Waiting on Wednesday: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #3)

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"

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. (GoodReads).

This week's Waiting on Wednesday is dedicated to Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi comes out February 4th 2014. It should be epic.  Here is a cheers to Jill at Breaking the Spine for hosting Waiting on Wednesday, a way to share books we can't wait to read. What is your WoW this week?

Review: Unravel Me, by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #2)

Amid all sorts of shenanigans, I really liked Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi,  the first book in the Shatter Me series, and was excited for Unravel Me to land on my Nook!

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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 (GoodReads).

Before I even started, I had heard cries of support for Team Adam, as well as Team Warner (though debated if that even was a team...you know who you are...)

Originality: 6- though there were some surprises in this story, it was mostly lovey dovey romance.  But the world has been built, super powers discovered, now we are at war, so I am willing to look this over.

Absurdity: 5- eh, yeah this is totally absurd, especially Juliette's wishy-washy attitude towards Adam.  Didn't we learn anything from when Edward left Bella in book 2 of Twilight? Not helping anyone. 

Bella, wallowing in the dirt when Edward left "to protect her"

Level of Paranormal Romance: 9.  So many levels of teen angst and super powers, it is quite similar to X-Men in a lot of ways.  O Adam, I love you.  Warner, you are a handsome, disturbed, but creepy.  What is Juliette THINKING?
Level of Harry Potterness: 5. While with the first book I loved the writing style, it wasn't as endearing this time, but none the less I was swept up in the story and am looking forward to Juliette toughening up a bit and making things happen in the final book.

Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

HOW DID I WAIT SO LONG TO READ THIS?  The cover [pretty girls in fancy dresses] threw me off for some untold reason.

Stop what you are reading and GO GET THIS BOOK.

Originality: 9+.  Disillusioned with distopian YA novels? Not this one.  This distopia is fresh ( if not very well fleshed out ) and the climate aspect is too believable.

Absurdity: 9+.  High levels of unknown potential, powers, fancy dresses and insta-love. And a teenage girl who hasn't looked in a mirror for over three years??  That may be the most absurd part of this story, but again, she has been going through some tough family/personal/asylum times.

Paranormal Romance: 9+.  I hate instalove but man I could not help it for this one.  Adam? highly swoon worthy (though at times I debated his loyalties).  lots of rippling muscles, long looks, and actually some pretty heavy petting that I was not about to say no to.

Level of Harry Potter-ness: 9+.  The writing in this book was different, evocative, and full of great images and feelings, but conveyed in a way that didn't seem cliche in anyway.  It felt like Juliette's thoughts, her confused, highly over stimulated teenage emotions and it was awesome. The strikethroughs? loved them as a technique for a teenagers confused and rapidly changing mind.

GO READ THIS BOOK.   I hope that Tahereh can keep up the tone through the next book, if so, its going to be a great series. [NOTE- people on GoodReads straight up hate on this book, but man, I don't get it. You will have to decide for youself and as always, hater gonna hate.]