Review: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Ignite Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Series: Shatter Me #3
Publication: February 4th 2014 by HarperCollins
Genre: Young Adult ~ Dystopia
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Cover Rating: 5/5
Overall Rating: 5/5

The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.”

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that’s not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian and paranormal, and was praised by Publishers Weekly as “a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks.” Now this final book brings the series to a shocking and satisfying end.

“I can do anything I want. 
Be with anyone I want. 
And it'll be my choice.” 

I don't even know what to say right now. Ignite Me amazed me, thrilled me, made me cry, made me happy... it was a rollercoaster I wouldn't mind going on again. 

This is not going to be a very long review because I don't have a lot to say except that it was perfect.

You never know with an ending of a dystopian series. It can end really good but it also can end really bad. Personally I liked this ending a lot. Tahereh Mafi basically covered everything she had to and I'm so glad everything worked out well.

It's obvious that this book focuses more on the romance but I can't say I mind because I am totally in love with Warner. He was brilliant in this book. Simply brilliant. He's definitely one of the more intense and complicated characters I have read about but wow... 

As for Juliette... she has come such a long way. From being this fragile, scared girl to a powerful woman who can lead a nation. And yeah, I really like her and Warner a lot together.They know each other so well and understand each other perfectly. 

I'm not even going to talk about Adam much except that I think he was kinda psychotic in this book. Sure, he has a good reason to be but whatever. Ever since Unravel Me I  haven't liked him anymore so... But at least those who do love Adam can be glad he also found some happiness eventually. 

And Kenji... Oh Kenji. He stole my heart once more. All I want is to read more about him because he's my favorite character in the book. I really like how he and Juliette have this good friendship and all the talks they have talking about their feelings and such. I wish I had a Kenji!

As this book focuses more on the romance, it doesn't have a lot of action that some other dystopian do have but the "big" battle was perfectly written for me. In the end justice did come for everyone and I'm just so glad nobody I loved died. 

Overall, Ignite Me is a perfect ending to an amazing series. Not only is Tahereh Mafi's writing style just brilliant, her characters are unique and fantastic as well. And I have to say that I got a bit emotional at the end too. Bravo! I can't wait to see what Ms. Mafi is going to come up with next! I'm sure it's going to be fabulous!

Favorite Quotes:

Kenji has a hand pressed to his mouth, desperately trying to suppress a smile. He’s shaking his head, holding up a hand in apology. And then he breaks, laughing out loud, snorting as he tries to muffle the sound. “I’m sorry,” he says, pressing his lips together, shaking his head again. “This is not a funny moment. It’s not. I’m not laughing”

Aaron Warner Anderson, chief commander and regent of Sector 45, son of the supreme commander of The Reestablishment.

He has a soft spot for fashion.

“This isn't about Adam or Warner," I tell him, "This is about me and what I want. This is about me finally understanding where I want to be in ten years. Because I'm going to be alive, Kenji. I will be alive in ten years, and I'm going to be happy. I'm going to be strong. And I don't need anyone to tell me that anymore. I am enough, and I always will be.”

About the Author:

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Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the SHATTER ME series. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, where she drinks too much caffeine and finds the weather to be just a little too perfect for her taste. When unable to find a book, she can be found reading candy wrappers, coupons, and old receipts. SHATTER ME is her first novel.

Foreign rights have sold in 25+ territories to-date and film rights have been optioned by 20th Century Fox.

Her work is represented by Jodi Reamer of Writers House, LLC.

Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Unravel Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Series: Shatter Me #2
Publication: February 5th 2013 by HarperCollins
Genre: Young Adult ~ Dystopian
Format: Hardback, 461 pages
Cover Rating: 4/5
Overal Rating: 5/5 

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Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.

~My thoughts:

Holy crap. 

So. I loved Shatter Me. Like a lot of people I loved the originality of the story and the writing. There was a lot of buzz around this book and I was one of those people who really loved it. I remember I read it really fast too. So of course no doubt that I would be reading the next book.

