Shatter Me: The New Republic Book 1: Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi

 

Shatter Me: The New Republic Book1 

Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.

James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. In the past decade no outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.

It’s been ten years since the fall of The Reestablishment. Ten years since the notorious duo — Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson — led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But after a decade of unsettling quiet, The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect person for the job.

Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. A trained assassin, her every movement is monitored by synthetic intelligence—and when she’s given an order to kill, she never hesitates.

Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question—

Who are we when no one is watching?

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

It is surreal being back in this world after such a long time. The book takes place ten years after the last book. Our characters are grown up and taking the lead on this one is James Anderson. In the previous books, James was only 11 but now he is all grown up and is ready to prove to his family that he isn’t a little kid anymore. He knows how much they all sacrificed and are still fighting for this new world they made. And with one piece left of the Reestablishment still existing and creating problems, he wants to help. Which leads him to doing something pretty reckless. Like infiltrating Ark Island. None of them have been able to get on the island but James’s older brother has some theories about it. But that won’t stop James. It’s there he meets Rosabelle. Rosabelle is a trained assassin. It’s what her parents trained her for since she was a child. But for years it has been her taking care of her sick little sister. It’s the only true thing keeping her in line. Especially when her loyalty is constantly in question because they were never able to put her head online to their establishment. Basically her brain and body rejected whatever was needed to get her on a hive mind where everyone is connected and secrets don’t exist. With that happening, keeping her emotions in check has always been priority. Until James comes crashing into her life. He threatens everything she has built. This book was pretty crazy! You kind of want these two to find a way to trust one another, but there are so many plans on plans going on. They both know the other comes with an agenda and it makes it hard for either to figure out what is real or not. And this is just the beginning of what I think is gonna be a pretty crazy series. I loved seeing so many faces from the previous books and how they are grown up and what is going on with them now. I thought this was a great start to this next part of this world. The end was pretty nuts and I’m looking forward to seeing what James and Rosabelle will do next after everything that has happened so far!