Shatter Me Series

Shatter Me is a young adult dystopian hexalogy written by Tahereh Mafi. The series centers on Juliette Ferrars, a 17-year-old girl with a lethal touch. The first book of the series was published on November 15, 2011. An e-novella, Destroy Me, told from Warner's point of view, was released on October 6, 2012. The second book in the series, Unravel Me, was published on February 5, 2013. After the publication of the second book, another e-novella, Fracture Me, from Adam Kent's point of view, was published on December 17, 2013. The third book in the series, Ignite Me, was published on February 4, 2014. Unite Me was released for the first time along with the publication of Ignite Me. Unite Me contains the two e-novellas, Destroy Me and Fracture Me, and features an exclusive look into Juliette's journal. The fourth book, Restore Me, was published on March 6, 2018. Shadow Me, a e-novella from Kenji Kishimoto's point of view, was published March 5, 2019. The fifth book, Defy Me, was published April 2, 2019. The last book, Imagine Me, was published March 31, 2020. Tahereh Mafi announced the release of Believe Me on November 16, 2020. It is the fifth novella told from Warner's point of view that takes place after the events of Imagine Me. It was published on November 16, 2021.

Novels

Shatter Me

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Shatter Me is the first book in the Shatter Me series.

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. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make one difficult choice: To kill herself and Adam, or become a warrior.

Unravel Me

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Unravel Me is the second book in the Shatter Me series.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.

Ignite Me

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Ignite Me is the third book in the Shatter Me series.

Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them down, she'll need the help of the one person she never thought she could trust: Warner. And as they work together, Juliette will discover that everything she thought she knew-about Warner, her abilities, and even Adam-was wrong.

In Shatter Me, Tahereh Mafi created a captivating and original story that combined the best of dystopian and paranormal and was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a gripping read from an author who's not afraid to take risks."

The sequel, Unravel Me, blew readers away with heart-racing twists and turns, and New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia said it was "dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense."

Now this final book brings the series to a shocking and climactic end.

Restore Me

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Restore Me is the fourth book in the Shatter Me series.

Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side.

But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand.

When tragedy hits, who will she become? Will she be able to control the power she wields and use it for good?

Defy Me

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Defy Me is the fifth book in the Shatter Me series.

Juliette’s short tenure as the supreme commander of North America has been an utter disaster.

When the children of the other world leaders show up on her doorstep, she wants nothing more than to turn to Warner for support and guidance.

But he shatters her heart when he reveals

that he’s been keeping secrets about her family and her identity from her—secrets that change everything.

Juliette is devastated, and the darkness that’s always dwelled within her threatens to consume her.

An explosive encounter with unexpected visitors might be enough to push her over the edge.

Imagine Me

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Imagine Me is the last book in the Shatter Me series.

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.

With old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.

The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But she may not get to choose what side she fights on.

Novellas

Destroy Me

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In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, 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.

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.

Fracture Me

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As Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam's focus couldn't be further from the upcoming battle.

He's reeling from his breakup with Juliette, scared for his best friend's life, and as concerned as ever for his brother James's safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It's time for war.

On the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor—but taking down Warner, Adam's newly discovered half brother, won't be that easy.

The Reestablishment can't tolerate a rebellion, and they'll do anything to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam has ever cared about.

Shadow Me

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Juliette is still reeling from Warner's betrayal, and Kenji is trying to balance his friendship with her with his responsibilities as a leader of the resistance against the Reestablishment. Things get even more interesting when an unexpected person from Omega Point’s past surfaces.

Reveal Me

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This fourth companion novella to Tahereh Mafi’s New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series is narrated by fan favorite character Kenji Kishimoto!

The explosive revelations in Defy Me have left readers reeling and desperate for answers. This fourth and final novella in the series will bring readers back to the world of the Shatter Me before the final novel installment hits shelves in winter 2020.

Believe Me

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Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn’t easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world.

Warner has his sights set on more than just politics. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he’s been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. But with so much chaos around them, it’s been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding. And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they need to do.

At long last, Warner and Juliette’s future together is within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart. Will they finally be able to be happily, officially, together?

Reception

Reviews for Shatter Me have been mixed to positive, with Booklist praising the book for its "inventive touches" and summarising it as a "rip-roaring adventure [with] steamy romance scenes [and] a relationship teens will root for. The Canadian National Post praised the book, saying that Shatter Me was "an excellent book," with the "right amount of action to make it thrilling, but not exactly gruesome."

Kirkus Reviews praised Shatter Me for its love story, but said that the ending "falls flat" and that there was an "over-reliance on metaphor". Publishers Weekly cited that while the book "doesn’t escape some rookie pitfalls," author Tahereh Mafi "combines a psychological opener with an action-adventure denouement in her YA debut," ultimately calling it "a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks".

Trivia

• The series is also named The Juliette Chronicles in some editions.
• As the books in the series progress, the amount of passages and lines that have been crossed out decreases. This is because Juliette slowly becomes more confident and certain about her thoughts.