The ending was too much. What happened anyway?!
First of all I love this book, I just got so overwhelmed with what’s going on.
Aaron and Kenji‘s relationships development, they are getting close! Juliette? Or should I call her Ella? She’s the hottest for shaving her head to match with his beloved hehe.

“Your Regent Warner speaks seven languages.”
“You speak seven languages?” Juliette says, touching my arm.
“Sometimes,” I say quietly.

HE SPEAKS SEVEN LANGUAGES YALL!! THATS SO HOT OF YOU, AARONN?!

Last but not least, Nazeera yall? I love her.

“Men,” she says, “are always so baffled by women’s clothing. So many opinions about a body that does not belong to them. Cover up, don’t cover up”—she waves a hand—“no one can seem to decide.”

Kenji literally gives off bad impressions on her. Anyways THATS MA WOMANN!!

I ship Kenji and Nazeera and I am looking forward for their interactions!!

I suppose to rate it 5 star but no for the ending and Lena.

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carlito's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

a no from me i will keep reading but this was to much war and inner monologues about the same struggles
i liked the trans representation

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kynthebookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a roller coaster of emotions and the plot was just so good

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

I continue to love this series. But god shits about to get real real. THE ENDING.

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

“I cannot let the broken girl inside of me inhale all that I've become. I cannot revert back to another version of myself. I will not shatter, not again, in the wake of an emotional earthquake.”

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?

Tahereh Mafi did it once again. The writing style was engaging as always but what really took the forefront in this book was the characters' - Juliette's and Aaron's - inner turmoil. Since this is the first book in the latter half of the book, it sets up the world from the new political view and the potential plot points that are yet to come. Which in return made me so anxious while reading like the anxiety was real but that only shows how well Mafi does the job of getting the reader hooked on the story. I loved Kenji (and have loved him ever since we met him). Seeing his and Aaron's friendship developing was truly an iconic moment and I'm living for them. I loved meeting Nazeera, I think she will most definitely grow to become one of my ultimate favourite characters.

THE ANXIETYYYY, what do you MEAN JULIETTE AND AARON BREAK UP, WHAT THE FUCK, the cliffhanger?? Aaagghh

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brooketreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-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

4.0

This book hasn’t been my favorite so far. I’ve loved the first 3. I’m not sure if it’s mid series slump, or what.

I do love all the characters including some of the new ones. Nazeera is 🙌

I realized in this book specially, I didn’t like Castle’s character arch thus far. I felt like Castle was such a strong character in the beginning. I liked him a lot. After Omega Point, he goes into shut down mode and then just snaps out of it and he’s perfectly fine (I didn’t like that). I would have understood sadness and grief, but I felt shutting down wasn’t the reaction he would have given. Then, at some point Juliette says Castle wouldn’t make a strong supreme because he was too eager to please everyone - and I disagree on both counts. Up until that point he had always been doing what’s best for his people. Then, come this book, and he seems like he is still a pseudo- leader role and knows all Juliette and Warner’s secrets…!!! Like his character arch just isn’t feeling kosher. Anyway… 😅

I felt Juliette seemed immature/ naive at times. Which, yeah ok, she is supposed to be 17/18ish, but she is leading an entire country, so I’d expect an elevated level of maturity.

Things I loved: Kenji the barber, the beach scenes, Nazeera, the ending

Final thought, team Warner and Kenji being besties.

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

What did I just read?

The first half (if not more) of the book felt like white noise. I wasn’t really interested in Juliette and Warner and their relationship drama, which was made especially ridiculous by the fact that they’d only been dating around a month. Also, the “issues” Juliette is facing are kind of silly and mostly stem from her being an idiot thinking that the role of Supreme Commander would be easy. I had so much secondhand embarrassment from reading about her trying to be good at politics.

The other half of the book was just confusing. Everything happened too quickly and things came out of nowhere, making me feel like I was either missing something or losing my mind.

I’m not going to add any spoilers because I don’t even really know what was revealed.

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molly_rose's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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