Author: Michelle Hodkin
Rating: 3 stars
The Blurb:
Mara Dyer doesn’t know if she is crazy or haunted—all she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and “strong, inventive tale” (Kirkus Reviews).
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can 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 mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.
After Mara survives the traumatizing accident at the old asylum, it makes sense that she has issues. She lost her best friend, her boyfriend, and her boyfriend’s sister, and as if that weren’t enough to cope with, her family moves to a new state in order to give her a fresh start. But that fresh start is quickly filled with hallucinations—or are they premonitions?—and then corpses, and the boundary between reality and nightmare is wavering. At school, there’s Noah, a devastatingly handsome charmer who seems determined to help Mara piece together what’s real, what’s imagined—and what’s very, very dangerous.
The Review:
Mara Dyer was in a horrible accident, one that left her with no memory of how it even happened. All she knows is that her best friend, boyfriend, and her boyfriends sister are dead. Mara begins seeing things, hallucinating, and she knows that something is terribly wrong with her. She tries to hide it from her family but they can see through her facade. So in order to avoid being put into a mental institution Mara suggests moving and getting a fresh start.
This book was an interesting read. I just couldn't really get into it. I liked the psychological nature of it, it made it exciting and at times a bit scary. The hallucinations that the main character has throughout the book would be terrifying. I thought that it was really interesting how throughout the book the main character slowly starts to get her memory back. The romance was nice. It was one of those flirty bantering types of romance so I really enjoyed it. It seemed to take a while to get to anything paranormal happening and when it did happen I found myself disappointed with the powers.
I liked the Mara Dyer (the main character), she persevered through a horrible tragedy and does her best at living a normal life. Although she can be a bit whiny at times.
The love interest, Noah Shaw was fun. He has a British accent which automatically makes him even more awesome. He is charming and devastatingly handsome so I really liked him.
I really liked Mara's family; they all moved from their home, their friends, their schools, and their jobs just to give her a fresh start. They uprooted their lives without question for her. Honestly I felt like Mara was kind of ungrateful. All she did was complain about how intrusive her mom was being. I think that her mom has every right to be worried about Mara but Mara just complains and yells at her mom to leave her alone. If Mara would just talk to her mom every once in a while she probably wouldn't feel the need to ask how she's doing all the time. Mara's brother Daniel is probably my favorite character. He is kind and smart, I would've liked to see more of the friendship between her and Daniel. Mara also has a little brother named Joseph who is also pretty awesome. Mara's dad is a lawyer and he's working on a big case throughout the book so we don't see too much of him.
The paranormal powers were just okay. They weren't amazing or anything. They weren't even all that helpful. So I really wasn't that impressed with this book but I may read the next one, I haven't really decided yet.
The Review:
Mara Dyer was in a horrible accident, one that left her with no memory of how it even happened. All she knows is that her best friend, boyfriend, and her boyfriends sister are dead. Mara begins seeing things, hallucinating, and she knows that something is terribly wrong with her. She tries to hide it from her family but they can see through her facade. So in order to avoid being put into a mental institution Mara suggests moving and getting a fresh start.
This book was an interesting read. I just couldn't really get into it. I liked the psychological nature of it, it made it exciting and at times a bit scary. The hallucinations that the main character has throughout the book would be terrifying. I thought that it was really interesting how throughout the book the main character slowly starts to get her memory back. The romance was nice. It was one of those flirty bantering types of romance so I really enjoyed it. It seemed to take a while to get to anything paranormal happening and when it did happen I found myself disappointed with the powers.
I liked the Mara Dyer (the main character), she persevered through a horrible tragedy and does her best at living a normal life. Although she can be a bit whiny at times.
The love interest, Noah Shaw was fun. He has a British accent which automatically makes him even more awesome. He is charming and devastatingly handsome so I really liked him.
I really liked Mara's family; they all moved from their home, their friends, their schools, and their jobs just to give her a fresh start. They uprooted their lives without question for her. Honestly I felt like Mara was kind of ungrateful. All she did was complain about how intrusive her mom was being. I think that her mom has every right to be worried about Mara but Mara just complains and yells at her mom to leave her alone. If Mara would just talk to her mom every once in a while she probably wouldn't feel the need to ask how she's doing all the time. Mara's brother Daniel is probably my favorite character. He is kind and smart, I would've liked to see more of the friendship between her and Daniel. Mara also has a little brother named Joseph who is also pretty awesome. Mara's dad is a lawyer and he's working on a big case throughout the book so we don't see too much of him.
The paranormal powers were just okay. They weren't amazing or anything. They weren't even all that helpful. So I really wasn't that impressed with this book but I may read the next one, I haven't really decided yet.
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