Hana: A Delirium Short Story [Kindle Edition]

One of the first books i read on my Kindle.

It is, funnily enough, a short story (as it says in the title) about Hana (also... kinda says in the title).

It isn't particularly long, and doesn't reveal anything relatively important for the delirium sequel (Pandemonium). But its a nice little story that serves in bringing us back to the world of delirium, to remind us, no doubt, to buy Pandemonium.

I won't say what happens, since its short, and anything i can possibly say would be a spoier, not that there is much of a plot. But for 99p (the same price as, say... um... some pokemon cards! Why not!?).

If you were a fan of Delirium (or a huge fan, like me!) Then this story is interesting, and has a little revealment that shines some light on the happenings of Delirium. Well, its not a SHOCKING revelation, but it fits). But as i said, it isnt a revelation that we necessarily NEED to know.

But it IS a pleasant short (i mean short) story. (I'm making good use of the brackets in this review). If you're not a fan of delirium, this short story is definitely not for you. If you don't want to spend 99p on it, don't bother.

So that leaves us with why SHOULD you buy it.
1. If you are a fan.
2. If you are getting impatient waiting for the sequel.
3. If you have 99p to spare.
4. If you have a Kindle. (Assuming it's a Kindle only book. Which i think it is).
5. If you liked the character Hana.

In all, satisfying short story, with a slight reveal at the end. (You might find the reveal a bit more of a shocker than me, i don't know. And there's the brackets again)

That is all ;)

I bought this while waiting for Pandemonium to be released. It certainly was sufficient to remind me of the plot of Delerium without having to reread the whole book and I was shocked by the revelation included. It also included some material from Pandemonium to whet the appetite for the second book.

However, I feel that £1.99 is maybe a bit much to ask for such a short novella that ultimately doesn't include much information, particularly as I expect most fans of the series will now own the sequel and thus be uninterested in the excerpt included here. I am not far in to Pandemonium though so it may be that the revelation I mentioned isn't included there in which case this novella is necessary if you want the extra information. When I have finished the second novel I will update this if necessary.

MY REVIEW
I have to admit I don't always read the "in between" books such as this one but as a fan of Lauren Oliver, I had to read this one, the more I thought about it the more I wanted to know what had been going on with Hana during Lena's story with Alex. I read this in one go as I just didn't want to put it down! I really enjoyed seeing what Hana had been up to, and seeing things from Hana's prospective too. I have already read Pandemonium (I was so lucky that Lauren Oliver sent me an ARC to review). So some would say by reading Delirium and then Pandemonium and then Hana I kind of read Hana out of the order it was meant to be in, but it really didn't matter, I truly enjoyed it. I slipped straight back into Delirium, and what had happened when etc. Lauren Oliver writes so well you just slide straight through the story with such ease she just carries you along with her and the book. This book made me want book three all the more.... and also made me wonder if we could have a short book like Hana but from Alex's point of view perhaps it could go along and tell us what happens to him when Lena makes it over the fence? or maybe we could have a spin off book telling us all about what's happened to Lena's mother and her story? I honestly cannot get enough of this series of books, I would really like more, more, more please!
So did I enjoy the book/novella? Yes, so much I would dearly love more of them! Would I recommend it? Yes I would, you could read the series without reading this novella but this novella really adds even more to the story so I recommend reading it too.