November 2014 Book of the Month - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Oh Em Gee I want to kill (view spoiler)[Anna and Aiden. They are HORRIBLE. I don't get why neither Noah or Mara stood up for them with the school. And I can't believe Morales gave her an F in Spanish after she did so well! No ethics! (hide spoiler)]

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

I know, right?? I felt the same way

[Karen’s Library]

I know. I was appalled with that teacher!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Gah! I guess my previous spoiler was somewhat prophetic, Mara (view spoiler)[ felt the same way and made Morales die with her POWERS! I can't say I was that sad (hide spoiler)]

I finished! Real page-turner, especially toward the end. I liked how some things tied together, while others were left open. I was starting to like Noah more than Mara until he was all (view spoiler)[high and mighty about her wanting to kill the killer once he was acquitted. Seemed like a worthy cause for her powers! (hide spoiler)]

On the big twist (view spoiler)[ For me, it came a little too suddenly and out of left field and I'm still not exactly sure how he was supposedly really there all the times she saw Jude at school and such. Not sure it adds up, but it was still a cool twist and idea. (hide spoiler)]

Overall, I thought it was a good read for the month!

[Zoe]

David, that's what I liked best about it too! Normally I don't like creepy stuff, but the creepiness in this book hit the right note for me.

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

David wrote: "Gah! I guess my previous spoiler was somewhat prophetic, Mara [spoilers removed]

I finished! Real page-turner, especially toward the end. I liked how some things tied together, while others were l..."

Well, I saw Noah's point, and he did turn out to be right anyways! I have to say, (view spoiler)[I wasn't that upset over the teacher's death or the abusive pet owner. Not really over Jude, either. I'm with you on the Jude twist, and I also want to know what happened with Jamie and where he fit in on all of it. (hide spoiler)]

[Laken]

I really enjoyed this book! I can't wait to read the next two. The minute I finished it, I logged in to my library account and placed holds on the other ones. I loved Noah, and I liked Mara too. Often in YA books the female characters whine too much and constantly do stupid things to annoy me by the end of the book, but Mara didn't. I agree that I want to see more of Jamie in the next books, although as much as I want to, I don't completely trust him yet. I just feel like something about him is off.

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Laken wrote: "I really enjoyed this book! I can't wait to read the next two. The minute I finished it, I logged in to my library account and placed holds on the other ones. I loved Noah, and I liked Mara too. Of..."

Yeah, I agree, I liked that about Mara. The only thing that annoyed me about her was the cliché (view spoiler)[ "I hate Noah, but I sort of love him too and want to have his babies!" That's not a quote from the book, but it seems like she made statements that sounds like that A LOT. Other than that though, I thought she was really funny and likeable :) (hide spoiler)]

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Yeah, I didn't really get into the romance aspect, I was in for the creepy factor and mystery. Loved that part!

[Laken]

I wasn't bothered by the sappy/cliche parts, but that's probably because I just finished reading Through the Zombie Glass, which was disgustingly sappy.