Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5) (Shatter Me Novella, #1)

by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of...

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

Reviewed by Joséphine on

4 of 5 stars

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Initial thoughts: I was all set to skip Destroy Me since it's a novella and just continue with Unravel Me instead. But Chiara convinced me to read Destroy Me first and I'm glad I did. Any trace of doubt that I had about the series after reading Shatter Me dissolved upon reading Destroy Me. The portrayal of Warner added so much depth to this antagonist, there's bound to be a lot of conflict in the later books.

Looking at Juliette through Warner's eyes also added more layers to who Juliette is and why she acts and thinks the way she does. It also puts the idea of mental stability into question, seeing how difficult it can be to measure as an observer who doesn't know the full workings of a subject's mind.

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