Protagonist: Juliette has, since the end of Shatter Me, reverted back to the shy timid person she was at the beginning of the previous installment. She is as anti-social as ever, only spending her time with her boyfriend Adam and does her best to "not be a problem." However, by doing that she puts herself in an even more dangerous situation because without making progress on controlling her Energy she puts many people at risk. Just when she gets at her most depressing, self-loathing point, someone is there to not only set her straight but to do it without coddling her or treating her as if she was fragile. This doesn't completely change her, but it's a start to not only a better Juliette, but a better installment in this series. 
 Romance: The romance in this installment definitely surprised me, even though there was a tad bit of cliched drama between Adam and Juliette it wasn't overused and was in fact used in a very compelling way. Also, the issue of Warner changed. In the previous installment I not only detested Warner, but I wouldn't even wish him on my worst enemy. In this installment however my thoughts about him changed as we learned a bit more about him. I haven't read Destroy Me yet, but I have a feeling that would have added a bit more while reading this. Now, I'm not saying that I'm "Team Warner" as that would have been too dramatic a change and would have probably cheapened the story for me, but I am saying that I don't completely detest him and if my worst enemy wanted him they could have him. 
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