Oh wow, wow wow wow wow... If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. Beautifully written, yet ugly and desperate. The first book in this trilogy Shatter Me, was so dark, yet also beautifully written. I wasn't sure Mafi was going to be able to top it and I went into Unravel Me with simple expectations that this book would be your typical bridge book, setting up the story for the final book and conclusion, but boy was I wrong. Mafi blew me away! 
 Mafi's writing style is so exquisite. My review of her prose could never do it justice. One must read her books in order to understand just how beautifully lyrical a writer she is. 
 "I can see what's in their eyes because I'm beginning to remember what it feels like. Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. it's a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. And it's the only thing in the world keeping me afloat." 
 Unravel Me picks up shortly after Shatter Me, Juliette has been welcomed into the underground "resistance" along with her love, Adam and his little brother James, and of course, Kenji. Kenji is even more likeable in this installment, and he becomes an important allie for Juliette. And let me just say that my heart was continually broken for poor Juliette. She is taken advantage of in so many ways, and she is so thoroughly disgusted with herself, believing that she does not deserve any happiness. Oh, its so sad. And so conflicted, she is. I wasn't sure who to root for, but I'll always be rooting for Juliette. This girl's time has come! I so look forward to Juliette completely coming into her own in the final book in this trilogy, which I have to wait, what a YEAR for?! 
 "This is the only thing that matters. This. This moment. These lips. This strong body pressed against me and these firm hands finding a way to bring me closer and I know i want so much more of him, i want all of him, I want to feel the beauty of this love with the tips of my fingers and the palms of my hands and every fiber and bone of my being. I want all of it."