Actual Rating: 4.5 stars 
 I'm reviewing this book a little less than a year after I finished it, and I'm not sure why, I just had the urge to write about it. Maybe because I got so excited over the covers of Unravel Me and Destroy Me. 
 I'll start out by saying that I think Tahereh Mafi's writing style is sort of a love it or hate it thing for most people. It's definitely unique, in my opinion. When I first got the book a couple days after I bought it and started reading it, at first I thought a bunch of sentences were just really poorly edited. Because there were No. Commas. Sentences like these: 
 "My eyes open to 2 eyes 2 lips 2 ears 2 eyebrows." 
 Drove me a bit nuts for a while. I am something of a grammer freak, so for a few chapters I wanted to break out a black ink pen and just writing them in myself. But eventually I forced myself to get used to it, and kind of started to like it. I always liked all the lines that were crossed out it; it made Juliette as a character and her way of thinking really memorable to me. Being able to remember characters and stories well months or even years after I've read something means it was really good, to me. 
 There was also the matter of all the metaphors. Sometimes they ran away a little bit. Most of the time, they fit the story well and I appreciated them, but every once in a while I'd kind of smirk and roll my eyes. Still, I think I really like Tahereh Mafi's writing. It's memorable, different, and it has its moments of utter brilliance. 
 Adam. Adam, I LOVE YOU! He was so good to Juliette, so loyal. So helpful. So unbelieveably sexy. *sigh* 
 I go back and forth all the time with Warner, I really do. I know he's the villian of this story and everything, but once in a while I find myself liking him. And, constantly, I have to remind myself of all the awful things we know he's done. But still. There's that nagging bit of my brain that really wants to know him better. Thankfully, I'll get a glimpse of his sick mind in Destroy Me. ;) 
 The only reason I'm taking off half a star to make it 4.5 instead of 5 is the world-building. We aren't told a lot about the Reestablishement and how it works. But I have faith that this little matter will be resolved in future installments in the series. 
 I'm not classifying this book as a love triangle. I'm not shelving it that way. I think it could be viewed as one, depending on how you look at it. But at the same time, it's really not. At least, not in this novel. I guess it's not, but the potential is there. Maybe. Um. Hmm... 
 I love, love, love the new cover designs for this! The eyes are so cool, and much better than the generic beautiful-girl-in-an-equally-beautiful-dress thing. Some redesigns are actually pretty good, unlike others (*coughAcrossTheUniversecough*). 
 I cannot WAIT until Unravel Me comes out.