The chapters move between her memories and her present situation. Annabel fights like her daughter does. She refuses to give up on love even when the world demands it. Her story reveals what really happened to Lena's mother and why she disappeared.
Genres: dystopia, romance, historical-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Prison
Period: 20th-century
35 pages · ebook · HarperCollins
Content warnings: depression, mental-illness