Delirium

Delirium is an exciting "Giver-like" book which takes readers into a stable and controlled environment.  In this book, the government strives to save their people from the dreaded Amor Deliria Nervosa or love.  The government performs an opporation on every boy and girl as they turn sixteen.  Individuals are taught to fear love, calling it the deadliest of all deadly things.  They study Romeo and Juliet as a cautionary tale.  Lena always bought into the company line, until she met Alex.  This is a fantastic tale of tragic forbidden love!