Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

This is book two of the Shatter Me trilogy. It took me a minute to get back into the story since it had been a few months since I read Shatter Me. Once I familiarized myself with Juliette, Adam, and Kenji however, I was so engaged with the story that I read the entire book that day.

Juliette is living at Omega Point with the rest of the underground members who are fighting against The Reestablishment. This underground movement is led by Castle. Most of the people living there have special powers. Some, like Adam and Juliette, are still researching their powers to understand them better. Juliette is living with two healers, Sonya and Sara, but she hasn't made an effort to get to know them or anyone else living at Omega Point. She hasn't adapted to her new environment because she hasn't even tried to. She is still wrapped up in Adam, who can still touch her but seems to be hiding something from Juliette that he doesn't want to talk to her about.

Meanwhile, Juliette really starts to understand Kenji's role at Omega Point. He is one of the key people running Omega Point - and he is very close to Castle. Juliette's childishness (because after awhile, that's what it boils down to!) keeps pulling him away from his own responsibilities. When Kenji finally puts her in her place (a "come to Jesus" talk that was long overdue), I was incredibly satisfied. Once Juliette starts putting some effort into her training, she's allowed to leave Omega Point to help steal supplies with some other trusted members of the underground. She happens to see Warner and catches him doing something incredibly kind. This throws her for a loop.

Things get really interesting (and fast-paced) when Juliette meets Warner's father (Anderson) and ends up shooting him. Kenji makes the decision to take Warner hostage and they bring him back to Omega Point. Adam reveals something deeply personal about himself, which adds another element to everything happening. On top of all that, Juliette's relationship with Adam is strained (to say the least) and her relationship with Warner continues to develop. 

Castle makes the decision to engage in a battle against The Reestablishment (Anderson and his Army) even though Warner has told Juliette that it's a bad idea and they will lose. They do it anyways and Juliette ends up getting shot. I really loved this installment of this series.

Wendy's Rating: *****