Lady Danielle

So I had to sleep off my my chaotic thoughts so I could actually write this review without going insane.

I wish the first 70% of The Evolution of Mara Dyer were as awesome as the last 30%. Reading from page 1-300 was quite dull and not as good as the The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer; a lot of things were left unexplained just like the first book (and I thought at least MOST of my questions would be answered in this book if not all). Fine, some questions were half-assed answered and I had to piece together this mind-boggling story. After reading this you'll have no choice but to sit in your chair impatiently awaiting The Retribution of Mara Dyer.

“The thing about happiness, though, is that it never lasts.” 



Who is Mara Dyer?

Well, don't look at me, I don't know that answer. And Mara doesn't know either. So really, you're stuck in this ditch with the rest of us trying to figure it out. 



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Even though I'm extremely frustrated with Hodkin's damn story, I love her and her writing to bits and pieces. And despite the fact I gave this three stars, I'm still placing this in my "favourites" shelf because the last 30% of the book was just that good.

The story was depressing,
shocking,
chaotic,
beautiful,
and everything I could 
ever want in a paranormal romance 
and m o r e.

Hodkin knows how to write the most tender kissing scenes in the most darkest times in the story. 



"I'm not sure you can appreciate how much I want to lay you out before me and make you scream my name." 

Mara's labelled 'psychotic' and is sent to a ward. Her parents don't believe a word that's coming out of her mouth. They don't want to listen to her and that really irritated me and I was shaking the book in anger.

But Noah Shaw believes her. He knows Mara isn't crazy, because he knows Jude is alive too and wants payback for trying to hurt Mara.



But staying by her side will come with a price.

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YOU WILL LOVE HIM TO RUINS. 
The words echoed in my mind as I ran through clots of laughing people. Blinking lights and delighted screams bled together in a riot of sound and color. I knew Noah was behind me. I knew he would catch up. But my feet tried to do what my heart couldn't; they tried to leave him behind.
I finally ran out fo breath beneath a leering clown that pointed to the entrance to the Hall of Mirrors. Noah caught up to me easily. He turned me to face him and I stood there, my wrist in grasp, my cheeks wet with tears, my heart splintered by her words.
If i truly loved him, she said, I would let him go.
I wish I loved him enough.

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The Evolution of Mara Dyer is a little bit creepier than The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, I'll give it that. Mara is being haunted: the doll appearing in places where it shouldn't be, a dead missing cat laying split open in front of her door step, ominous messages written in blood... and that is only a piece of it.


The only difference between us and them is that they hide it better.

And there's more to Noah. He's being secretive in here, always avoiding questions about his past, always changing the subject of a topic Mara would bring up. 

A lot of people complained about the book being too big and felt it was unnecessary for it to be 527 pages long, but I didn't see this as a problem at all. Hodkin needed to explain Mara and Noah's story, explain all the creepy hauntings, etc., etc. I'm sad that I have to a year for the last book....



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PRE-REVIEW:

*opens mouth* *closes it* *blinks* *looks around confused* wait... hold on... can someone tell me what the HELL just happened. Why — oh god. Hodkin, what did you DO?! NO. I NEED BOOK THREE NOW. I'M CONFUSED, SHOCKED, ANGRY, SAD, WHAT. 

But really, Michelle, how are you gonna leave me hanging like this? Like, I can't even get a PIECE of book three? A SNIPPET, a CHAPTER?!

WHY :) ARE :) YOU :) DOING :) THIS :) TO :) ME :)

BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE RETRIBUTION OF MARA DYER COMES OUT IN 2014...

More of my craziness to come.

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Copied from my GR; read + reviewed in 2013