The air is icy, the mats are orange the lights and switches beep and flicker, electronic and electric, neon bright. My new world is etched in gunmetal, sealed in silver, drowning in the scents of stone and steel. Life around here isn’t what I expected it to be. Now my mind is a traitor because my thoughts crawl out of bed every morning with darting eyes and sweating palms and nervous giggles that sit in my chest, build in my chest, threaten to burst through my chest, and the pressure is tightening and tightening and tightening I made so many promises when I arrived here. Every day I stare at these 4 walls and remind myself I’m not a prisoner I’m not a prisoner I’m not a prisoner but sometimes the old fears streak across my skin and I can’t seem to break free of the claustrophobia clutching at my throat. It’s a million degrees below zero in my blood and I’m buried 50 feet underground in a training room that’s become my second home lately. Maybe it’s snow ing, maybe it’s raining, I don’t know maybe it’s freezing it’s hailing it’s a hurricane slip slipping into a tornado and the earth is quaking apart to make room for our mistakes. Maybe it’s dark and wet today, whistling wind so sharp it stings the skin off the knuckles of grown men. The big ball of yellow might be spilling into the clouds, runny and yolky and blurring into the bluest sky, bright with cold hope and false promises about fond memories, real families, hearty breakfasts, stacks of pancakes drizzled in maple syrup sitting on a plate in a world that doesn’t exist anymore. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book.For my mother. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. It will completely blow your expectations Tahereh Mafi truly knows how to deliver!" – It blows your mind and makes you hungry for more of its amazing characters. "IGNITE ME really does ignite all five of your senses. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature – or any literature!" -Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children "Tahereh Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. I couldn't put it down." – Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I dare you to stop reading." – Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series Decisions that might involve choosing between her heartand the life of those she loves. In this heart-racing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. She is free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam.īut Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. She has found the headquarters of the rebel resistance – and people like her. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Netflix's Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. X-Men meets The Handmaid's Tale in the second instalment in an epic and romantic YA fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J.
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