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Tahereh Mafi

4.19 AVERAGE

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I admit I like this storyline better than the original Shatter Me series. It’s still very angst-driven, so there’s not a lot that is happening but then all of a sudden it seems like everything is crumbing and happening all at once. Rosie was such a sad character. Manipulated and starved to be a tool, made into an experiment different from their previous methods.
James is very Kenji-core and that makes me incredibly happy because he was the only character I liked in the original series especially towards the end of the last series.
I’ll be interested in seeing how this new series plays out as part of the New Republic.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I found myself mainly liking it due to the nostalgia and getting to see characters from the original series as adults.
adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was initially unsure on how I would feel about an older James story, but I loved him! He’s cleverly written to be such a lovely mix of all of the people who helped to bring him up. From Warner’s cold calculation, Kenji’s humour, Juliette’s caring nature to Adam’s protectiveness. You could really get a feel for each of these traits throughout the book.

Though it was possibly a lot shorter than I was hoping, it was an interesting start to what I assume will be a trilogy. I’m glad we not only got an intriguing new story, but also some further depth into the life of all of the original characters after the shatter me series. 
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes

AHHHHH SO EXCITED FOR THIS. I’ll never get bored of Shatter Me and I love James.
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes