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I fell in love with Dani's world in Glitter, but I was so disappointed not to see Shatter on Audible. However, I went ahead and bought it on Kindle, and devoured this entire book in 2 days.

While cheering for an anti-hero is a little outside the norm, I thought that Pike did a good job of making me fall for Dani. I loved the tension of "When do I stop?"/ "How can I have come this far for nothing?" Also, I LOVED the way that she took care of Reginald. That was so amazing and I did not follow the clues that led up to it, so I was completely surprised.

I liked the story lines with Lord Aaron and Sir Spencer, but I really missed Molli in this book. She was such a sweet foil to Dani. However, one of the best story lines was her ongoing feud with Lady Cyn. I'm not a fan of girl drama in books at all, but Lady Cyn was written so well that her actions were completely believable. I often feel like girl drama is overblown in books, but this subtle battle was amazing, and I loved the trump card Dani threw down to end it. Wahoo!

While I loved those stories, by far the most intense and interesting was the power struggle between Dani and Justin. They are both clever, willful teenagers that have way too much power for their own good, and it was fun to see them torture each other. However, since this story was so good, it left all the interactions with Saber rather bland. I never loved him in Book 1, and unfortunately for me, I felt like his character went downhill in Book 2. It's not that I needed Dani to end up with Justin, but those two definitely had a lot more chemistry.

Overally, I did enjoy this book and the world that Pike created.


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Shatter Aprilynne Pike Books Reviews

I was so excited to get an ARC of this book, because I read and loved the first book last year and have been dying to get my hands on the sequel since then. Thank you to NetGalley! 

I was terrified that this book would be a disappointment after how much I enjoyed Glitter.  But thankfully Shatter was just as good as the first book, and a good conclusion to this duology. Picking up just after the events of the first book, Shatter starts off with Dani getting married and trying to pick up the pieces of her life. 

I loved Dani's character development over the course of the book. First she has to learn how to be queen and then she learns to love the power and the games. And I loved that she loved it. I'm so tired of reading YA heroes and heroines who don't like their power and don't use, I'm tired of rich characters whining about how ''hard'' their life is.  Dani never does this. She knows how she got into the mess, and she learns how to make the best of the situation. She learns how to use her power, both in good and bad ways. And it's so well done. 

For the most part the plot kept me guessing, specifically towards the end Pike kept throwing curve balls at me that were so well written, unexpected and yet expected at the same time. I really enjoyed the whole reading experience. I also like Pike's writing style for this book, and how well it showed the lavish life in Versailles.  I really liked that this book didn't bring in a love triangle between Dani, Saber and the King. I know a lot of books would have gone that route, but this book didn't.  

I also liked the character of the King, he was evil as hell and I loved hating him. Pike doesn't try to turn him into a secret good guy either and that made me happy. Let evil characters stay evil sometimes!  

I didn't care for the character of Saber, but then I didn't even in the first book. Overall I feel like he was meh, and just sort of in the background being there for Dani but not doing much for the overall plot. 

And I liked the ending, though I thought it shouldn't have had the last little epilogue. That's just because I personally like more open endings, but it wasn't that big of a deal. It was still a great way for the book to end. 

I gave Shatter four stars on Goodreads. 
Shatter by Aprilynne Pike is the second book in the young adult fantasy Glitter series. The series is set in a futuristic version of Versailles in which people have modern technology and comforts yet they still live as if it’s the eighteenth century as far as dress and society is concerned.

The main character Danica was being pushed by her mother towards a future as the queen of Versailles but she had other plans of trying to escape. Dani had gone to the extreme measure of secreting dealing a new drug, Glitter, by lacing cosmetics to try to raise the cash to be able to disappear but things had not gone as planned.

Now Dani has been forced to wed the very man she had wanted to run from but still has the backlash of her drug dealing to sort through. As the new queen Dani needs to find a way to not only make her own escape but to secure the freedom of Saber, the man she really loves.

When reading Glitter last year I absolutely fell in love with the creativity of the setting in which this story takes place. Danica however was a character that wasn’t exactly likable in her do whatever it takes to saver herself personality but she was one that was fun to dislike. When I got to the end of that book I was under the impression that it was a standalone and rather liked the way it had ended but learning of a book two I know I wouldn’t be able to resist reading about Dani again.

Now that I’ve read Shatter I actually think the story improved a great deal. The first book was weighed down with clothing descriptions that slowed the pace in my opinion and those have gone away. And now Dani is more a character that you can see some growth from her unlikable ways and had the potential to even become liked.

However even though I enjoyed the second a bit more it seemed the romance between Dani and Saber got ignored a bit. While this installment still didn’t get a full five stars I did actually really enjoy this and was glad it had continued on. Definitely a fun series overall and worth the read just for the imaginative setting.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Just as addicting as Glitter with even more twists and turns. I noticed the book has plot twists I didn’t see coming and was pleasantly surprised
I fell in love with Dani's world in Glitter, but I was so disappointed not to see Shatter on Audible. However, I went ahead and bought it on , and devoured this entire book in 2 days.

While cheering for an anti-hero is a little outside the norm, I thought that Pike did a good job of making me fall for Dani. I loved the tension of "When do I stop?"/ "How can I have come this far for nothing?" Also, I LOVED the way that she took care of Reginald. That was so amazing and I did not follow the clues that led up to it, so I was completely surprised.

I liked the story lines with Lord Aaron and Sir Spencer, but I really missed Molli in this book. She was such a sweet foil to Dani. However, one of the best story lines was her ongoing feud with Lady Cyn. I'm not a fan of girl drama in books at all, but Lady Cyn was written so well that her actions were completely believable. I often feel like girl drama is overblown in books, but this subtle battle was amazing, and I loved the trump card Dani threw down to end it. Wahoo!

While I loved those stories, by far the most intense and interesting was the power struggle between Dani and Justin. They are both clever, willful teenagers that have way too much power for their own good, and it was fun to see them torture each other. However, since this story was so good, it left all the interactions with Saber rather bland. I never loved him in Book 1, and unfortunately for me, I felt like his character went downhill in Book 2. It's not that I needed Dani to end up with Justin, but those two definitely had a lot more chemistry.

Overally, I did enjoy this book and the world that Pike created.