Warning: this review contains flashing gifs and foul language. Hodkin grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan, before finally settling in Brooklyn last year. Additionally, The Retribution of Mara Dyer was selected as one of ’s Top 10 YA Books of 2014. Lev Grossman has called Hodkin “One of the greatest talents in Young Adult fiction.” The novels were praised by Romantic Times, MTV’s Hollywood Crush, and the Los Angeles Times, and books from the series appeared on several state reading lists. The trilogy, which includes The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was described as “haunting and dreamlike” by Cassandra Clare and “darkly funny, deliciously creepy, and genuinely thoughtful” by Veronica Roth. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and despite the romantic elements, I think the story was unique! I hope you all enjoyed today’s review and I will update you with how I found the sequel as soon as I’m done reading it.Michelle Hodkin is the author of the Mara Dyer Trilogy, which was a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling series.

Unfortunately for me there was a huge cliffhanger at the end(I won’t spoil for you don’t worry!) so I will definitely be picking up the sequel as soon as possible. I was eager to find out what happens at the end. This added suspense to each chapter I read and is one of the reasons I finished it so quickly. I could never tell if what was happening in the novel was Mara’s imagination or actually something paranormal. I’m not sure if this was Hodkin’s intention to add Magic Realism to her plot but I felt like this first book really emphasized it. I think if I was a teenager reading this novel, I might enjoy the romance more. Mara and Noah are in high school and I’m in my early twenties, post grad. The romance in this novel wasn’t appealing to me, but that could be because I’m not the projected age range for this novel.

He is notorious for being the school’s “bad boy”, but as she begins to get to know him she realizes they have much more in common than she thought. Grappling with this unsettling reality, she stumbles into Noah Shaw’s path. Upon settling in her new home, Mara sees things she shouldn’t and people that should be dead. She is diagnosed with PTSD and her family moves to Florida to escape the trauma that impacted Mara Dyer’s life. Mara Dyer wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of the tragic incident that took the lives of 3 of her friends. The premise for this book was intriguing to me. I have mixed emotions about the first book in this series which I will explain in this review. I read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin in early January and will be reading the sequel shortly. If you’re a fan of thrillers and YA romances you’ll definitely like today’s review.

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