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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)

Michelle Hodkin

Start date: December 1, 2013

Finish date: December 31, 2013

Discussion: Group Read

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Jan 08, 2018 Elicia rated it really liked it

I really don’t know why, but this book gave me serious Raven Cycle vibes (seriously, go read the series already). Private schools and supernatural elements, anyone?

I’ve definitely heard rumours about the love interest, Noah Shaw and I had Expectations. And boy, was I not disappointed. Like, not at all. There’s just so many things hidden underneath that mask all the time. I LOVE IT. CAN WE HAVE CHAPTERS FROM HIS POV IN THE NEXT BOOK PLEASE.

I loved the main character, Mara, from the first page. Sh ...more

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Aug 12, 2014 -RininTa- rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: done-read, favorites, young-adults-books, 5-stars-books, paranormal, romance, fantasy, read-in-2014

Wow! This book is really good. I thought it will become a big disappointment but actually, it's better that I thought.

So for the some first pages, I found myself difficult to understand the language (well, people I don't live in English-is-primary-language country). It's very unusual and I've to read the whole thing again to understand what's it talking about.

For me the story is unique and brave yet of course creepy. The ability that Mara has is unusual and creepy and of course, it makes me sc ...more

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Jun 21, 2014 Mya rated it it was amazing

WHAT TO HECK?

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Jul 07, 2013 Stef rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, young-adult, fantasy, paranormal

THE ENDING okay I'm still trying to process the ending, because that ending i just wow the word that would literally describe it is wow, this book is amazing!

(okay so I need to put this in here somewhere but wow, I didn't realize how creepy it was until the ending and when I watched book talks about how creepy it was and yes it is creepy but the fact that I didn't really felt it except for the Joseph kidnapping scene wow see stuff like this shocks me a lot) ...more

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