Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Published: 2013 by HarperCollins
Genre: Dystopia, Romance, Young Adult
Rating: 3 Stars
Read Count: 1
Synopsis:
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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.

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 My Thoughts 

I really had high hopes for Unravel Me but it just left me wondering why I bothered to spend my time reading it.
The story continues at Omega Point, where Juliette, Adam and James have been for a few weeks. Juliette isn't adjusting and Adam is acting odd while my favorite misunderstood little soldier Warner is still searching for Juliette, heaven knows why though...I really don't understand the attraction Warner has to her.
Good points, was that we learn Warner's name (though someone had already ruined it for me on Twitter and yes I am bitter xD), there is more KENJI ('nuff said) and yes, Chapter 62 was hot but I'm just not a fan of Warner/Juliette being together.
Bad points, Juliette was so freakin' self-centered and cruel to Adam in my opinion. Warner was also self-centered and cruel, I know he is supposed to be a sorta-bad guy but after reading Destroy Me and parts of Unravel Me you know he can be loving and kind but then he just turns around and acts like an ass, I still like him but want to smack him.
Overall the story was decent but I just couldn't love it like I did Shatter Me. The characters are likeable and learning about the other residents of Omega Point and having a deeper back story for some was nice but Juliette being obnoxious just kills it for me.

 About the Author 

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She was born the youngest child with four older brothers in a small city somewhere in Connecticut, and currently resides in Orange County, California. She graduated from a tiny liberal arts college two miles from the shores of Laguna Beach, has varying levels of competency in eight different languages, and spent a semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain, where she had the opportunity to study Spanish literature in its native form. 

Mafi has traveled all over the world, lived on both sides of the United States, and even spent some years writing really bad poetry. When unable to find a book, she can be found reading candy wrappers, coupons, and old receipts.

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Book Bird Goodies #5

Meet Magnus, my little Book Bird Reviews mascot.

Instead of doing a Showcase Sunday or anything, I've decided to just post any book goodies myself.

 For Review

Savor (Vicious Feast, #1) by Kate Evangelista

Wants of an Incubus (Annabelle's Erotic Nightmare #1) by Ashley Hill

Thanks to Kate Evangelista and Ashley Hill.

Sun and Moon (Minstrel Series, #1) by Lee Strauss

Dead Beautiful (Dead Beautiful, #1) by Yvonne Woon

Thanks to NetGalley.

 Received 

Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1) by Pepper Winters

Thanks to Stephanie @ Bookfever for this one!

If the Shoe Fits by Amber T. Smith

Won this on Facebook thanks to Miss Smith.

A Very Mystic Christmas (The Mystic Wolves) by Belinda Boring

Won this on Facebook thanks to Lizzy Ford.

 Bought 

Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

Fracture Me (Shatter Me, #2.5) by Tahereh Mafi

Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1) by Kresley Cole

Unraveling (Unraveling, #1) by Elizabeth Norris

Undone (Unraveling, #1.5) by Elizabeth Norris

Mind Games (Mind Games, #1) by Kiersten White

Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica, #1) by Beth Fantaskey

Entice (Need, #3) by Carrie Jones

 Kindle Freebies 

Annie and Fia (Mind Games, #0.5) by Kiersten White

The Mystic Wolves (Mystic Wolves, #1) by Belinda Boring

*All books are still free at time of posting. Just click the covers to go to Amazon.*

Teaser Tuesdays: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

If you want to participate all you have to do is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My teaser today is from Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi.


I thought I'd lost the bird, the white bird, the bird with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It used to meet me in my dreams, flying strong and smooth, sailing over the world like it knew better, like it had secrets we'd never suspect, like it was leading me somewhere safe.
-pg. 28, Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

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it's almost
time for war.

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.

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Showcase Sunday #5

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky over at Books, Biscuits and Tea. We share what swag or books we've bought, received or gotten from the library. For more information visit Vicky's Showcase Sunday post.

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Bought

Found a ton of books at the thrift store!

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker

The Vampire's Assistant and Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan

Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause

Chobits Vol. 1 by Clamp

Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode Vol. 2 by Mia Ikumi

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

The Secret Circle: The Captive Part II and The Power by L.J. Smith

Tentacles by Roland Smith

Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

Found a good deal on a set of The Vincent Boys.

The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines

Received

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Another early birthday present that I totally fangirled over!

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So that's my Showcase Sunday for this week. What did you receive?

Top Ten Tuesday #1

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created @ The Broke and the Bookish. Find out how to join in here.

This week is Top Ten Books Written In The Past 10 Years That I Hope People Are Still Reading In 30 Years.

10.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

9.

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey

8.

The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski

7.

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

6.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

5.

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

4.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3.

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

2.

Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

1.

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

 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 a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

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So for my first read of 2012 and one of Book Boyfriends February group reads Shatter Me was the winner. I hadn't planned on reading it but I would have missed out dearly. Love, danger, adventure, an evil and hot psycho, a disappearing boy and a deadly touch are all covered in this release by Tahereh Mafi.

I loved the writing which included partial and full sentences that were repeated or parts crossed out showing what our heroine Juliette was feeling and wished she could say. Some may not have enjoyed it but it was very refreshing and I am excited to find out what will happen in Shatter Me #2. I gave it 5 stars and it deserves every star it got.

 About the Author 

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She’s 24. She writes books and reads books and drinks way too much coffee. SHATTER ME is her first novel, and the first of a trilogy, coming from Harper/HarperCollins on November 15, 2011. Film rights have been optioned by 20th Century Fox.