Adam eventually helps Juliette escape from Warner, and as they escape, Warner's hand brushes against Juliette's ankle, revealing that Warner also can touch Juliette without consequence.Īdam and Juliette run away to where Adam's 10-year-old brother James lives, a small apartment Adam helped to make. It is revealed that Adam knew Juliette prior to the asylum, and is in love with her, and that he can touch Juliette without being harmed or killed. During her captivity, Juliette develops a romantic relationship with Adam. Warner wants to feel the full effects of Juliette's power, but she refuses to touch or hurt him, so he forces her to torture a soldier named Jenkins and a small child through a simulated torture room. Warner, who is also the son of the Reestablishment's Supreme Commander, makes Juliette an offer that includes her being able to get out of the asylum in turn for her torturing any prisoners with her touch as a weapon for the Reestablishment. It is revealed that Adam is a soldier for Warner, the chief commander of Sector 45 of the Reestablishment. One day, the Reestablishment, a government that has the world within its grasp, comes for Juliette. At first, Adam and Juliette remain distant with each other but become closer over the week as Juliette shows him the ways of the asylum. He reminds Juliette of someone distant she used to know, however she convinces herself otherwise. To her surprise, Juliette gets a cellmate who goes by the name of Adam Kent. At the start of the book, there are many intentional strikethroughs and the writing is often erratic in order to serve a visual representation of the chaos in Juliette's mind. Juliette is placed in an asylum 264 days prior to the start of the book after accidentally killing a small boy with her touch when she was 14. Juliette Ferrars is a 17-year-old girl whose touch is lethal and will kill anyone who touches her skin for long enough. Of her inspirations for the work, Mafi has stated that she drew inspiration from "an interest in human nature and ability to overcome great obstacles". The seventh and final book, Believe Me, was published on November 11, 2021. The sixth book, Imagine Me, was published on March 31, 2020. The fifth book, Defy Me, was published on April 2, 2019. The fourth book, Restore Me, was published on March 6, 2018. The third book, Ignite Me, was published on February 4, 2014. The second book in the series, Unravel Me, was published on February 5, 2013. Shatter Me is the first of a series of seven books. The book is narrated by Juliette, a 17-year-old girl with a lethal touch and is unusual in that it contains passages and lines that have been crossed out like a diary entry. Shatter Me is a young adult dystopian romantic thriller written by Tahereh Mafi, published on November 15, 2011.
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