This review originally posted at 
 Christa's Hooked on Books 
 Ms. Mafi you have taken my breath away. This was an amazingly beautiful novel. I'm still in shock that it's a debut! The writing was beautiful and artistic. Whenever I find a passage in a book that really strikes me, I mark it with a sticky note. My copy of Shatter Me is now COVERED in sticky notes. I usually don't quote the ARC, because you never know what's going to change, but I just wanted to give you a taste of how poetic the writing is. Here is one of my absolute favourite passages: 
 "Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. 
 I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal points in the palm of my hand. I can rip the numbers off a clock and watch the hour hands tick tick tick their final tock just before I fall asleep. I can suffocate seconds just by holding my breath. I've been murdering minutes for hours and no one seems to mind." 
 Here's another one: 
 "The soldiers stomp stomp stomp through the rain, crushing leaves and fallen snow under their feet. Their hands are wrapped in gloves wrapped around guns that could put a bullet through a million possibilities." 
 This is the type of writing that really sucks me in. It makes me hang on to every word and hold my breath until the scene is over. If for no other reason, you should read this book because of the quality of the prose. 
 That being said, however, there are still plenty of other reasons to read this story. Generally labeled a dystopia, Shatter Me is so much more unique than that. Part action/adventure, part superhero fiction, part romance, part everything! I was easily sucked into the story; had my heart broken at the tragic moments, felt my blood boiling when things weren't fair, had a huge smile on my face whenever things did go their way. Oh and have I mentioned the steamy scenes? *fans self* Tahereh Mafi really knows how to tap into each and every one of your emotions and doesn't hold anything back. 
 One final thing I really like about this book was the way the ending was set up. Yes there is clearly meant to be a sequel, but it didn't end in a dramatic cliffhanger right in the middle of the story. I hate that! It's like when they split up movies that clearly don't need to be in two parts (I'm not naming names...). Even though there is more to come from Juliette and Adam (and thank goodness for that!) I felt like the general conflict of Shatter Me had been resolved so we can move on to the neext part of Juliette's saga. 
 Make sure you go and pick up Shatter Me tomorrow (or pre-order it via the link above). It's an amazing story, with great characters and beautiful writing. Be prepared to block off some time to read it, as you are not going to want to put it down.