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Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi
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◇Spoiler Free Section!!�

4 🌟’s

“I will love you for the rest of my life. My heart is yours. Please don’t ever give it back to me.”�


◇My Thoughts�

This one was definitely a better one than the last one. All the reunions were so cute. 😍 I loved all the humor in this sm. Kenji and Warner need a book RN!!! But the beginning was so wild. I was like wdym they knew each other. Like this is some crazy mess right here. And the fact they said they fell in love MULTIPLE TIMES um..this sounds like some Shakespeare stuff. That broke my heart bc none of them deserved that all to be ripped from each other so many times. The history in this series is so messy.  Also the need to bring back people is absolutely unacceptable (as if there aren't enough people in this series already) I barely remember who is in the 1st book let alone book 5. 🙉 What was the main thing though that made me struggle was all the things that Juliette’s mom did to her. It was so sick and twisted. I’m ngl I cried through those scenes bc it was too much. On the bright side, like I said before the reunions were the best. And it was a good setup to help fix the problems between Warner and J. I’m really happy that this was a good one bc it helped mend my heart. 


◇Main Characters�

•J💞: Atp I don’t know what to say. She is strong, beautiful, kickass, smart and sm more. Everything she has gone through in this series is so sad. And I want to hug her every time. 🫂 There’s no way I would be okay after all that. Even after everything she always was looking out for everyone else. The way she cares for everyone is just so sweet. And her and Warner are just perfect for each other. I never ever want them to be separate from each other. I still love her and Kenji’s friendship too. They are like the ultimate besties!! 🥰

•Warner 😘: He is still such a cuddly teddy bear. 🧸 See this why we shouldn’t be bringing in new or old people who died already. But when he reunited with J it was too cute and when he said he wanted to be with her forever I cried such happy tears. 🥲🥲🥲 They are endgame fr! I don’t know how I’m going to be able to read the last book in the series. 

•Kenji 😋: Y’all I love Warner and he is cute. BUT�.I think I’m reconsidering moving Kenji to my book husbands list bc he is so fine and absolutely hilarious. His relationship with literally everyone is so sweet and he is always so caring and fun. So, as of rn I’m gonna have to say Kenji and Warner are neck and neck. And I also want there to be book on just Kenji and Warner (if there isn’t already one) bc those two are just perfect. It’s not like they are just gonna fight and insult each other or anything. 🤭

•Nazeera 💜: I love love love her sm. She is a goddess. Whenever she talks I’m just so intrigued and her “friendship� with Kenji has me kicking my feet and giggling. 🤗 They are perfect for eachother like they should be together already. I’m gonna need more of her in the next one. 


◇Side Characters�

They were all so boring. Still don’t know why I saw Adam’s name in this book. I think they just made some typos again. 🙄  Everyone else doesn’t really contribute well to this story anymore either. 

◇Best Couple Moments�
-Their REUNION!
-Her apologizing to him and him realizing how lucky he is to be with her
-Anytime they are together
-J spoiling Warner’s bday surprise

◇Favorite Quotes�

•“Love, there’s nothing to forgive.� (Warner)

•“I’ve had men fall to their knees before me, begging me to spare their lives–but I can’t remember a single time in my life when someone apologized to me for hurting them.� (Warner)

•“I want to spend the rest of my life with you.� (Warner)

•“I have friends nowhere.� (Warner) 
“Zero people skills.� (Kenji)
(hahaha only Kenji would be worrying about etiquette while they’re under attack)

•“I will love you for the rest of my life. My heart is yours. Please don’t ever give it back to me.� (Warner) 😭🤧

•“Bro, you really need to, like, eat a pizza or something. You have too many abs.� (Kenji to Warner)
(dude..what?! 😂)

•“This is, after all, what we’re fighting for, isn’t it? A second chance at joy.� (J) 💖💖💖


◇Favorite Scenes�

•Kenji walking in on J and Warner 

”I love you, Ella. I love you more th–� (Warner)
“Wow. You two seriously couldn’t wait until we got back to base, huh? You couldn’t spare my eyes?� (Kenji) 
(he says this like HE didn't just go decide to walk on them) 


•J talking about how Kenji complimented Warner 

“He said you looked good in everything and that you were good at everything.”�
(aww I can already see the friendship blossoming now �)


