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Ignite Me
Ignite Me
Ignite Me
Audiobook9 hours

Ignite Me

Written by Tahereh Mafi

Narrated by Kate Simses

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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The heart-stopping third installment in the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City, called ""a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.""

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that's not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines 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.""

This bestselling series from powerhouse author Tahereh Mafi showcases relentlessly thrilling action, heart stopping romance, and a war-torn world in which rebellion is the only path to freedom.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateFeb 4, 2014
ISBN9780062299703
Author

Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh Mafi is the #1 international bestselling and National Book Award nominated author of over a dozen books, including the Shatter Me series, the Woven Kingdom series, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, and An Emotion of Great Delight. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Southern California with her husband, fellow author Ransom Riggs, and their daughter. You can find her online at taherehmafi.com.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    “I need waves…I need waterfalls..”This was my least favorite of the three, but I still enjoyed it. This is a series I recommend giving a try on audiobook as I flew through all three in only a few days.I am team Warner all the way. Adam was so spiteful in book three. I also really enjoy how much Juliet has grown up, and I hope the next book does her justice with her character development.Overall, I really enjoyed the three book series and am excited for the additional books being added.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I love this book SOOOO much!! Juliette has come a long way since the first book and has become one badass lady! She learns to be true to herself and to not ignore her true feelings which allows her to learn how to control her powers better. I'm still a little iffy on Warner though, while he had really good reasoning behind many of the horrible things he has done there were still a few really bad things he did that he didn't have good reasoning. I love that we get to know him better on a more personal level and my heart definitely broke for him but Juliette sure does forgive him pretty easily. Not that Adam was any better in this book. He was whiney and controlling and just plain annoying for the most part. Kenji was amazing as always, definitely one of my favorite characters! I can't wait for his novella. I've heard the next one has a pretty big cliffhanger so I'll probably wait for the fifth book to come out first so I can read them back to back and not have to deal with the agony of the cliffhanger lol.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    4,75 ⭐️ muito melhor do que os anteriores, mal posso esperar pelo que aí vem!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I don't know where to start, so for now I'm just gonna say: Now that's how you conclude a series. That statement alone might be giving away too much but lets just say I was very happy with how Ms. Mafi ended it. Although, I think at least a Novella or even an Epilogue would be great. And after writing that, I think too much info would probably just ruin it. Okay, so you see how confused I am, and that's why I am going to let these feelings I'm feeling from just finishing this book decompress in my mind and I will return to write a more thorough review later.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It has been quite awhile since I read the second book in this series, so maybe I'm just remembering things incorrectly. It seems like all of the characters had some new personalities put in. The only character who seemed the same was Adam. He's always seemed like a whiny hot-head to me, so I wasn't surprised by his strong reactions.

    I don't want to give too much away, but I wish Juliette ended up alone, standing on her own two feet. She may be strong physically, but emotionally I still think she is experiencing some stunted growth. Also, I'm surprised this book can remain in the YA category. It has some content that is a little more fitting of a NA novel. (I understand teenagers have sex, but I started reading YA at the age of 12, and I'm not convinced a 12-year-old needs to read some content. Let them be little!) Overall, the series was fun and this conclusion wasn't half bad.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is amazing!!!! Can’t wait for the next one.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    God, just turn me inside out. Leave me breathless and roused and ready to storm the castle. Just when I lose a little faith, when Juliette's crippling doubts and insular nature try my patience, the rug sweeps out from under my feet. Fans of Downside Ghosts will recognize this love story, this break your heart passion between characters that are bloody and damaged and beautiful. All the more powerful, however, is how in this story I actually fear Terrible. In this love triangle, I actually love both men. UNRAVEL ME let me crawl inside this character and this narrative and hold my breath until I'm on the other side.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Added 16 Feb 2014:You know when you read a book and it rather sticks with you...and then something starts to nag at you, then yell at you, then start bouncing a rolling pin off your head? Well, that's why I had to update this review.Dont get me wrong, I loved the story but I cant help but see a bit of a issue. And Ill try my best to keep this spoiler-free...In any story, its easy to dislike a character because s/he's rude, borish, gross, asshatted, or just plain wicked and evil down to the metaphorically twisted mustache. In a love triangle, its so easy to go (or write, as it may be) down this road. Especially when your heroine doesnt pick "him" and goes with the guy the writer has planned.However, there is a big downfall in making a character morph from who they are simply to convince the reader she picked the right guy and not the "bad one". Ms. Mafi wrote these brilliant characters and suddenly one of her characters seemed to break away into this epic asshole land. I didn't like the character's complete change from who they were, from beginning of the trilogy to the end.Why make him a jerk and, even as another character confirmed, he wasn't acting like himself? His only crime was caring abt those around him and not getting the girl? It would have made much more sense to keep him in his character and show the reader why these two were wrong for each other, and in turn, why the other couple worked so well.Convincing a reader without showing why a character would suddenly go from sweet and caring to raging jerk was too convenient. It would be far more feasible and less of an easy way out for the author to write how two people can be good, but not good for each other. Leave out the out-of-character-180-degree behavior.This may not even phase readers but it did for me.Overall, I found this installment and ending to the series was very well done, despite my nagging, yelling, rolling pin thoughts. Still five stars from me.****5 Feb 2014Wow. I did not expect that. I did not expect to like the course of the story at. all. I was unbelievably surprised how much I loved it, to the very end
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Juliette is finally being the badass I hoped she was.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What a trilogy! Buuuuuuut, that being said, I'm left to wonder if there won't be another, with the way it ended. Excellent! I will recommend this trilogy to everyone I know and meet at my library.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Honestly, I could give a flying duck about the reestablishment and the plots to overthrow it. I am here for Warnette. Aaron warner is THE standard.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Incredible narration as always ! And this is what I like to call an 'Arc' in storyline. Tahereh has done something beautiful and this book could had been the end . But because she picked up another part and kept the story going, I would say this was an amazing arc . Job well done!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I am torn. I am conflicted. My thoughts about this series go back and forth -- positive to negative and back again. At the end of Shatter Me, I felt like there was some growth -- Juliette was becoming stronger even though it was incredibly annoying that she depended on Adam so much. There was the shocker with Warner and she was conflicted. I get that. But...basically...grow up already.[spoiler]At the beginning of Unravel Me she's back to the sad, shattered girl. As the book progresses she FINALLY begins to own her life and make her own choices. But Omega Point is a place full of special people like her, OPEN UP. TALK TO PEOPLE. Sure. I get it. She's been cast aside for most her life, she doesn't know how to open up. But GEEZ! And everyone keeps telling Juliette she acts a fool because she doesn't know any better. HOW ABOUT YOU PEOPLE TELL HER WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?! Kenji is one of my favorite characters and it was fantastic to learn more about him...but even he failed to fill Juliette in with some details about what she missed while she was locked up in detention centers and the psych ward. Then Warner shows back up and she's still conflicted because she's attracted to the bad guy. Fine be confused, but DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR HIM and don't GET PHYSICAL WITH HIM! Warner is THE BAD GUY. Despite all that we learned about him and Adam in this book, he's still a sociopath. [End spoiler]I'm definitely interested in reading the next in the series. I'd like to learn more about the world outside of Juliette's head. Because if Juliette is in the dark with what has happened to the outside world, so are the readers. That REALLY annoys me. Tell me about this world that's being built. I want less love triangle and more world building. We got a little smattering here and there, but I want more!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Nice. Really Nice. NOw I need several more words. one
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Solid 5 stars. It's my fav book of all three. Reread this trilogy because I want to remember the feeling before jump to the fourth. Love it so much.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book flowed very well. It maintains your attention. The main things that I don’t like is how it builds up so much about how dangerous, and cruel this one character is, only for him to be destroyed extremely easily. That part sucked. Like where’s the fight??? But overall it was a good read
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good series! Quite a bit overdone on the teenage romance angst, but still very much worth a listen as the story is pretty awesome! Juliet (the main) alternately totally amazes me and thoroughly annoys me! A mix, I guess, of warrior woman and teenage girl (!). Hint: Warner (the captain) is hot! HOT, HOT, HOT !!! ?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this book. Mafi writes feelings like no author I have ever seen before and, in my opinion, it really makes up for the areas she might be lacking in. The thoughts in Juliette's head are just so vivid that I feel them in my being. And the scenes between her and Warner are electric. I feel him. I've seen some reviews where people are very critical of Juliette ending up with Warner because of what they see as abusive behavior from book one. Some of these people are not too fond of what they call the "rewriting" of history in this book. I'm not too sure that I would call it rewriting. In the first book Juliette was very scared and interpreted things oddly (hence all the mark throughs in the text of the book). Now, in Ignite Me, she's seeing things with more open eyes and more as they actually exist and not as a scared girl afraid of who she is and everyone around her. My one beef with the story is that it ended too soon. I wanted just a bit more. What happens in the long run?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU'VE NOT READ THE FIRST TWO BOOKS READ NO FURTHER!!We find Juliette, Adam, and Kenji at Omega Point. Juliette and Adam are beginning to settle in, or at least Adam is. Juliette slips farther and farther into her old, semi-catatonic state with each passing day. Juliette has reverted to form, her fears and insecurities coming to the fore, easily shattering her resolution made at the end of book one.Castle, the creator and power that runs Omega Point, is working to get Juliette and Adam to learn how to harness their "Energy," otherwise known as their gifts. Just like Kenji learned that he could become invisible, over time and with a lot of hard work he learned to project that out. Now he has reached the point where he can cloak others with his invisibility as long as he is touching them. And this is what Castle is pushing Adam & Juliette to do. But Juliette spirals out of control in her head and is unable to make any progress. Having Castle push just makes things harder, as do all the secrets Juliette is keeping from Adam and the others. Secrets that just keep piling up as time goes by. Even after some of her secrets are revealed by others she still can't take that step to open up and share all she knows. Particularly when it comes to Warner for some unknown reason - except she knows in her heart of hearts why she is holding his secrets safe.The action is never lacking in this installment of the series, nor is the ongoing mental mess that is Juliette. Just when you think she's made a breakthrough she suddenly has a setback and reverts to form. Life with Juliette often seems to be one step forward and two steps back, then three steps forward and one step back. She just can't seem to truly break free of the insanity that she's been struggling to hold at bay for her entire life. Just when things begin to like like they are turning a corner for Juliette she learns something about Adam that has the ability to destroy not only her, but potentially him as well.The interaction between Warner and Juliette is wild in this book. It covers the entire range if emotions and even physical discoveries. Discoveries that are both a blessing and a trial in one, at least from Juliette's point of view. And though Warner comes off as being more stable than Juliette, I tend to think that it is simply a side effect of his military upbringing that allows him to seem so much more 'together' than Juliette. And Juliette's new knowledge of Adam opens the door for Warner to try to step into the breach.Once again Ms. Mafi has crafted a story that is full of compelling characters and intense, individual story lines that all twist together to form the central story. This is another pick it up and read until the end before you can set it down book. My only real issue is with Juliette's continual relapses. By now I am ready to see her take control of her own life and accept responsibility for her actions without constantly apologizing and dissolving into a quivering mess. Yet with the strong ending that once again leaves us hanging, there is no question that I will be reading the next book in the series the day it is released (unless I get lucky enough to wrangle an ARC somehow)!! Now to pray that another book IS planned to follow this one and answer all the loose ends, and that Juliette finds her spine and keeps it. :-)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The third installment of the Shatter Me series has been my favorite book out of them all, so far! So much action, growth for all of the characters, and interesting twists in the plot. I can't wait to read the fourth!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book screwed with my mind. It was a great book though. My only complaint is that the ending was unsatisfying. Almost as if the author rushed it. But then I learned new books are coming out to this series so I’m anticipating!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What else am I supposed to say? This series is just what I needed!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Absolutely stunning! Brilliant! I have no words! You had me in the beginning; I thought everyone was dead. Thank the gods they weren’t! And the scenes of when Arron and Juliet would share their lustful desires forth one another … SO BEAUTIFUL!!! This book definitely had me in the feels. It possessed such dissipate love, yet obtained little-to-no misunderstood resentment or hatred. I thoroughly enjoyed each explanation given as to why the characters either forgave Arron, or continued their un-expectance forth ill-iteration. I am so excited to see what “Restore Me” has in store for me - pun intended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I really was not a fan of the first two... but I LOVED LOVED LOVED this one. Warner and Juliette <3. This book actually made me laugh and Juliette finally stopped being useless. I completely enjoyed the friendship between Kenji and Juliette. I loved this book solely because of the interesting, romantic, funny, volatile, complex, and beautiful relationships between the characters. I still never really got invested in the world or the battles (not very compelling or believable to me). But I feel like the relationships were really well developed. I devoured this book in a day. And once more: Warner and Juliette!!! <3
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Parent review

