Fracture Me (Shatter Me #2.5) by Tahereh Mafi
ebook, 62 pages
Published: Dec. 17th, 2013 by HarperCollins
Source: Purchased
In this electrifying sixty-page companion novella to the New York Times
bestselling Shatter Me series, discover the fate of the Omega Point
rebels as they go up against The Reestablishment. Set during and soon
after the final moments of Unravel Me, Fracture Me is told from Adam's perspective.
As
Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The
Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam's focus couldn't
be further from the upcoming battle. He's reeling from his breakup with
Juliette, scared for his best friend's life, and as concerned as ever
for his brother James's safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if
this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It's time for war.
On
the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor—but taking
down Warner, Adam's newly discovered half brother, won't be that easy.
The Reestablishment can't tolerate a rebellion, and they'll do anything
to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam has ever
cared about.
Fracture Me sets the stage for Ignite Me,
the explosive finale in Tahereh Mafi's epic dystopian series. It's a
novella not to be missed by fans who crave action-packed stories with
tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu.
I'm not always so big on reading the novella's for series. But because the novellas in this series are from the boys' POV's, I felt like we kind of need to read them to get a better idea of what to think of them. Destroy Me had been very eye opening and gave us a much better idea of Warner. I feel like it's one that is necessary to read to fully understand this series, and Warner, in particular. Fracture Me didn't feel quite the same, and maybe not quite as necessary to read, but I think that it prepares us for Ignite Me and in the end I think it was good that I read it.
Because I read Ignite Me immediately after this, I know that it prepared me for it. I got an idea of what was going through Adams head and what he was really thinking and feeling. In this book I was actually feeling some relief about some turn in events, but I was sad about some things as well.
A lot of the stuff happening in this book we saw in Unravel Me so it wasn't really anything new, except that we see how Adam views Juliette and the situation. It was really short, but I guess it got the point across. I'm not really wow'd by it, but that's mostly because it's short and contains events we already knew of (for the most part).
The writing is still good and stuff. I just don't know what else to really say.
Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi
Hardcover, 416 pages
Published: Feb 4, 2014 by HarperCollins
Source: Purchased
Juliette now knows she
may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them
down, she'll need the help of the one person she never thought she could
trust: Warner. And as they work together, Juliette will discover that
everything she thought she knew - about Warner, her abilities, and even
Adam - was wrong.
After reading this book and being totally and completely BLOWN away, I went and read some of the negative reviews. It kind of surprised me that some took the book the way they did, but after giving it some thought, I do
get it. I don't agree, but I get it. One thing I want to address is that a lot of people felt like the author had changed the characters too much and they were no longer themselves. The characters did change a lot, but I felt like they
grew. Juliette's voice changed because she became a stronger person. Adam changed because the situations changed and Juliette changed. For me the characters mostly grew, and it wasn't a bad change (for Juliette at least).
I loved this book. This was the first book I read this year that was undoubtedly a 5 star read. Every second I read I felt giddy and I felt like everything was done perfectly. The romance was a major part of the book, but it worked. They have a lot of stuff to sort. Juliette and Adam, and Juliette and Warner. The romance needed to be figured out and I felt like it was done realistically for their circumstances. And I was 1,000% happy with how it went.
I loved how much Juliette grew in this book. She finally grew into her true self. Yeah, I kind of miss her freaking out'ness, but I loved her strength more. And I loved that people pushed her to that.
Kenji is freaking awesome. He lightens the tense situations up and he's just an awesome friend. Warner has grown too, but a lot of stuff is just stuff we really didn't know before, so we get to know him better. James asks the hard questions, and gets information out that others may not feel comfortable asking. And he's freaking cute. Adam is... well, he's struggling. Adam brought out a lot of strong emotions in me and I'm kind of thankful for that. But it was frustrating and infuriating. And sometimes I wanted to smack him hard.
The romance... Wow, I LOVED it! I was afraid that the decision wouldn't be made until the last page or something, but we pretty much know from the start of this book. It just doesn't become something until a bit further in and then we are lucky enough to get to see quite a few bits of their romance as they get closer and all that. And yes, we get a bit of sexy scenes too. I was grateful for the moments between them and that we got to see it and didn't have to just assume that things worked out later.
I loved the book. LOVED. And really, I have nothing more to say. And yet, so much more to say. But I'll end it there.
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