![]() ![]() Obvious choice, right? **MILD SPOILER** I didn’t think it was possible to redeem such a psychopath. Adam is the main guy, and Warner is the psychotic villain that wants to possess her. Why must there always be one? On a good note, the triangle isn’t that obnoxious. Love Triangle: Ugh, the dreaded triangle of YA. I’m a glutton for punishment, and apparently, a pervert. But alas, I’ve read it once and I’ll read it again. I can suspend my disbelief for superpowers, witchcraft, unicorns, and animal transformations, but I draw the line at horny teenagers having the gumption to save the world. YA Dystopian: I don’t hate YA Dystopian, but the concept rubs me the wrong way: When society crumbles, the fate of the world lies in the hands of rebellious teenagers! They can hardly think about all the dead bodies and lack of clean water for wanting to have sex all the time but somehow, they’ll manage to save us all and have mind blowing virgin sex with the hottest guy in the history of hot guys! Ha. I enjoyed reading from her POV, and found her relatable (except for the whole killing-people-with-her-touch thing). Scratched out and repeated words help the reader feel Juliette warring with her sanity. Unique Voice: The story is told almost as if Juliette is writing it in her notebook. I’m looking forward to watching him develop throughout the series, whether he goes darker or finds the light. So, whenever he touched Juliette, my skin would crawl. He’ll torture a toddler just to see what our heroine will do to save the child. He’ll shoot a man in the head for sharing supplies with needy families. And of course, she has a vulnerable heart.Ī Sinister Villain: Warner is obsessive, psychotic, and deadly. Her powers may be deadly, but she’s weak in other ways. She’s been sitting in a cell for a whole year, so she can’t run fast, and she doesn’t know how to shoot a gun or drive a car. **SPOILER** And by the end, she joins up with a very X-Men-like group of people who have varying powers that have been outcast by society just as she has.Įven Heroes Need Saving Sometimes: Juliette may become a badass later on, but she’s reliant on her human guy-pals for most of the ass kicking in Shatter Me. Juliette’s powers make her struggle, but they make her stronger. I’m not saying that Shatter Me fixes all those problems (because, without the Marvel backing, it can’t go full Rogue), but the storytelling is much cleaner and less complicated. It read like a weird fan-fiction, with an MC we knew, but a ton of original characters. It went to the future to give her a random love interest, and pretty much avoided canon as a whole. ![]() She’s the Rogue We Deserved in Rogue Touch: Like I said before, I like Rogue Touch, but the novel never connected with the X-Men. A boy who she loves so much, she can never EVER touch. But one day, she gets an unexpected roommate: a boy with eyes she thought she’d never see again. Now, Juliette is locked away in a prison for the criminally insane. Her condition kept them on the move, putting her in school after school, until one day, she accidentally killed someone. At an early age, her parents learned that her very touch was deadly. But Juliette doesn’t even have it that good. ![]() A Hitler-esque military patrols the streets day and night, authorized to shoot anyone caught in the forbidden zones or out after curfew. The average person lives in a shipping container, with no art, no freedom, and no access to hot water while those in power live in marble-lined palaces, dripping with chandeliers and caviar. Surprise, b*tch! This superhero novel is also a YA Dystopian, set in a world where a new government took over, promising a better future, but instead enslaved the people and keeps tabs on their every move. ![]() Shatter Me is the tale of Juliette Farrars, a girl who society (and even her own parents) cast away and forgot about. The main character isn’t actually Rogue, and the world isn’t that of the X-Men, but it may as well be both. It’s been in my TBR for so long, I forgot it was there. Recently, I found the time to try Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi. I liked the book just fine, but it strayed so heavily from the source material, it rubbed a lot of Rogue fans the wrong way. A few years ago, I reviewed a book called Rogue Touch. ![]()
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