"I spent my life folded between the pages of books."
Shatter Me is the first novel of the Shatter Me trilogy by Tahereh Mafi. When first reading a summary of this novel I was instantly attracted by the premise. Take a girl, named Juliette, who lives in a dystopian world where the earth's ozone layer has been destroyed and now a government body called The Reestablishment monitors and organizes every aspect of every one's lives. Now this girl is no ordinary person. She has a unique ability or rather a curse it seems which causes her to drain the life of any other individual by simply touching them with her skin.
The reason I was so drawn to this is as a fan of X-men, and Rogue being in particular my favorite member, she had a similar affliction which never allowed her to touch any other human being without severally hurting or killing them.
Juliette has been put into an asylum, since it seems no one knows what to do with her, and left to die. She soon gets someone to share her cell which could not be more terrifying for her. It turns out however the presence of this newcomer is not what it seems. She soon finds herself being taken out of the asylum where she finds out the truth about the newcomer: the leader of sector 45 has been watching her, and he wants her for himself.
"' You are absolutely delicious when you're angry.' 'Too bad my taste is poisonous for your palate'"
Juliette understands now that Warner, the leader of sector 45, means to use her curse to his advantage and possibly as a weapon of torture and murder. She soon realizes that Adam, the original soldier placed within the confines of the asylum with her knows her better than he let on, and actually means to help her.
Juliette and Adam find solace in one another and quickly fall in love, as he too has a special gift meaning he is the only one who can get close to her. Or so we think for some time. As they attempt to escape she finds out more about Adam, and realizes she has known him all along, and he quickly discovers why she was considered so dangerous that she was locked up to die.
They also find help from other unlikely sources and soon discover that in fact they are not the only ones with these gifts and are able to escape the base of sector 45 to a haven called Omega Point. It is here that Juliette realizes that her abilities are not truly a curse but a power she has yet to harness and she becomes determined to do just that for the greater good of all mankind.
This first novel of the series was incredibly gripping and action packed. I have to admit my love for dystopian novels with female leads, especially those who have yet to find out just how truly strong they are and how much the world needs them to help fix what the powers in charge have broken. The similarities between Juliette and Rogue from the X-men is really uncanny whether the writer meant it to be or not. And the leading man, Adam, is exactly what you would want in a male hero; he doesn't just take over but he recognizes the need for her to not just let go of her fear but to embrace the concept that she can be loved. When everything in her world has told her that no one could possibly hold any feeling except disdain and panic, he loves her so fully and openly. It is both refreshing and of course my own heart skipped a beat.
Warner is not what he seems I would think. While he comes across has a sociopath with nothing but murder in his mind, it seems like there has to be another element there. A piece that we as the readers are missing.
Overall the first novel definitely kept me hooked for the upcoming novels.
Questions or Comments? leave them here :)
"' You are absolutely delicious when you're angry.' 'Too bad my taste is poisonous for your palate'"
Juliette understands now that Warner, the leader of sector 45, means to use her curse to his advantage and possibly as a weapon of torture and murder. She soon realizes that Adam, the original soldier placed within the confines of the asylum with her knows her better than he let on, and actually means to help her.
Juliette and Adam find solace in one another and quickly fall in love, as he too has a special gift meaning he is the only one who can get close to her. Or so we think for some time. As they attempt to escape she finds out more about Adam, and realizes she has known him all along, and he quickly discovers why she was considered so dangerous that she was locked up to die.
"My face is in his hands and my lips are on his lips and he's kissing me and i'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe."
They also find help from other unlikely sources and soon discover that in fact they are not the only ones with these gifts and are able to escape the base of sector 45 to a haven called Omega Point. It is here that Juliette realizes that her abilities are not truly a curse but a power she has yet to harness and she becomes determined to do just that for the greater good of all mankind.
This first novel of the series was incredibly gripping and action packed. I have to admit my love for dystopian novels with female leads, especially those who have yet to find out just how truly strong they are and how much the world needs them to help fix what the powers in charge have broken. The similarities between Juliette and Rogue from the X-men is really uncanny whether the writer meant it to be or not. And the leading man, Adam, is exactly what you would want in a male hero; he doesn't just take over but he recognizes the need for her to not just let go of her fear but to embrace the concept that she can be loved. When everything in her world has told her that no one could possibly hold any feeling except disdain and panic, he loves her so fully and openly. It is both refreshing and of course my own heart skipped a beat.
"All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands, but with my heart."
Warner is not what he seems I would think. While he comes across has a sociopath with nothing but murder in his mind, it seems like there has to be another element there. A piece that we as the readers are missing.
Overall the first novel definitely kept me hooked for the upcoming novels.
Questions or Comments? leave them here :)
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