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I've been holding off reading The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer because of the negative reviews from some of my goodreads friends. I'm glad I finally pulled the trigger and opened this book. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was an easy page turner and kept my interest the whole time. I was compelled to determine "what in the world was going on with Mara." It was good enough that I may read the sequel next instead of the next book on my to read list.
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When you read as much as I do , its always a bit touch and go with books as most of them have the same sort of storyline and it really all comes down to how the author executes the storyline and how they can write it , to whether or not the book will be great or not. This storyline is one that has been done a couple of times in different ways but I have to say I adored this book and loved it and cannot wait to read the next one :)
In "The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer" we meet Mara whom we discover was ...more
In "The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer" we meet Mara whom we discover was ...more

I...made the mistake of looking at all the 1 star reviews. I didn't read them...just saw them. I spent the majority of this book waiting for the other shoe to drop. For things to get really bad, really quickly.
But they didn't.
I will admit that there were a few things that could have been differently? That, yes, Noah himself seems a little bit of an overdone, YA stereotype of a boyfriend. But maybe those people who complain, stopped paying attention. There's not just that one side to him and even ...more
But they didn't.
I will admit that there were a few things that could have been differently? That, yes, Noah himself seems a little bit of an overdone, YA stereotype of a boyfriend. But maybe those people who complain, stopped paying attention. There's not just that one side to him and even ...more

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