Novella Review: Hana (Delirium #1.5)

Hana by Lauren Oliver

Synopsis:

The summer before they’re supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.

But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and glimpses the safe, comfortable life she’ll have with him once they marry. As the date for her cure draws ever closer, Hana desperately misses Lena, wonders how it feels to truly be in love, and is simultaneously terrified of rebelling and of falling into line.

~SPOILER ALERT~

One of my suspicions has been confirmed.

When Lena and Alex got caught, I immediately wondered if Hana had told on them. But then, she went to visit Lena so I thought that there was no way. Now I know that I was right, and all because she was jealous.

It kind of makes me like her a lot less.

I guess I can understand where she’s coming from since what she “had” with Steve was really nothing more than lust when she hoped it was something else….but who turns on their best friend like that?

I’m interested to see what role she plays in the next two books.

3 stars.