I did not think it would be easy to be a leader, exactly, but I do think I thought it would be easier than this: THIS!!! It took 3 books to finally get this statement out of his mouth but it eventually happened!!!! OMG!!! I never thought I’d live to see the day when Kent admits that he was wrong!!! Ohh that was balm for my soul! XD Thank you Tahereh! I needed to read this so badly! If you think I’ll forgive Kent for everything he did you’re wrong though. I’ll tolerate him from now on, but the things he said to Juliette and Warner… Nope he’ll never be redeemed for that! Sorry! #SorryNotSorry I don’t remember much about Castle in the original trilogy to be completely honest but here he was kind of a central character and he acted as sort of an advisor to both Warner and Juliette. He felt like the archetypical mentor figure of YA that I feel has kind of been lost in the past years’ new releases. I liked that he also tried to not completely overstep his boundaries, even though I found he could have tried to help more. Revive Me Part One: The Act is a heartbreakingly beautiful story about two people unconsciously pulling one another from pain and trauma. Truly falling in love for the first time and attempting to fight to that love….

I close my eyes, steeling myself against the unwelcome strain in my chest, the clippers still humming in my clenched fist. There are obviously also a few new side characters, and one of them I loved most of all: Nazeera is my Wife™ and I’m so happy that Juliette finally has a much needed female friendship. Nazeera is just too iconic and I can’t wait to see more of her in the next book. Mallory Kent could ask me for the moon, and I’d find a way to get it for her. She could ask me for the stars, and I’d steal them from the sky. She could ask for my heart, and, well….she already has that. She just doesn’t know it yet. she was such a contradictory bitch. she was so mad at him when she heard that he's going to cali after his current job is done, i mean is that not convenient for u since u literally made him promise to a deadline to this boring arrangement? she made it a point to mention it every time they were together and the second she hears he's leaving, from someone else btw, she flips out and gets so mad at him.. get yourself together. you are 30 years old on this earth. Okay tell me if I’m wrong but the song Fire on Fire by Sam Smith gives me majorrr Mal and Chris vibes

It was delicious torture and also so erotic how Sloane suddenly started to see Dominic in a different light. Sizzling hot when all he could do, think or say was how madly in love he was with Sloane and just wanted be near her so no one else could. Dominic was flawed but such a good man. Has had a rough childhood and he didn’t want that to define him so he did everything in his power to prove to be a better man than his father. Sloane had her struggles too. From a narcissistic mother to rediscovering her need to be touched and intimate with another man. The truth is I’ve not been myself for what feels like a long time, so much so that I’ve begun to wonder whether I ever really knew. I stare, unblinking, into the mirror, the din of buzzing hair clippers echoing through the room. My face is only dimly reflected in my direction, but it’s enough for me to see that I’ve lost weight. My cheeks are hollow; my eyes, wider; my cheekbones more pronounced. My movements are both mournful and mechanical as I shear off my own hair, the remnants of my vanity falling at my feet. I don’t really know man,” Kenji says, and sighs. “I think, this time, you just have to deal with the consequences of your own stupidity.” Kenji, who has grown up in the world before the Reestablishment took control, acts confused as if he doesn’t understand what’s going on, AKA even after the character is outed he doesn’t seem to understand that she’s a trans woman. I don’t understand the purpose of his line at all. After one drunken night, and a surprisingly sexy act of heroism, he's started to be...nice. Treating me like something other than the physical embodiment of his annoyance, which would be nice if it didn't make me feel all the things I swore to never feel for another man after my husband died.

I am proud to now call myself a J.L. Seegars fan. Her writing is so captivating and beautiful. The imagery and dialogue is so well done. Chris feels so real. Mallory feels like your best friend. I can’t wait for more parts of this story. I will be reading everything she writes. I will say I am a cis person and I don’t want to overstep my boundaries, but this book is just too new at the point in which I’m reviewing it and I haven’t been able to find an ownvoices trans reviewer talk about this. If you find one please send it my way. She feels like home. She feels like the only person who has ever looked at me and known me in a single second. She feels like every dream I’ve ever had, every wish I’ve ever made, every oath I’ve ever sworn to keep all rolled up into one perfect being.' JL Seegars writing is so heartbreakingly good that it should be criminal. Chris and Mallory’s relationship isn’t the only thing that has developed. Their author has found a nice balance between making her writing detailed without sounding verbose. Like her characters, she has grown and it’s so fulfilling to see. the trans character is essentially outed while her twin brother is introducing her to Juliette, who hasn’t met her before

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I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that nothing is going to be the same for me, not ever again, and I have no idea who to trust or how to move forward. So yeah,” I say, nearly shouting the words, “right now I don’t care about anything. Because I don’t know what I’m fighting for anymore. And I don’t know who my friends are. Right now,” I say, “everyone is my enemy, including you.” The psychopath in question winks at me from where he’s standing, smiling like he couldn’t possibly be holding a gun to the head of our mutual friend. I manage to suppress a laugh.

So far, I would rate this five stars if I could. And that's not just because it's a Tahereh Mafi book--trust me, I was worried about this book. But everything so far is done really smartly and anything I'm upset about is almost entirely driven by the fact that it's not matching up with my expectations, which is an entirely unfounded criticism to make, so i'm withholding it and getting over it. It’s a picture of a little boy standing next to a little girl. She’s sitting in a stairwell. He looks at her as she eats a piece of cake.You will be made to feel lonely. Lost. You will long for validation from those you once admired, agonizing between pleasing old friends and doing what is right.” I look up. I feel my heart swell with pride as I stare at her. “But you must never, ever let the idiots into your head. They will only lead you astray.” Shorn head, blade switched off, I rest my palms against the edge of the vanity and lean in, still trying to catch a glimpse of the man I’ve become. I feel old and unsettled, my heart and mind at war. The last words I ever spoke to my father— i don't hate adam. i'm sorry. especially with how his power could save peoples' lives in the next books, and he might've escaped the hell of that ending? he might save the day.