I went through a phase a while back of starting lots of the book series on my wishlist, which was obviously great as far as money goes (I have to own books - if I read from the library and enjoy a book, I would want to buy it, however as I've already read it, it seems like a waste of money, get me?) This meant I started a lot of YA series in a relatively short space of time(what is the plural of 'series'??? everything looks weird help)
As I was saying before my brain exploded, lots of new books started = good, however there was only a few I actually continued with. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi was one of them - I wasn't originally going to, however I found some characters too intriguing to abandon. The series consists of Shatter Me, Unravel Me and Ignite Me, but there are also two novellas (yay for bonus features) Destroy Me and Fracture Me which I have together in paperback form Unite Me. Phew that's a lot of 'Me's. This will be a more general series review, so lets see how I do at not spoiling :) :) :)
Firstly, the synopsis (because it does a better job at describing the plot than I ever could)
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice:
Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
It's probably dystopian as far as genre goes, but it is worth noting that this series focuses more on Juliette's personal journey than world building etc/ This means *of course* there is the love aspect, so if this makes you want to vomit then this could not be the book for you. I'm personally a sucker for romance, so this book really suited me. I do love the concept of this book however, and Juliette's fatal touch really interested me, which spurred me to read on.
What I love about this book is the writing style (but this could be another love hate aspect for different people - just bear that in mind.) It's almost poetic in parts, and I found the crossing out really effective and it helped me understand Juliette's strength of mind and inner thoughts better? Does that make sense? It also made it more authentic, like Juliette was actually writing it which I enjoyed. The chapters are pretty short, which makes it really fast addictive reading.
AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW PRETTY THE COVERS ARE
