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Watch Me

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Wait time: About 12 weeks
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Wait time: About 12 weeks

A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick!

Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.

James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. He managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. No outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.

It's been ten years since the notorious duo Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect assassin for the job.

Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. Her every movement is monitored—and when she's given an order to kill, she never hesitates.

Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question—

Who are we when no one is watching?

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    • Kirkus

      April 15, 2025
      An executioner guards her emotions and her heart in this thrilling series opener that returns to the dystopian world of Mafi's bestselling Shatter Me series. Twenty-year-old Rosabelle Wolff lives a meager existence, exiled on Ark Island, the site of what remains of The Reestablishment's totalitarian state. She scrapes by, working as a contract killer in order to keep Clara, her ailing younger sister, alive. Rosabelle's stoicism is her defense against the invasive technology that feeds The Reestablishment's ever-watching "omnipotent, synthetic brain." With her sister's survival in jeopardy, Rosabelle consents to a mission that sends her after James Anderson. James was 11 when his elder brother led the resistance that overthrew The Reestablishment, which their father cofounded. More than 10 years later, James is determined to do what his brother couldn't--infiltrate Ark Island, the regime's "last refuge," to uncover its secrets. Rosabelle wrestles with her emotions, torn between her duty to her sister, her hatred of the government, and her growing attraction to James. Mafi incorporates surveillance and artificial intelligence into her realistically drawn world that's filled with political intrigue. Rosabelle's and James' alternating first-person narration fills in the backstory for new readers. The balance between the suspense and dramatic action sequences feels cinematic, and the slow-burn romance shimmers beneath the darker, trauma-tinged themes of mental health, sinister applications of biotechnology, and food insecurity. The leads are cued white, and there's ethnic diversity among the supporting characters. Gripping.(Dystopian. 14-adult)

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    • Booklist

      April 15, 2025
      Grades 9-12 The Reestablishment fell to the New Republic 10 years ago, and those still loyal to the old regime take refuge on Ark Island. Rosabelle Wolff is one of them, barely surviving with her ailing sister, Clara. Trained as an executioner and assassin, she dispatches prisoners at the orders of the regime. One prisoner is different, however; James Anderson, whose family led the original revolt. On his own, he has infiltrated Ark Island, but his capture has limited his options. Rosabelle is supposed to kill him, but nothing goes according to plan, and when the dust clears, James is back home with Rosabelle in tow. His family is not pleased, and the problem becomes what to do with her. The narrative switches between James and Rosabelle, and both struggle with an uncanny attraction to each other. Care is taken with their characterizations, although the background characters are less complex. This new entry journeys back to the Shatter Me universe, maintaining the series legacy of deadly protagonists, surveillance states, and propulsive romance.High-Demand Backstory: Mafi's Shatter Me series was a big hit, and this return to the universe will thrill fans of the originals and bring new readership to the older titles.

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