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A review by jillkaarlela
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? Yes
4.25
taylor swift songs for this book are “false god”, “peace”, “I think he knows”, and “dancing with our hands tied”
I hate Adam now, and I am a Warner STAN. Aaron Warner is the king of being DOWN BAD for Juliette. Let’s normalize men being this obsessed with the fmc (female main character). I am loving for this enemies to lovers arc. I freaking love Warner!!!! He may be a murderer, but a FREAKING HOT ONE! Warner is the king, the OG morally gray character, he basically invented it. Why I love Warner over Adam so much is that Adam thinks he loves Juliette in spite of her flaws and Warner loves Juliette because of her flaws. Warner sees the real Juliette, not some glorified version of her that Adam made up in his head and needs to be protected (small, weak, fragile, etc.). Warner knows she’s a bada** and treats her as such, pushes her to be better, accepts, loves and encourages her while wholeheartedly accepting and loving her faults/her dark side. I saw someone on tiktok say that they love the enemies to lovers trope so much bc someone’s after seeing the worst parts of yourself, and even when they have every reason to hate you, actively chooses to love you anyways. That is exactly it. And that is Warner and Juliette 100%. I love how far these characters have come as well as their development, all of the characters are constantly changing and evolving and growing together. I totally get the hype for these books now, I’m sorry I didn’t see it earlier. The romance is TOP TIER. And the major action/dystopian plot is pretty interesting too, I think it’s a great concept that is executed really well. Juliette is my QUEEN, she is the original girlboss. Again, there’s a lot of rambling/stream of consciousness type of writing, as we can read Juliet’s thoughts, so if you don’t vibe with that, you won’t like these. But gosh darn it if I didn’t fall head over heels for Warner.
This is not really graphic or explicit, it’s more describing the emotions that are happening and you can imply what’s happening. I’d say 0.5/5🌶 it literally lasts like maybe 5 minutes and it doesn’t really say anything explicit at all, it’s just all implied. I was told that it would be spicy, and it’s the good kind of spice, where it feels so romantic and hot and real but without graphic detail- describes vividly the emotional intimacy, implies physical intimacy if that makes sense.
Age rating: 14+
I hate Adam now, and I am a Warner STAN. Aaron Warner is the king of being DOWN BAD for Juliette. Let’s normalize men being this obsessed with the fmc (female main character). I am loving for this enemies to lovers arc. I freaking love Warner!!!! He may be a murderer, but a FREAKING HOT ONE! Warner is the king, the OG morally gray character, he basically invented it. Why I love Warner over Adam so much is that Adam thinks he loves Juliette in spite of her flaws and Warner loves Juliette because of her flaws. Warner sees the real Juliette, not some glorified version of her that Adam made up in his head and needs to be protected (small, weak, fragile, etc.). Warner knows she’s a bada** and treats her as such, pushes her to be better, accepts, loves and encourages her while wholeheartedly accepting and loving her faults/her dark side. I saw someone on tiktok say that they love the enemies to lovers trope so much bc someone’s after seeing the worst parts of yourself, and even when they have every reason to hate you, actively chooses to love you anyways. That is exactly it. And that is Warner and Juliette 100%. I love how far these characters have come as well as their development, all of the characters are constantly changing and evolving and growing together. I totally get the hype for these books now, I’m sorry I didn’t see it earlier. The romance is TOP TIER. And the major action/dystopian plot is pretty interesting too, I think it’s a great concept that is executed really well. Juliette is my QUEEN, she is the original girlboss. Again, there’s a lot of rambling/stream of consciousness type of writing, as we can read Juliet’s thoughts, so if you don’t vibe with that, you won’t like these. But gosh darn it if I didn’t fall head over heels for Warner.
This is not really graphic or explicit, it’s more describing the emotions that are happening and you can imply what’s happening. I’d say 0.5/5🌶 it literally lasts like maybe 5 minutes and it doesn’t really say anything explicit at all, it’s just all implied. I was told that it would be spicy, and it’s the good kind of spice, where it feels so romantic and hot and real but without graphic detail- describes vividly the emotional intimacy, implies physical intimacy if that makes sense.
Age rating: 14+
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence