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.
Publication Date: November 15, 2011
I can’t believe I’ve missed out on this incredible book for
so long! I LOVED IT!!! Everything about it was amazing and I am freaking out that
I have to wait for the sequel until next year.
Shatter Me is one of those books that readers seemed to be
split on: they either love it or hate it. I think what some people hate about
it is what made me fall in love with it. I love the beautiful and flowery prose
and I thought the strikethrough sentences were an interesting writing
technique. I’ve never felt completely inside a character’s head, the way I did
with Juliette.
The characters were incredible. Juliette was an amazing
protagonist and I loved how she sounded half-crazy most of the time. Her
descriptions transported me to this dark and disturbing dystopian world. Her
terror jumped off of the pages and I sympathized with her horror over her
abilities.
The love interest was handsome, mysterious and protective—the
perfect YA male lead. The scenes between Adam and Juliette were smoldering and
her need for him was desperate and beautiful. Most villains in books can come
across as one dimensional. This is certainly not the case of Warner. He was so
compelling that I loved every single scene he was in.
I can’t say enough amazing things about this book. I
sometimes find hyped books fail to live up to their expectations, but Shatter
Me certainly surpassed mine.
Rating: 5/5 Stars
