Average Rating on Goodreads: 4.1 out of 5 stars
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Page Count: 456
Synopsis:
Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed.
There is.
She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.
She's wrong.
My Review:
The story starts off with a letter from Mara explaining that Mara Dyer is not her real name, it's a pseudonym, as her lawyers suggested she not use her real name to tell her story. I was immediately pulled in by the mystery of the letter and the supernatural elements that followed. We find out that Mara and her best friend Rachel had a freaky encounter with a Ouija board and not long after, Mara is in a life changing accident.
Hodkin tells the story so well, the reader can feel what Mara is feeling after her accident. She's confused and experiencing PTSD, or so she thinks. While I knew there was some supernatural element to the story, it was hard to figure out exactly what it was until about halfway through the book. This was a little annoying because I was kind of lost as to what was going on until everything was finally explained.
We meet Noah Shaw early on, Mara's love interest and to be honest I was a little disappointed with his character. I usually like to fall in love with the love interest as well, but I just couldn't fall in love with Noah. It's the typical story of boy chasing girl, girl fighting her feelings for boy because she's messed up and doesn't want to drag him into her world. However, Noah's chase ends pretty early before Mara gives in and they begin to explore what's happening to Mara. I wish there had been more of the cute moments between them before the book got serious.
Overall, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes supernatural YA fiction. It was a crazy ride trying to figure out what was going on with Mara and what had happened during the accident. The surprise ending made me immediately go out and buy the next book in the series in which I fell in love with Mara's story even more :)
Thanks for reading!
Jackie
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Page Count: 456
Synopsis:
Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed.
There is.
She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.
She's wrong.
My Review:
The story starts off with a letter from Mara explaining that Mara Dyer is not her real name, it's a pseudonym, as her lawyers suggested she not use her real name to tell her story. I was immediately pulled in by the mystery of the letter and the supernatural elements that followed. We find out that Mara and her best friend Rachel had a freaky encounter with a Ouija board and not long after, Mara is in a life changing accident.
Hodkin tells the story so well, the reader can feel what Mara is feeling after her accident. She's confused and experiencing PTSD, or so she thinks. While I knew there was some supernatural element to the story, it was hard to figure out exactly what it was until about halfway through the book. This was a little annoying because I was kind of lost as to what was going on until everything was finally explained.
We meet Noah Shaw early on, Mara's love interest and to be honest I was a little disappointed with his character. I usually like to fall in love with the love interest as well, but I just couldn't fall in love with Noah. It's the typical story of boy chasing girl, girl fighting her feelings for boy because she's messed up and doesn't want to drag him into her world. However, Noah's chase ends pretty early before Mara gives in and they begin to explore what's happening to Mara. I wish there had been more of the cute moments between them before the book got serious.
Overall, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes supernatural YA fiction. It was a crazy ride trying to figure out what was going on with Mara and what had happened during the accident. The surprise ending made me immediately go out and buy the next book in the series in which I fell in love with Mara's story even more :)
Thanks for reading!
Jackie