This book grips hard - it's impossible to put down, and there is no lull - the pacing is perfect. -- The Book Bag on ROOMS This book grips hard - it's impossible to put down, and there is no lull - the pacing is perfect. -- The Book Bag on ROOMS 'Alarming and uplifting, a rare psychological thriller that has a kind heart at its centre. Read it with all the lights on'. -- E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars 'Alarming and uplifting, a rare psychological thriller that has a kind heart at its centre. Read it with all the lights on'. -- E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars A very sophisticated novel . . . Oliver handles her characters with an impressive lightness of touch and writes evocatively about youth . . . a clever, funny, insightful and utterly addictive novel * Daily Mail on BEFORE I FALL * A very sophisticated novel . . . Oliver handles her characters with an impressive lightness of touch and writes evocatively about youth . . . a clever, funny, insightful and utterly addictive novel * Daily Mail on BEFORE I FALL * Oliver has a terrific talent for old-fashioned storytelling, nailing your attention from the first sentence. * The Times on ROOMS * Oliver has a terrific talent for old-fashioned storytelling, nailing your attention from the first sentence. * The Times on ROOMS * Thrilling and thought-provoking . . . Fast paced and consistently poignant, this tale quickly becomes hypnotically addictive. * Heat on PANDEMONIUM * Thrilling and thought-provoking . . . Fast paced and consistently poignant, this tale quickly becomes hypnotically addictive. * Heat on PANDEMONIUM * Amazing, unputdownable! * Grazia on DELIRIUM * Amazing, unputdownable! * Grazia on DELIRIUM * Lauren Oliver is the rising star of young adult fiction . . . [DELIRIUM] deftly conjures up a recognisably dystopian parallel to our own world, as convincingly terrifying as the North America of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. * The Sunday Times on DELIRIUM * Lauren Oliver is the rising star of young adult fiction . . . [DELIRIUM] deftly conjures up a recognisably dystopian parallel to our own world, as convincingly terrifying as the North America of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. * The Sunday Times on DELIRIUM * Praise for Lauren Oliver: 'The new Hunger Games' * Cosmopolitan * Praise for Lauren Oliver: 'The new Hunger Games' * Cosmopolitan *

The stunning new standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver. It's been five years since Mia and Brynn murdered Summer Marks, their best friend, in the woods. Increasingly obsessed with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn and by their fan-fiction imagining of its sequel, the girls were drawn by an undertow of fantasy into the magical world they'd created. But eventually, their delusions turned sick, and the Shadow, Lovelorn's central evil, began to haunt them. Or so the story goes. The only thing is: they didn't do it. Brynn and Mia have both found different ways to hide from their notoriety, seeking refuge from a world that hates them-a world that will never feel magical, or safe, ever again. On the anniversary of Summer's death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as past and present, fiction and reality, begin again to intertwine, Brynn and Mia must confront painful truths they tried for so long to bury-and face the long shadow of memory that has, all this time, been waiting. In this engrossing, twisty novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver weaves an unforgettable, mesmerizing tale of exquisite obsession, spoiled innocence, and impossible friendships. *************** PRAISE FOR LAUREN OLIVER 'Hugely moving and gorgeously written . . . an extremely clever and well-written novel that is ultimately uplifting' - Heat on Before I Fall 'This book will take your breath away' - She