It pains me to even see this two stars Ratings … a Rating I would have never thought possible to give to one book of the Shatter Me series, but here we are, and it fucking hurts.

Shatter Me has been one of my all time favorite trilogies out there in the universe, and I was excited to see it get Extended to a six-book-series. Due to the open ending of Ignite Me, I could see how the build up of a new world could be interesting, was eager to see the Kids together rebuilding the world. But we got None of that. Instead, the worldbuilding became bigger without much of a worldbuilding, and history started to play an important role in the present of our beloved characters. And beside the minor issues I had with Restore Me and Defy Me, I still could see the potential for this series to find an ending that could have changed the game.

Instead, we got a repetition of the same plot over and over. Juliette has been kidnapped … like three days after she was just rescued. Why waste potential pages to a rescue mission that does nothing to the plot (except for the Warner's Birthday Party? I'm glad we got it.. but it wasn't necessary. Let alone that proposal. You two just got back together, remember?). She could have easily used that specific pages for the brainwashing Juliette had to go through in Imagine Me, and then be rescued. Or … start the final battle?
And don't get me started on her weird attraction to Anderson while being "Robo J". I get where this is coming from. He is Warner and Adam's father after all. But to this extent? It was gross, and made me sick the entire time while reading it. And most importantly, it didn't contribute to anything. It was just there… to make us feel sick. Without any purpose. (It surely didn't help her remember Warner … the fuck)

Let's put the focus now on Warner, shall we? Now that we have Robo J who's got brainwashed in Imagine Me, one could expect that Warner will narrate through this story. WRONG. Warner could've easily not been mentioned at all. As whatever we got from him felt so out of character. There was not a single POV from Warner (and no, I don't Count that epilogue). Tahereh's explanation was that Warner's mind would've been too dark, too murderous. Not the right way to narrate the story. But what she forgot is that Warner IS the second protagonist of the story. She basically removed any development he went through, bringing him back to a murderous prick who apparantly can only be hated if Juliette isn't around. This way, she created an dependent character that … can be like able without his soulmate? What? I did not spend years obsessing over Warner to see his character destroyed like that? And yes. I would have ENJOYED his POV, especially because he was in a dark place. Like, we do realize that Shatter Me started with a Juliette that has been in a bad place, as well? I wanted to see those feelings, see what he's going through. FEEL FOR HIM.

And now let's talk about who actually carried the whole story on his shoulders. Kenji.
I love Kenji, I really do. But nevertheless, this does not change that Kenji is a side character, and while I know that chapters in his POV were needed, it made no sense to let him narrate everything. I did not want to observe Warner or Juliette through Kenji's eyes. That's not what I signed up for.

And shall we talk about the plot, now? The better question would be: which plot?
Restore Me and Defy Me weren't the strongest books in building up a strong base, I admit. But they did well enough to keep me intrigued and gave us enough material that could have been worked on. Instead not one single plotline was continued in this book. We don't receive enough information to understand ANY of the worldbuilding better. And all of it is solved in a chapter because Juliette decides to now listen to her sister and kill her? (Last time they saw each other, she refused and promised to find another way? WHAT?) And then how about setting the whole building in fire, and be done with it?

Which brings us to one place. The ending of Ignite Me.
We don't know what they will rebuild. What the new world will look like. What is exactly about to happen. Hell, we don't even know in what state of mind each character is left behind.

The open ending worked for Ignite Me, but did not for Imagine Me. As half the characters were only briefly mentioned, or whatever happend to them happened … off page. The only thing we know is that Juliette and Warner have their wedding TWO EFFING WEEKS after this. You serious? And we don't even get to see that Warnette moment either. No, we just get to see Juliette being worshipped by a mass of people and Adam who betrayed the whole team being the happiest guy alive. (Adam?Happy? After ALL OF THAT? yeah.. I want to taste those drugs too).

Honestly, this has been the most disappointing ending I ever came across off. Not only did this book lack to give us a proper ending, but literally destroyed the development of characters and the plot build up of the previous two books.

At this point, I'll just deny the existence of Imagine Me.