And now, finally, Unravel Me came out and when it arrived I couldn't really believe I finally could touch and actually read it. I really had no expectations. Well, I mean, of course I'd hoped it would be as good as the previous book but mostly sequals aren't as good as the first book, right? So I didn't want to get my hopes up. But... I was completely and utterly blown away by this book. Like, tornado style blown away. It was SO SO SO SO SO good. More than that, really. It's now my favorite book I've read so far in 2013. So I'm really happy to say that I loved Unravel Me even more than Shatter Me so that's saying a lot! Not only that, she also has written some of my all-time favorite characters... :D

Man, oh man, Juliette, she's such an interesting character to follow. Though she has to stop breaking my poor Warner's heart! When Shatter Me ended it seemed like she'd found her place at Omega Point but Unravel Me starts with Juliette having kind of crawled back in her shell of self-pity and doubt and angst. But slowly and surely she makes her way back out and turnes into one kick-ass lady, discovering the through extend of her powers. 
Her relationship with Adam is continuing in Omega Point but when Adam discovers his power and what it contains and reveals, Juliette has made a heart-wreching decision that made me, although I'm not the biggest Adam fan, sad. 
I felt really bad for Adam in this book. What the poor guy has had to go through and what he discovers. I can tell you right now there's some unexpected twist in here that'll kill you were you stand. It sure gave me some heart attacks!
And then we have Warner. My beautiful broken Warner. My love for him has grown. Is that even possible? After Destroy Me I thought I really knew the extend of Warner's feelings but boy, was I wrong. Warner feels so deeply, you don't even know the half how deeply. Also we finally learn his name! I was so happy when I found out! And dude, all I can say is: Chaper 62! ^^
I'm usually not the biggest fan of love triangles by Tahereh does an awfully good job at them. But Juliette should just go for Warner, is my opinion. lol. They just have it all together. The chemistry. God! But moving on now...
In Shatter Me we already met Kenji. Kenji, oh, Kenji. I fell in love with him in this book. He doesn't top Warner but you just can't help but love Kenji. Beneath all the jokes and stuff I know there's some pain inside. There has to be with what he went through as a kid. So I hope we find out a little more about him in the next book. And also, I love the almost father/son relationship he has with Castle. Makes me smile.

This book was simply perfection. The only thing that bothered me was how Juliette in the beginning was pitying herself a lot and she did nothing else than making out with Adam. But she quickly recovered from that. 
I just need the next book so badly. I want to know what's going to happen to them all next. If the next book will be half as good as Unravel Me, I'll be one happy girl.

Unravel Me has it all. Heartpounding action, intense romance, drama and the most unexpected twists I've seen in YA fiction so far. Tahereh Mafi's way with words, her writing, is so magnificent. It was almost impossible to stop reading. The unique writing style was chaotic and rambled but in an astonishingly beautiful way. Bravo, Ms. Mafi, bravo!

 ~Favorite Quotes:

“I turn to face him. "Listen, I'm grateful you're going to help me train now-really, I am. Thank you for that. But you can't go around proclaiming your fake love for me-especially not in front of Adam-and you have to let me cross this room before the breakfast hour is over, okay? I hardly ever get to see him." Kenji nods very slowly, looks a little solemn. You're right. I'm sorry. I get it."
"Thank you."
"Adam is jealous of our love."
"Just go get your food!" I push him, hard, fighting back an exasperated laugh.”

“The man is moody as hell.”

“I am not moody—”

“Yeah, bro.” Kenji puts his utensils down. “You are moody. It’s always ‘Shut up, Kenji.’ ‘Go to sleep, Kenji.’ ‘No one wants to see you naked, Kenji.’ When I know for a fact that there are thousands of people who would love to see me naked—”

“He's dangerous, electric, impossible to contain. His body is rippling with an energy so extraordinary that even when he's calmed down it's almost palpable. It has a presence.”

“He's looking so deeply into my eyes that I'm surprised I haven't buckled under the intensity and I realize then, right in this moment I realize that everything about him is intense. Nothing about him is manageable or easy to compartmentalize. He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his agression. His love.”

“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body.
I want to know where to touch you, I want to know how to touch you. I want to know convince you to design a smile just for me. Yes, I do want to be your friend. I want to be your best friend in the entire world.”

~About the author:

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Orange County, California, where the weather is just a little too perfect for her taste. When unable to find a book, she can be find reading candy wrapper, coupons, and old receipts. Shatter Me and Unravel Me are the first two novels in a trilogy about Juliette. You can visit Tahereh online at www.taherehbooks.com.

