Shatter Me

The success of the Shatter Me series has exploded since the publication of the first installment in 2011. The series contains two trilogies of full-length novels that are told from the first-person perspective of the protagonist, Juliette Ferrars, along with five additional novellas that are told from the perspectives of prominent supporting characters and antagonists.

The first five installments—Shatter Me (2011), Destroy Me (2012), Unravel Me (2013), Fracture Me (2014), and Ignite Me (2014)—follow the struggles of Juliette as she suffers the consequences of her deadly ability to kill with one touch and finds herself imprisoned by the totalitarian regime known as The Reestablishment. The operatives of this regime manipulate and abuse her and attempt to compel her to use her abilities in support of their broader goals. As Juliette resists, she makes new connections among members of the resistance at Omega Point, comes to terms with her unique and deadly ability, and embraces The Importance of Resisting Tyranny, dedicating herself to toppling the regime that has shown her such injustice. In a 2012 interview with Seventeen, New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi has described her protagonist as a “lonely, isolated girl” who “has a lot of inner strength and compassion” and “hold[s] onto her humanity in a world that has given her nothing to hope for” (“