12.2k reviews for:

Defy Me

Tahereh Mafi

4.14 AVERAGE

adventurous dark

he fell in love with her every single time.

2020
5⭐️/5

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2024
3⭐️/5
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Defy Me is prolly my second fav book in the series, after Ignite Me ofc. This book was mostly filled with lore drops and world building, so typically I would feel pretty bored throughout. But honestly, Mafi did it in a way that i was enjoyable. Still, it's not my cup of tea since I prefer more engaging and action filled books, but this was a nice refresher and REALLY made the whole story make so much more sense. I'm excited for the next book, and ofc Mafi's writing style never dissapoints. The pacing towards the beginning was a litte off for me, I felt it was moving too fast and too much was being revealed at once. But near the end it recovered and became much. The romance is a little too much for me lollll, but it's super cute nonetheless. Hopping over to next book soon :>
Personally liked the name Juliette better than Ella. Sad she isn't keeping it ;-;

I loved Juliette - Warner background story but why did it have to drag the entire book. 
It felt like the plot was moving in circles.

“Afinal de contas, é por isto aqui que estamos lutando, não é? Uma segunda chance de alegria.”

Este é possivelmente o meu segundo livro favorito da saga shatter me e provavelmente o meu favorito de janeiro de 2025.

Que história incrível. Fiquei completamente obcecada por tudo, especialmente o facto de eles se apaixonarem vez após vez não importa o que tentassem fazer.

Houve muitas cenas que fiquei de boca aberta e tive que me levantar da cama e dizer “HOLD ON WHAT?!”.

De longe, das minhas séries favoritas de livros. Estou muito satisfeita. Bora pros próximos

3.5

I actually am BLOWING through this entire series so fast I don’t even know how it’s happening tbh. Best book BY FAR!! Finally get some backstory on our girl and AARON!! My baby boy on my god. I’m feeling a lot of feelings rn. Aaron and J 4ever

great.
amazing.
love it.
theyre engaged??? yessss
the ending with aarons birthday cake and ella saying she knew since aaron told her his scars were his presents that she wanted to replace those birthday memories with happy ones… ahhhh so cuteeee
but its too good. im not looking forward to imagine me. because ive had spoilers. i know emmaline possesses ella. ughhhhh why??? but i also know it ends happily sooo yay?
anyways i love this book. i read it in two days. actually only one day bc i finished it the same time i started it just a day later. damn one day. insane for me. im usually a slow reader

Not my favorite of the serie but definitely still good