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

by Michelle Hodkin

Review originally posted at Simply Adrift.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was a book I only picked up because recently I had been seeing people say how much they loved this series. The synopsis also sounded interesting to me. So I went into this book with low expectations because I've also heard not so great things about it.

This book wasn't what I thought it would be, and I guess that is actually in a bad way. Mara was an incredibly annoying character. I didn't really like her much to be honest, she was moody all the time, she has no self confidence and she didn't want to let anyone in. I know what happened was traumatic for her, but reading a character that purposefully pushes people away was really frustrating.

The whole concept of this book was unclear to me. I was confused about the 'powers' and what the story was trying to be. I couldn't figure out if this story wanted to be a drama about a teenage girl getting over the death of her friends, a paranormal romance about mysterious powers, or a thriller. It was confusing and the story wasn't clear enough for me to enjoy it.

The romance was childish in my opinion. Noah was adamant to get Mara's attention, but Mara was adamant he was a douche and didn't want any part of him. So Noah just kept trying to get her attention, and it really didn't take long for Mara to change her mind.

I wanted to like this but I just didn't. It was too messy and didn't draw me in to the story or the characters. I felt like there was real potential though, especially because Mara had no recollection of the night her friends died and she was there.

Unfortunately, I will not be continuing this series.

Always,
Jordon

This review was originally posted on Simply Adrift