A review by elenafrancesca
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

2.0

I would rate this as the weakest so far in the series. It reads like your quintessential 2010's YA dystopian. It felt a bit rushed at times and some of the character stuff was especially rushed and the ending was crazy rushed. The dialogue was a bit fan-ficish (not in a good way) and a lot of it read like a fanfiction of the first two books. Especially Juliette's conversations with Kenji, that really read like head-cannon. James became a prop more than in the first two books too. 

I was disappointed that Juliette can now all of the sudden touch people. That was such an important part of the story and the fact that it just kind of goes away felt like a cheap shot. One of my favourite comic characters is Rogue from X-Men. She has such an interesting story and character and they do so much with that limitation of touch. This was a cop-out on that limitation.

I have a soft spot for 2010's YA, I found the reading experience almost nostalgic but there are much better books from that era if you are looking for that nostalgia jolt. 

I did have a chuckle at Warner and his slutty little tattoos.