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Defy Me

Tahereh Mafi

4.14 AVERAGE


Not my favorite of the serie but definitely still good

they fell in love EVERY SINGLE TIME

(5⭐️ REREAD) this book will just always be a five star and even infinity star for me. this is the feeling that I’m searching for when I’m reading something. I think I’m finally out of my slump

geeeze louise

*This contains spoilers!*
I try to write my reviews without spoilers, but this is kind of hard not to when it’s towards the end of the series and none of the books are standalone.

I love how this book has Kenji’s pov. I have been dying to have a chapter in his pov since the moment he was introduced. You can definitely see the difference of what goes on in his head compared to how he portrays himself to others. He’s much more serious when it’s in his pov, but on the outside he’s funny and comical.

My favorite part is finding out about Juliette’s, or should I say Ellas’s and Aaron’s past. One of my favorite tropes ever is childhood friends to lovers. Or in the case of this book: childhood friends/lovers to strangers to childhood friends/lovers (again) to strangers to enemies to lovers. I loved seeing e flashbacks of them together, their relationship when they were younger was so pure and adorable. And the fact that Aaron fell in love with Ella EVERY SINGLE TIME, no matter how many times his memory was erased will be why he’s always #1 in my books.

I’m not sure if I enjoy this book more than Ignite Me. Even though I absolutely loved learning about their pasts and reading about them throughout their lives, it was definitely slower paced and I feel not that much actually happens in the book. It’s more about their past, and less action compared to the other books.

Holy moly WOWWW I don’t even know where to begin. SO MUCH HAPPENED. I’ve never been so angry, confused, and happy at the same time. I’m not gonna say much more bc I don’t wanna give spoilers but this book will COMPLETELY reshape the way you think about this series.

Omg this book I can’t. It was sooo good the best by far in the shatter me series. And the end was just ahhh and I have been smiling since 20 minutes and I’m so happy this book will bring you happiness read it now!
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book feels like a different series, the plot is completely different from the other books. The beginning of the book was slow and not very exciting, but the farther in the more you learned about the characters and it got better. I still enjoyed the book though.

4.5