    I would give this book series four or five stars based on the story line alone. As an xmen fan, I loved this story line. I loved the characters and the weird writing grew on me. However as a momma, I would never let my young teenage girls read this book. (Thus a 3) It was full of colorful language and very intimate in places. I kept thinking man I would not want my daughter to read this and then go on a date.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was an incredible sequel. It really delivered everything you wanted it to, and more. Fans of the first book "Shatter Me" will love the sequel.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is the final book in the trilogy, so readers having read Shatter Me and Unravel Me will definitely want to read this book. Juliette finishes the struggle between choosing either Warner or Adam. Lots of revelations are made about these two characters. The resistance has made a lot of sacrifices and their future looks bleak. Juliette vows to keep fighting. During the time she works to become stronger, she makes a lot of discoveries about herself. There are lots of twists and turns that the reader will enjoy. I also think that readers will like all the details about Warner and Adam’s past.The cover art on all 3 of these books is quite stunning. I think they will appeal to the teen crowd looking for dystopian fiction. There is a lot of action and romance. I think this book could be used for a variety of book displays in a school library – dystopian, strong female characters, vacation reads, etc. I don’t think there are really any curriculum connections. It would be a good recommendation for a free read choice. There is nothing objectionable for high school students. There is some violence and intimacy, it is not graphic, but it might not be a good choice for younger middle school students. While I enjoyed the story, I think a trilogy may have been a bit too long.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    SPOILERS. You've been warned. Sorry. I simply had too much to say.I ended this with a smile on my face. But for all the wrong reasons. I was smiling because I would no longer have to subject myself to reading more of these books in hopes that they’ll finally start being worth the time and in hopes it’ll start giving me the answers I’ve yearned for. The end did not give me all of those answers but whatever, I’m done with it.Let’s talk about Adam. I touched on this in my review of Fracture Me but I’m feeling the need to discuss it further because I clearly missed the part where Adam got hit in the head with a semi and all his brain pieces got jiggled around causing him to transform into a completely different person. That happened, right? Because that’s the only excuse I’m willing to accept. I can’t for one second buy that this has been Adam’s ‘true self’ this whole series because he did a complete 180 from anything I’ve come to expect from him. Ohhhhhh… maybe he was abducted by aliens? I might be willing to accept that too. But seriously, he’s supposed to care about Juliette. I could understand some animosity between the two since they did break up but he still claims to care about her. Something tells me you’re confused.“[...] Adam-I’m not stupid-”“Are you sure?”“What?” I can’t believe he just insulted me.“I asked you if you were sure,” he snaps. “Because you’re acting pretty damn stupid right now [...]“ or“No-you don’t understand anything,” he snaps. “You don’t understand me, you don’t understand yourself and you don’t understand that you’re acting like a stupid child [...]“ or“I was happier,” Adam says, “when I thought she was dead.” [...] He finally looks at me. “Thinking you were dead,” he says to me, “was so much better. It hurt so much less than this.” You get the picture. What made it even worse was there were people standing around while all this is going on. Listening to him verbally abuse her again and again. Kenji KIND OF sticks up for her but for the most part they let him rant and rave and treat her like she’s a piece of trash. Hello? You just going to let that happen? I kept reading in hopes that either someone (or Juliette) would finally stand up to the prick and punch him in the face.Now onto Warner. Let’s talk about the fact that every time he called Juliette ‘love’ he only succeeded in making himself sound like a pretentious blowhard. I mean seriously, unless you’re British I don’t think you can really get away with calling anyone ‘love’ and since there was no reference to his British-ness then pretentious blowhard it is. Warner becomes Mr. Perfect in Ignite Me because (the love triangle problem needed to be solved) suddenly every issue is revealed to have been one giant misunderstanding this entire time!