Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. And the world is too busy crumbling to pieces for anyone to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The survivors are whispering war, and so The Reestablishment has changed its mind about Juliette's powers. Maybe she is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now: a weapon.
Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a new strength in her power. Torn between two men, will Juliette be a weapon or a warrior?
"All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart."
See what reviewers are saying about Shatter Me:
"Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." - Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of Fallen
"Rip-roaring adventure and steamy romance scenes, with a relationship teens will root for as much as they did for Bella and Edward." - Booklist
"Fast-paced action scenes convey imminent danger vividly... Part cautionary tale, part juicy love story, this will appeal to action and adventure fans." - Kirkus Reviews
"Shatter Me is an amazing series, one of my absolute favorites!" - Goodreads reviewer
"One glorious aspect: the romance. Tension, chemistry, blushingly sexy, it was incredibly intense!" - Goodreads reviewer
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Release date
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781743433744
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781743433744
- File size: 1267 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.3
- Lexile® Measure: 650
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 2-3
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September 19, 2011
Mafi combines a psychological opener with an action-adventure denouement in her YA debut, and the result is a page-turner with a slightly split personality. Juliette Ferrars is 17 and cannot remember a loving touch; indeed, after 264 days in solitary confinement, she can barely remember human contact. Then a boy is shoved into her cell, and her world changes. Just as she begins to trust Adam, guards burst in and march them off to the commandant. Juliette discovers Adam is really a soldier of the Reestablishment, a totalitarian regime that wants to use Juliette because her touch can kill. Juliette wants to get far away from anyone she can hurt or who can hurt her—though she can’t help hoping that, somehow, Adam might not fall in either of those categories. Mafi doesn’t escape some rookie pitfalls; descriptions like “fifteen thousand feelings of disbelief hole-punched in my heart” strain after lyricism, and proof that the divided plot can be brought to a satisfying conclusion must await later installments. Nevertheless, this is a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks. Ages 14–up.
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