This book was… phew. It was something. I’m not a fan of retellings from another POV, so I already knew this one wouldn’t be great. I was hopeful, though, because Destroy Me was pleasantly surprising and a good addition to the series (it actually helped me understand a lot more in Unravel Me). But this one? Yeah, I could’ve done without it. 

In terms of reading order, it’s Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, and then Fracture Me. So make sure not to read it out of order because you’ll get major spoilers for Unravel Me if you read Fracture Me first. 

Alright, on to the actual review. So, if you’ve read my other reviews for this series, you already know I don’t like Adam. He is one dimensional and just so… plain. Reading from his point of view really solidified that for me because it’s almost as if the author doesn’t know who he is and hasn’t fully solidified his character. This dude is literally just repeating whatever he sees without any thoughts whatsoever and I reallyyyy didn’t like it. The only thing that was good was this novella was super short. 

For the plot, you learn nothing new after the events of Unravel Me. You’re basically just getting a recap of exactly what happened and I learned exactly what Kenji and Adam saw after Juliette gets captured. Like I said, nothing new so it wasn’t that interesting. 

Overall, this was not necessary for the series. If you want to skip it, you definitely can. The only reason I read it is so I can give y’all a review and hopefully do a ranking video once I finish the entire series :). Needless to say, this one will not be ranked high at all. 

Source: Personal Copy

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