Make sure you have the rest of the series available. The book left you wanting more, so be warned, you will not be able to read only the first book. Judging this book from a younger readers perspective I would have to say love it! Shatter Me has everything from young love, emotional development and global warming effects that have destroyed the world as we know it. With the help of an old friend, she decides to fight for her freedom and her future. However, when the Reestablishment releases her from the asylum, only to try and use her as a weapon, Juliette discovers she is stronger than she realised. The news of a cellmate frightens her, convinced that it will be a psycho who joins her in the asylum. Juliette has been in insolation for 264 days, she doubts her sanity and sees herself as a monster. You feel her gain confidence and courage with every page you turn.

As you read the book, you experience Juliette’s emotions first-hand. Shatter Me quickly entwines the reader with the lead character. This book will appeal to a teenage or young adult audience who enjoy dystopian fiction, like the Divergent and Hunger Games book series. This book is written as a first-person narrative keeping the reader close to Juliette throughout the story. The reader can easily imagine the damage to the world and the psychologically issues suffered by Juliette. This Juliette Ferrars embroidered sweatshirt is perfect for lovers of the Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi. The author is extremely descriptive when she explains the effect lack of human contact has had on her lead character, allowing her audience to fully understand the message she is trying to get across. Labelled a freak, she finds herself locked up in an asylum where she is left incomplete isolation until The Reestablishment decide that they want to use her as a weapon.

Isolated and feared, Juliette finds herself locked away for the danger she poses to others. Shatter Me is a dystopian fiction that tells the story of a teenage girl who has never been able to experience human touch. Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me introduces readers to Juliette Ferrars, a girl with a lethal touch in a world tipped into chaos.

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