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Review: Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Destroy Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Series: Shatter Me #1.5
Publication:  October 2nd 2012 by Harper
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia
Format: Ebook, 111 pages
Cover Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 5/5
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Perfect for the fans of Shatter Me who are desperately awaiting the release of Unravel Me, this novella-length digital original will bridge the gap between these two novels from the perspective of the villain we all love to hate, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . .

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

My thoughts:

Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! Warner! 

Destroy Me was beyond amazing! Nothing but Warner, Warner, Warner and his feelings. Sometimes I had trouble breathing because of this awesomeness. I had to keep reading and reading and reading until I had read it all. I kind of wanted to start all over. 
Warner as always was brilliant but oh so dark in his thoughts. 

“Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now.” 

Aww poor baby, I just wanna hug him. Don't you? 

He was fantastic. I loved getting inside his head and knowing what was going on in there. And now... oh my god! My mind is blown. Tahereh Mafi, you are a genius! Knowing exactly what your readers want. So much love for her!

After Shatter Me I wasn't sure. Still dealing with some Adam love but after Destroy Me... TEAM WARNER ALL THE WAY! Adam can suck it! HA!

Throughout the book Warner's father showed up. Biggest asshole ever! I wanted to hurt him for hurting my poor Warner! No wonder Warner end up like he did... :(

“My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions.
I lock away the things that do not serve me.” 

He's still kinda obsessed with Juliette. He even finds her journal that she wrote during her time locked up. Through this Warner knows what Juliette has been through and his true, honest and beautful feelings show. He really loves her, eventhough she shot him and as Warner says it... she is destroying him.

“Watching her talk to someone else made me crazy. I was jealous. Ridiculous. I wanted her to know me; I wanted her to talk to me. And I felt it then: this strange, inexplicable sense that she might be the only person in the world I could really care about.” 

The end was... oh god... so many feelings for it. Warner was so adorable with the dog and then bam! Juliette! The end! What is that! Seriously! I must have Unravel Me now. I can simply not wait for february 2013. That's way too long, dammit! 

Oooh but the deliciousness didn't stop there. Oh no! There was an awesome Unravel Me excerpt. Love love love for that. It was mostly about Juliette not really fitting in. Whatever. But also Warner's files on Juliette, Adam, Kenji and also himself. One might think we'd finally learn his first name but no, Tahereh keeps torturing us. I hope we do find out in Unravel Me. PLEASE! :o

And was it just me or was Warner throughout the whole book a lot naked or shirtless? So sexy with his arm in that sling. I mean a bath scene here a shower scene there...Very nice! :D Another point for Tahereh!
Oh and did I mention Warner was totally sexy?

"Because I want her.
Now.
Here. 
Everywhere.
I want nothing between us.
I want her clothes off and the lights on and I want to study her. I want to unzip her out of this dress and take my time with every inch of her."

Overall, Destroy Me was fucking amazing. I know a lot of people have been dying to get inside Warner's mind and it did not disappoint it was mind blowing, amazing, kinda sad at time but totally delicious to read. Shatter Me fans have to have read this to be able to continue to Unravel Me. If you have not, you are seriously missing out on something great.
Warner! ♥

Warner's file

Also threw in Kenji's file that's just hilarious with all his offenses. ;D

~Favorite Quotes~ 

“She is a soft, deadly creature. Kind and timid and terrifying. She's completely out of control and has no idea what she's capable of. And even though she hates me, I can't help but be fascinated by her. I'm enchanted by her pretend-innocence; jealous, even, of the power she wields so unwittingly. I want so much to be a part of her world. I want to know what it's like to be in her mind, to feel what she feels. It seems a tremendous weight to carry.
And now she's out there, somewhere, unleashed on society.
What a beautiful disaster.”

“I have an extremely low threshold for disorder; it offends my very being.”

“My opinions,” I say to him, quietly this time, “should not so easily break your own. Stand by your convictions. Form clear and logical arguments. Even if I disagree.”

“I’ve come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who never apologizes and therefore seeks no forgiveness. Because in the end it is our emotions that make us week, not our actions.”

~About the author:

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She’s 24. She writes books and reads books and drinks way too much coffee. SHATTER ME is her first novel, and the first of a trilogy, coming from Harper/HarperCollins on November 15, 2011. Film rights have been optioned by 20th Century Fox.

Her work is represented by Jodi Reamer of Writers House, LLC.

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