Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me was very unique. I wouldn’t ordinarily pick it up in a store, so I was glad a salesperson recommended it to me. The plot idea is one I have never read before and includes a main character whose touch is fatal. Mafi also wrote differently than I was used to, using crossed out words to show the main character’s conflicted personality. At times the crossed out phrases or words were used to add interest (like having a whole page filled with the same phrased repeated and scratched out every time), but other times it didn’t make logical sense and I found myself racking my brain for a reason behind it. I didn’t think it was written that well, but as Mafi’s first published novel, it wasn’t terrible. I kept reading because of the interesting plot and intriguing characters. I enjoyed the ever-moving plot because recently I read a book where the plot hardly moved in the first one hundred pages (more on that in the next review) and that was very boring. Shatter Me was a little violent, but nothing I (or anyone else my age) couldn’t handle. It also had some romance, but there are hardly any young adult novels where the protagonist doesn’t have a love interest anymore. I recommend this book for fans of other dystopian novels or are just looking for something new.

-Book Hugger

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