Anderson is so full of himself though, and was like “I own you,” and “You tell me all your thoughts and things,” and I was like, are you serious? Are you that power hungry to subject her to telling you her every thought and action. Juliette was staring into the distance and he was like, “What are you thinking?” This ends the original Shatter Me trilogy, but Mafi wrote three more novels 4 years after the completion of the first trilogy. Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." - Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series A lot of readers find this rather annoying, but you get used to it as you go along. It’s much easier for me to deal with than when an entire book is written in a different dialect, like Goddess in the Machine. Who is Tahereh Mafi?

This series should have remained a trilogy. Life would have been good if it had ended with Ignite Me. But no, I guess life is not in fact, good. Juliette went from learning her own strength and gaining autonomy in the first three books to being the most annoyingly passive character in this last novel. Juliette didn't make the story happen. She didn't push the plot forward. The story happened to her, and the plot pushed her forward. She was a puppet, figuratively and literally.

The moment Shatter Me fans have been waiting for all year is finally here! When the author of the Shatter Me book series, Tahereh Mafi, ended the sixth book of the series, Imagine Me, without a wedding, fans were disappointed that they did not get to read about Warner’s and Juliette’s special day. Surprising her fans, she released the series’ final novella Believe Me on November 16, 2021. i’m sad to say that i’m now done with the shatter me series but it will always be my comfort series 🤧💘 i was shouting along with juliette when she told the others to stop bullying our man!! We witnessed a vulnerable warner and it was gut wrenching but i loved seeing that side of him! It’s the sound of tearing flesh, an innocuous sound that reminds me of ripping open an orange.” (pg. 385) My fan heart is so broken right now, I want to “imagine” a world with a better ending than this! T_T

First, I gotta admit, my hopes for this book were pretty gosh darn low. I literally expected nothing from this novel. I didn't know what I was getting into and had no idea how it was gonna all turn out. I am even more confused by the ending. It didn't feel like an ending. Not only did it feel rushed and like we didn't actually solve all the problems, but I also have so many questions about it. There are so many loose threads and things that just sort of never get mentioned again. There is so much that was ignored about the ending in favor of a cute epilogue. And even the epilogue didn’t feel finished!! most of all, these characters just don't feel the same to me anymore. not juliette, not warner, not kenji. it was like all the character development from the previous books was just gone out the window. the writing style felt like the first book again, like it felt like slam poetry. but i didn't care that much when i was reading the first book, because i loved the plot and the characters.

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SPOILERS WARNING: This review will contain detailed, unmarked spoilers/quotes and this will be a RANT so do not continue if you don't want to be spoiled or if you don't want to accept my aggressive thoughts about your favs. You have been warned*** You realize then that anger is safer than kindness, that isolation is safer than community. You shut everything out. Everyone. But some days, no matter what you do, the pain gets so bad you’d bury yourself alive just to make it stop."

I cling to him, squeezing my eyes shut as my head swims. These memories were a gift from my sister, Emmaline. The sister I only just discovered, only just recovered. Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series has sold more than a million books. It’s a YA dystopian series centering around a girl named Juliette. Juliette has a very unique power in that anyone she touches dies. Sometimes I am so desperate for quiet that I think I might commit murder for a moment of silence. Instead, I shut down incrementally as I'm able." And I just want to say, freaking Anderson is like the Loki of the Shatter Me universe because gosh only knows he truly will not go away! 😂 No matter how much we throw him in the ocean, stab him, or shoot him. He will just not let up. His book should be called Defy Me because gosh only knows he truly defies the odds. The only thing I want in my life right now is MORE SHATTER ME BOOKS FROM AARON'S POV. I love reading his inner thoughts and they are always so much different from other characters in these series. Seeing him so vulnerable and his insecurities related to his relationship and other people made me connect even more with his character. It's always a pleasure to know more about him and I could read as many book if they all are written from his pov. How he loves Julliete and how he doesn't like surprises and how he loves the quiet but would do anything for Julliete even interacting with other people and how he secretly enjoys the company of Kenji but still wants to kill him. It was everything.I worry, sometimes, that my love for her will expand beyond the limitations of my body, that it will one day kill me with its heft."