•Warner teasing Kenji for the way he eats 

“You eat like a caveman.�
(well…its off to a great start)


•Kenji and J's reunion 

“So that's how you got here? Nazeera.� (J)
“Wow, right off the bat you give me no credit, huh? C’mon, J, you know I love a good rescue mission. I know some things. I can figure things out, too.� (Kenji)

”Can we cry about it later? I’ll tell you everything.� (J)
“Hell yeah we can cry about it later. I have so much shit to cry about, J. So much. We should make, like, a list.� (Kenji)
(these two really are bff goals)
(So relatable 🤭)


◇Hopes for Believe Me�
-More Warner and J scenes
-More Nazeera scenes
-More Nazeera and Kenji scenes
-Kenji humor
-Kenji and Warner Humor
-JUST KENJI!!! 😍


◇Last Thoughts�

I’m so scared to read the next one which I believe is the last one. I don’t want it to have a bad ending. Everything is going so good rn and I’m afraid to read the next one bc I don’t want to hear anything terrible happen. So, I’m gonna put off finishing this until later in the year. Bc I don’t feel like crying my eyes out again after the last book. However I definitely can’t wait to find out what happens next. 


◇Spoilers Section!!�

There are some parts in the book that I wanted to mention but not in the first part bc Ik some people haven’t gotten this far or haven't read the series yet so I want them to be able to enjoy it too. But here are my thoughts on certain parts.

◇SԱ�

•Nazeera rescuing Kenji: I have said it once and I’ll say it again this girl is such an angel and when she pretended to work against the bad guys so she could rescue everyone was such a power move. Badass Queen FR!!! 💞

•Warner killing his dad: Why do people feel the need to bring back the MOST ANNOYING characters?! And what’s this I’m hearing now? He has SUPERPOWERS. As if we didn’t like him enough already. It was kinda giving desperate right here and I don’t think this should have been added at all. 🤨

•J killing her mom: Not much to say except that she deserved it…after everything she did to Juliette and her sister.

•J seeing her sister: Her poor poor sister. 😭 It’s really sad about what happened to her. I am so glad she was at least able to get a reunion with her even if it was on terrible terms. Hopefully they’ll be able to figure out how to fix her.

•J saying YES to marrying Warner: 🥳🥳🥳 I NEED to see a WEDDING asap! Kenji telling Warner not to propose while they were on the plan was so funny but Warner did listen and was able to find such a sweet romantic time to propose. They are the cutest! 🥰
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Reading Progress

December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: to-read
December 16, 2023 – Shelved
January 18, 2024 – Started Reading
January 18, 2024 –
page 36
10.08% "hold up 🤚just give me a couple CENTURIES to process this wdym we've been calling her the wrong name and mindwiping now 🤯 might as well go ahead an top it off with an alien invasion then 👽"
January 19, 2024 –
page 90
25.21% "I feel like I'm in a parallel universe reading this book"
January 19, 2024 –
page 116
32.49% "every page i become more and more confused and why is this giving ruthless vows vibes 👀"
January 19, 2024 –
page 160
44.82% "yall someone needs to tell me if this gets better bc I'm so close to putting this down 🥺😥"
January 19, 2024 –
page 223
62.46% "what kind of twisted mess is this?! 😖🤢😭"
January 19, 2024 –
page 223
62.46% "things are just going great not only is he back from the dead but he has healing powers now this is just perfect!!! 😭"
January 19, 2024 – Finished Reading
February 6, 2024 – Shelved as: dystopian-romance
January 1, 2025 – Shelved as: dystopian

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DIVINITY🌙 Happy reading 💜


♡karabear♡ (semi-hiatus) @divinity thank you lovely I definitely will need this �


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emma ⚘ it all comes together don’t worry! that’s the thing with series, they’ll break you into pieces and somehow you find yourself mended by the end :)


skye (cardan’s ver.) ꩜ .ᐟ [semi-hiatus] so real, I just wanted to cry and scream and maybe stab someone 😭


Judy ୨୧ In my opinion, defy me, and ignite me are the best in the series


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♡karabear♡ (semi-hiatus) @emma fr bc I was literally in the corner sobbing for majority of this book


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