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Believe Me

Believe Me

NovellaYA DystopianYoung Adult
Pages
224
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

Told from Aaron Warner's point of view, this companion novella is set after the events of Imagine Me, once Juliette and Warner have helped bring down The Reestablishment. Life in the aftermath is anything but easy: alongside their friends at the Sanctuary, they work with limited resources to begin stabilizing a fractured world. Warner, who proposed to Juliette weeks earlier, is eager to finally marry her, but the surrounding chaos keeps making a wedding nearly impossible, including a last-minute disruption that forces them to postpone. Told in present tense, the novella trades large-scale conflict for a quieter, more domestic focus on the couple's attempt to build a future together. It carries Warner through his struggles after saving the world with his team, balancing tenderness and humor against lingering uncertainty. Serving as the final novella in the original series, it offers fans a closing glimpse of Warner and Juliette rather than a new central conflict.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

HopefulHeartwarmingRomanticEmotional
Found Family

Genres

YA Dystopian Young Adult Dystopian Romance Science Fiction Adventure Contemporary Literature Dark Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal

About the author

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Tahereh Mafi

An Iranian-American author of young adult and middle-grade fiction, Tahereh Mafi was born on November 9, 1988, in Connecticut, the youngest of five children of immigrant parents from Iran. She grew up in Northern California and later Orange County, and studied at Soka University of America. Before publishing her debut, she wrote several practice manuscripts to teach herself how novels are built. She is best known for the Shatter Me series, which began with Shatter Me in 2011 and grew into multip...

Characters

Aaron WarnerProtagonist

Narrating as he tries to marry Juliette amid the chaos of rebuilding.

Kenji KishimotoSupporting

Part of the Sanctuary group working to stabilize the world.

Juliette FerrarsSupporting

Warner's fiancee, working alongside him to stabilize the world.

All characters in Believe Me

Frequently asked questions

  • Whose perspective is Believe Me told from?

    It is narrated by Aaron Warner. It is one of the novellas told from his point of view.

  • Where does Believe Me fall in the series?

    It is novella #6.5, set after the events of Imagine Me, the series finale. It is the last entry chronologically in the original series.

  • When should I read Believe Me in the Shatter Me reading order?

    It should be read last among the novels and novellas, after Imagine Me. It functions as an epilogue to the original series.

  • When was Believe Me published?

    It was released on November 16, 2021. It arrived a year after the main-series finale.

  • What is Believe Me about?

    It follows Warner and Juliette as they try to marry and rebuild their lives at the Sanctuary after defeating The Reestablishment. It trades large-scale conflict for a quieter, more domestic story.

  • Is Believe Me in one of the novella collections?

    No. Unlike the earlier novellas, it is not included in the Unite Me or Find Me bind-ups. It was published as a standalone novella.

  • Is Believe Me the last book in the Shatter Me series?

    It is the final novella of the original series; a separate spinoff series, The New Republic, began later. It closes out Juliette and Warner's original story.

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