Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6)

by Tahereh Mafi

The book that all SHATTER ME fans have been waiting for is finally here. The finale of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows

Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie?

Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong - between Ella and Juliette - blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.
The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But will the choice of which side to fight on be hers?

Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @TaherehMafi

PRAISE FOR THE SHATTER ME SERIES:

"Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. I dare you to stop reading." - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series

"Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." - Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series

"Tahereh Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature - or any literature!" -Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

"IGNITE ME really does ignite all five of your senses. It blows your mind and makes you hungry for more of its amazing characters. It will completely blow your expectations; Tahereh Mafi truly knows how to deliver!" - Teenreads.com

• ISBN10: 006267644X
• ISBN13: 9780062676443
• Publish Date: 31 March 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 464
• Language: English

Reviews

[liz089]

I have so much love for this series and these characters.
I did have my doubts when the next books were annouched after thinking it was only a trilogy, but she has brought so much more depth into this and really filled out the rest of the story/plot.
There was more to tell, and she did that in a great way.
I am very happy she continued and I really loved this series as a whole.
Very pleased with the ending too 3

[ladygrey]

Super fast read. Possibly because there’s basically no story for the first 150 pages. Granted things happen in Kenji’s pov, but it doesn’t feel like much because we’re just waiting for Juliette to wake up, knowing the story revolves around her. And one thing in 150 pages happens with her. One.

Also, the jump when she finally comes into the story feels like cheats. Anderson has been gutted, is lying on the ground by Warner who has just revealed himself as a ruthless and efficient killer who will protect Juliette at ALL costs has gone after his soldiers. And yet we’re supposed to believe Anderson somehow, got up, over powered all the other people with super powers, his soldiers found Juliette and didn’t get killed by Warner, and got away with her back to Oceania? With zero explanation. No, no I don’t believe that. I think Tahereh Mafi that you’re cheating because it’s convenient to the plot you want to force happen but I don’t buy it. Even after you explain it, I still call bullshift.

Also the thing with Anderson after Juliette loses her memory AGAIN is icky. Logical and oddly makes him not as horrible of a guy as I expect but still unsettling. Also if Once Upon a Time taught us anything it’s that characters losing their memory again and again gets old the second time. Once, once is how many times you can pull that trick in any story. Otherwise it’s a lameass ploy to force your plot and I’m over it. That being said, Juliette isn’t whiny and self-doubting and insecure or overly ‘I’m unstoppable’ in this one. Suppressing her personality makes her tolerable.

I do still like Warner though. I like him when he’s a jerk and when he’s a badass and that he held onto Juliette for hours to save her from herself. Kenji is cool to and he’s the thread that keeps the story going but Warner is my favorite.

Unfortunately Juliette and Warner are barely together, barely four scenes together in the whole book. . It actually works though, because Kenji can carry the story in a way Juliette never could. Things happen in his pov, choices are made and the plot unfolds. Juliette’s pov is all emotion and sensation and thoughts. Which is fun when she’s with Warner or Kenji but a lot of the time makes the story feel like there’s isn’t really any story. So even though we miss out on Juliette and Warner in this one err get Kenji and Warner and it works.

That ending though. Totally lame. Yes they’re actually going to get married. And things aren’t ready but everyone survived for what wet can assume is happy ending all around. But we never get to find or how Kenji was going to fix the debacle of their ending. It ends with a stray dog... which had no symbolism or thread of the story or anything. Not a kiss, not a wedding or Kenji making a joke or anything. A stray dog makes her laugh and Warner is happy. I mean, at least he’s happy. He could do better than her though.

[littleread1]

Please let this be the real end of the series.