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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

RESTORE ME By Tahereh Mafi / Book Review #RestoreMe #ShatterMeSeries


By: Tahereh Mafi
Published by: Harper Teen
Released on: March 6, 2018
Series: Shatter Me #4
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Rating: 4.5 stars 
Source: copy from publisher to review, in exchange for my honest review / purchased copy 

Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand. When tragedy hits, who will she become? Will she be able to control the power she wields and use it for good?

An emotionally charged roller coaster of a read, this book had me going through all of the book feelings! Restore Me is the book I knew was coming, after I read Ignite Me. It is the inevitable storyline that I have been looking to getting my hands on. It's the book I've wanted to read, and didn't want to, all at the same time, because I feared what I thought might happen would come true. Does it ever, and more so. This book is definitely a mixed bag of emotions, and I mean that in the best possible way. 

Tahereh Mafi does not hold back in this book. I was torn between wanting to curl  up in the fetal position, yelling 'How could you', and screaming 'No' all at the same time, mixed in with a few 'Yes" comments as well. To counter making me go through the emotions I knew Mafi would make go through, but didn't want to admit, she also threw in laugh out moments, plenty of hot character chemistry moments, and so much more. Kenji is to thank for the hilarious, laugh out lines, Warner and Juliette some sexy time scenes that may make you blush, and there a few scenes that will either shock you, or have you wanting to doing a fist bump with the characters. Oh this book. It does not hold back, and emotionally spares no reader nor character. 

Picking up right after Ignite Me ends, and Mafi waits no time thrusting her readers deeper into the Shatter Me series world. This world is one that is full of shocking secrets, deception, intrigue, danger, and makes you realize that every character is a pawn in a deadly game. The first three books in the series barely scratched the surface of all that's revealed in this book. My word, just WOW! I wasn't prepared for all that or that deadly twist. While some things may be easy to see coming, you can't predict the turn of events that end up taking place. I need the next book!

Writing this book from both Warner and Juliette's points of views, Mafi allows her readers to see the raw vulnerability and just how emotionally and mentality broken down these two characters are. It's sadly no surprise given all that they've endured leading up to this story. It was so incredibly easy to be emotionally sucked into their both their individually journeys as well as their relationship one. They have no many hurdles they've yet to get over, and this book is their realizing just how much stands in front of them. They had me rooting for them to make it through all that transpires in this book. I love how together, they mend the darkness for each other. 

This book bridges the gap between a lot of the info that's been hinted at through out the Shatter Me series, and the deception that's already taken place. It introduces readers to a bigger cast of characters we've not yet met before, but who's homes (sectors), we've previously heard of. Their being apart of this story not only links previous withheld history, it uncovers missing links we've previously not had. It also gives readers a stronger history on their ties to Warner, and Juliette. Though I may not be a fan of all of the characters, I liked their roles in this story, and the over all series. There is a purpose for them being in the story.

Oh my word, that ending! I was not excepting that what so ever at all, though I should have. It's SO good! It's completely surprising. I had to re-read twice just to make sure that what I read actually just happened. I need the next book in my hands already. This book is an emotionally packed read. It's one I'm so glad Mafi wrote, and one that definitely fits perfectly into one of my all time favorite series. I need more! On a side note, I love this cover, and the pages of this book.

* This book does have some very mild language, and a couple sensual scenes.

One of my favorite quotes from the book

"Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell." (pg. 125)

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