Mini Review: Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi and What Really Happened In Peru by Cassandra Clare

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Perfect for the fans of Shatter Me who are desperately awaiting the release of Unravel Me, this novella-length digital original will bridge the gap between these two novels from the perspective of the villain we all love to hate, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . .

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.

Rating: 5 stars

After Julliette, Adam, and Kenji escape from Warner's compound, Warner immediately seeks revenge on Adam for stealing the girl he loves, and works to find her.

Wanting Julliette back with an incredible need, and a hatred for Adam that grows relentlessly, Warner goes on a warpath, accidentally drawing his father into the mix. Warner's father views life very differently than most people. He believes that everyone who disagrees with him should essentially burn and die. Painfully.

I think this is what Warner's father thought everytime he looked at someone who disagreed with him.

And he had the power to do it, too. All throughout this story, I was scared for Warner. Who knew what his crazy-wackjob father was going to do to him? We find out more about Warner's personal life in this book, and his feelings for Julliette are so deep and real. There's no way you can be on Team Adam after reading this, Warner is just so bold and spontaneous and new and interesting. What is Adam besides a tatted up soldier with daddy issues? He's got no abnormal personality, nothing to make him stand out like Warner does.

And when Warner finds Julliette's journal just the way he finds everything she says so important and interesting and beautiful is enough to make me die. In a good way though.

I, personally, would read Unravel Me first, just so you have a better idea what's going on in Julliette's world as Warner does all of this. (TEAM WARNER!! TEAM WARNER!! ALL THE WAY!! sorry just had to get that out there)

xxAvalon

The Bane Chronicles: What Really Happened In Peru by Cassandra Clare

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices know that Magnus Bane is banned from Peru—and now they can find out why. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.

There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus’s Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instruments (which he plays shockingly), dances (which he does shockingly), and disgraces his host nation by doing something unspeakable to the Nazca Lines.

This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. This story in The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru, is written by Sarah Rees Brennan and Cassandra Clare.

Rating: 5 stars

Question: How does one give a less than five star rating on anything from Magnus's point of view? I don't care if the ending wasn't satisfactory, the point is that the rest of the book makes up for it ten fold and all you other people are stupid.

Magnus was just full out sass and guano in this little series of adventures he has in Peru with his companion(s) Ragnor and Catarina. I won't tell you what, because everything I say will never be able to compare to the complete and utter awesomeness Clare has crafted that is Magnus Bane's point of view.

And that's all. The end is a bit disappointing, but I guess it suits the mystery. I loved it to pieces, though. It's not everyday you get to hear about a drunk warlock beginning his life as a cactus.

xxAvalon