He’s alluring enough that I could see Juliette with him, even if he’s not “perfect.” It seemed misguided, as the entire appeal of him up to that point for me was his ambiguity. Some redemption is fine but the extent seemed like a broad re-working of the character. So this is going to be a very unpopular opinion (warning, I tend towards having them) and I’m pretty sure I’m alone in the world with this but I didn’t care for the redemption arc of Warner. We learn of a number of surprising plot twists and that several prior things that made him seem evil were on account of misunderstandings. It was shocking to see this otherwise passive (in my opinion, boring) individual fly off the handle and enraged.Ĭonversely, we see the antagonist- Warner- as more humanized than ever before. We see all the worst facets of Adam- the “good” guy, in this book. Juliette also has left Adam for good and gets involved with Warner. She takes the “bad” guy and “good” guy and has them, in essence, switch places. Mafi does something very unique with the love triangle situation- something I’ve only seen one other YA author do. So, given that this is the third book, there are a lot more involved points worth talking about that would unfortunately somewhat spoil events of the prior books. If you’ve liked things up to this point, it is definitely worth checking out and closes the main arc of the plot up pretty nicely.
I want to preface several of the following critiques by stating that Ignite Me is probably the best book in the series. More Spoiler-ey Section (Mainly me rambling about the romance aspect.) This was originally meant to be the final book, but the author decided to expand things by another three books which is a great decision since there is still a lot of room for growth. The last half is more plot-driven, with a dramatic (if somewhat abrupt) finale that is rife with intensity and much more action-oriented than this series usually is.
There are some shocking shifts in the romance portion, with Juliette making some surprising, satisfying new decisions that have been alluded to (and basically, in the making) since book one. The fighting, the drama, Kenji and everything about him and his thoughts on all the situations, it was just utterly entertaining with lots of great dialogue. I like the first half more than the second half. Juliette no longer wallows in angst (or at least less than she did in book 2) and I notice the sort of poetic writing has also receded in favor of more tight and eventful plotting. The audiobook and narration continue to be effective. I flew through this book, it’s a vast improvement over the second though I was pretty much in a consistently obsessed zone through books 1-3, they all kind of flow seamlessly together and are ideal for marathoning.
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