Delirium and Pandemonium

Some books I have recently finished reading are Delirium and Pandemonium. I can not express how amazing these books are. The story (Delirium) is set in Portland, Maine, in a different present time. Civilization is in those cities which escaped the bombings of the past. Travel between cities is highly restricted. Electric fences separate the city from the Wilds--unregulated territory which was presumably mostly destroyed by bombs.The government teaches that love is a disease, amor deliria nervosa, or delirium. A surgical cure for the delirium has been developed and is mandatory for citizens 18 years old and over. Lena (the main character) has looked forward to the procedure for years, convinced, by the government, that love is a horrible disease.
However, months before her scheduled procedure, Lena falls in love with an Invalid (a person over 18 who has not taken the Cure and lives in the Wilds) named Alex. He was born in the Wilds outside the city, and has pretended to be cured, to live undetected in the city. He offers Lena escape from the procedure that will destroy her ability to love. The two of them could leave the city and live in the Wilds, joining the rebels who oppose the procedure and the government. Although Lena struggles with the thought of leaving her life behind, she ultimately decides to go just seven days before her procedure...