“…do not presume to understand my actions. [...] Because if you do, I can assure you you’ll only be met with disappointment. And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong.” Yes, so basically he was maintaining pretenses this entire time. Naturally. But it was pretty ridiculous that he managed to be as shocked as he was that Juliette thought so little of him. Because really what did he expect? Oh, he just shot his soldier in the head. It was seemingly done for no legit reason. Oh, he just almost made me kill a baby. No explanation given. She was really supposed to surmise that it was all a simulation? Add to that there were so many other things that Warner did do wrong yet because all of his larger misdeeds were explained and forgiven everything else was brushed under the rug? No bueno.And as a side note, how come we’re ignoring the fact that the only reason he even knows Juliette is because he stole her extremely personal diary? It’s not like they spent quality time together having conversations and getting to know one another. He literally knows nothing about this girl that he claims to love other than what was written in the pages of her diary. And what a terrible invasion of privacy! Even when she tries to take it back from him he claims he’s not done reading and promptly takes it from her again.I’ve never been Team Adam or Team Warner because I don’t do teams, sorry. But I didn’t expect Adam to start acting completely out of character for no legitimate reason and I didn’t expect a nice, neat resolution to redeem Warner for all his wrong doing. It just felt like a quick resolution and was the ultimate of cop-outs.Fairly exciting stuff finally starts happening in the last like, 75 pages. They’re going to battle and Juliette is acting like a total badass and I’m loving it. I understand Juliette needed to develop in order to become this newly empowered individual but the last 75 pages of the last book in the trilogy?? Too. Freaking. Late. And that’s what upset me the most and what caused my rock bottom rating: those final pages afforded me a glimpse of what could have been. It was exciting and thrilling with characters I really enjoyed. It made me dislike the other 1,000 or so pages of this series even more than I already did. It could have been an awesome ending to a trilogy and while it was admittedly the best part of the entire series for me, it was still incredibly rushed. If the ending wasn’t quite so rush, if Adam’s character hadn’t been completely razed, if there was more focus on the craziness of the world and not the craziness of Juliette’s ridiculous love-life this could have been an impressive series. If, if, if. I know. But those last pages did showcase the potential that Mafi has and regardless of my opinion of this book or the overall series as a whole I would not be against giving her future novels a shot. I can only hope and pray that the exciting bits happen much, much sooner.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really great book and really excited to start book 4 now:)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Mafi, let me tell you something. You had me SO TERRIFIED of how this story was going to end.Then it ended and I was light. My spirits were lifted because the one thing I was certain was going to happen and was dreading the mostdid not happen.I am positively JOVIAL.I have a special place in my heart for Juliette, and the fact that she has grown so much throughout the series makes me distinctly proud of her. She grew up and she grew strong and she grew fierce and courageous and accepting of herself. She overcame the world and her doubts and fears and I respect her for that.And we get to see more of Warner and Adam than we ever have! Warner has always been my personal favorite, so the chance to see more into the man that he is cemented the special place he holds in my heart. And Kenji, as always, is the most entertaining voice and he does NOT disappoint. He had me ROLLING with his dialogue!You know what I do wish, though? That there had been more action. And the ending seemed a little too perfect, you know? But what can I say, I’m a bloodthirsty beast that demands amusement.*snort*Oh, and if you’re looking for positively swoony moments, look no further. Really, things get pret-ty intense between Juliette and a man whose identity will remain undisclosed (because I value my face and I KNOW if I spoil it, there will be hell to pay). Soooo good friends of mine, you have that mystery meeting to look forward to in Ignite Me. You will NOT be disappointed;)Well comrades, it is the end of the tale of fair Juliette and her band of misfits. But do not fear! For it is a fitting end to this wondrous saga. Truly, I did love every book in this story, and one of the first books I am quick to suggest for a read is Shatter Me. Tahereh has beautiful prose and I couldn’t help but to become consumed by this book, as I was with its predecessors. A favorite,4.83/5 stars;)