She gives readers a greater picture of other sectors across the world, and The Reestablishment now starts to look like a viable enemy. But I was impressed with how Mafi has developed the world-building in Restore Me. The book also happens to be fairly slow at the beginning, and I suspect it was because Mafi had to settle back into the Shatter Me world and characters again after four years.

There is not a lot going on in terms of plot as we are essentially following Juliette as she tries to navigate and learn more about the world. Restore Me feels a lot like the filler book that I was expecting and sets the groundwork of what is to come in future books.

However, despite Juliette declaring herself leader, she finds there is a lot that she doesn’t know about the world or about herself. We follow Juliette and Warner’s POV as they navigate through the aftermath of The Reestablishment. Restore Me picks up straight after the events of Ignite Me where Juliette has just declared herself the new leader of the Reestablishment. But did she slipped back into the shoes of Juliette easily and has she developed since Ignite Me? But bearing in mind, Mafi decided to go back to the series almost four years after Ignite Me. So I was eager to find out what was about to happen next. Ignite Me finished when things were just getting started for Juliette, Warner and the gang. However, Mafi decided to head back to the series, and this was something I was particularly happy about. Initially, when I found out about the series a few years back, I thought it was only a trilogy. Restore Me is the fourth book in Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.

Restore me book review