This review is for those who have read or are familiar with the previous books, Shatter Me, Destroy Me, and Unravel Me, or don't mind knowing major spoilers for them.
SPOILER ALERT
As Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam's focus couldn't be further from the upcoming battle. He's reeling from his breakup with Juliette, scared for his best friend's life, and as concerned as ever for his brother James's safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It's time for war.
On the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor—but taking down Warner, Adam's newly discovered half brother, won't be that easy. The Reestablishment can't tolerate a rebellion, and they'll do anything to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam has ever cared about.
While I absolutely love the Shatter Me series as a whole, this is probably my least favorite part of it. Not that it's not good, but...well...
This novella stars Juliette's first love, Adam, and follows him through the events of the last part of Unravel Me along with a little bit after. Adam hasn't had much characterization up to this point and it shows. Adam is an alpha. He puts protecting those he loves as priority one and takes full blame for every consequence that he comes across. There's not much more than that. There's a lot of turmoil going through his head when things go badly, and a lot of anger in general. I will admit that he seems like the only person who takes Juliette's mental state into account so far, but that's basically the only thing he has going for him.
Yeah, I'm over Adam after Unravel Me, and even more so after some of the choices he makes in this story. He just comes off as more possessive than loving over both Juliette and his brother James. He does value them above other things, as you should, but he still seems like he just wants to keep them safe, not necessarily happy... But I might be getting ahead of myself here.
As far as the story goes, as I said above, it's not the greatest. Over half of the book is re-hashing events from Adam's POV that we already experienced with Juliette in Unravel Me. The other half is better, but only in that it reveals super important information that is best as a preview to book 3, Ignite Me. I don't know, I felt like Warner's novella revealed so much new information that you could look at the previous book in a new light. This one feels much more like a bridge or a gotcha to lead you directly into the next book. Effective storytelling, I suppose, but not as able to stand on its own.
If you're reading the series and you've gotten through the second book, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't automatically continue to the third. That being said, Fracture Me isn't a bad read, I just don't know that it needs to be read as much as Destroy Me did.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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