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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
A good author can create something original once and use that old hat material for years. A great author can continue to create original things with every book.
Michelle Hodkin is a great author.
I think a lot of people will dislike this book, because it's not happy or romantic at all. It's nothing like Mara's trilogy and people might be put out by that.
Instead of being in the craziness of Mara's head, we are now in her boyfriend Noah's. And it's a sad, sad place to be in.
I've always swooned over Noah. He loves Mara like crazy and he's composed and chivalrous and witty and honest.
But this book put him in an entire different light. Noah is so devastated by life and he is depressed and surprisingly, even though he has Mara and still loves her like crazy... he's lonesome.
I really felt his honorable, secretive heart in this book and I fell in love with him again but not because he did anything particularly swoonworthy.
Let me just clear this up. This book is NOT ROMANTIC.
The love between Mara and Noah is still a driving factor in the absolutely thrilling plot, but this is more a book about distrusting those you love and distrusting what you want out of life.
It's about the sadness of the hero after the final showdown is done and the evil is defeated. This is a somber book. It's full of twists and suspense and small moments of quiet devastation and mind games.
It reveals how hard it is to love someone like Mara Dyer, and how hard Noah is trying to keep himself together.
He's no longer my infallible, endlessly composed and devoted book boyfriend of the past. He has real issues and the veil has been lifted. He's no longer perfect, but I prefer him like this. He's human.
I also want to give him hot chocolate and kiss him all over his scruffy, weary face. He's such a wonderful, depressed little munchkin and my heart broke for him throughout this whole book.
The writing was phenomenal and Michelle Hodkin is the now the only author I trust to write a companion trilogy in a male voice. I was skeptical, but this was great.
Also: Mara. Let's talk about Mara.
I always rolled my eyes in the original trilogy when people said that Mara was evil, because she almost always only acted out of self defense or to save an innocent.
But this book... wow. My girl's gone full psycho, and I am so here for it.
The end was heartbreaking and my ship is totally sinking but I believe (or I'm in denial) that Mara and Noah are through. They love each other too much.
Plus, they are my favorite psycho couple and I love them eternally.
Basically?
If you want the high romance of the first two installments of the Mara Dyer trilogy ( which I still love, don't get me wrong) then you might hate this.
But if you are looking for something original, no matter HOW much it hurts, then read this book. And fall in love with Noah. He's such a darling, did I mention?
Michelle Hodkin is a great author.
I think a lot of people will dislike this book, because it's not happy or romantic at all. It's nothing like Mara's trilogy and people might be put out by that.
Instead of being in the craziness of Mara's head, we are now in her boyfriend Noah's. And it's a sad, sad place to be in.
I've always swooned over Noah. He loves Mara like crazy and he's composed and chivalrous and witty and honest.
But this book put him in an entire different light. Noah is so devastated by life and he is depressed and surprisingly, even though he has Mara and still loves her like crazy... he's lonesome.
I really felt his honorable, secretive heart in this book and I fell in love with him again but not because he did anything particularly swoonworthy.
Let me just clear this up. This book is NOT ROMANTIC.
The love between Mara and Noah is still a driving factor in the absolutely thrilling plot, but this is more a book about distrusting those you love and distrusting what you want out of life.
It's about the sadness of the hero after the final showdown is done and the evil is defeated. This is a somber book. It's full of twists and suspense and small moments of quiet devastation and mind games.
It reveals how hard it is to love someone like Mara Dyer, and how hard Noah is trying to keep himself together.
He's no longer my infallible, endlessly composed and devoted book boyfriend of the past. He has real issues and the veil has been lifted. He's no longer perfect, but I prefer him like this. He's human.
I also want to give him hot chocolate and kiss him all over his scruffy, weary face. He's such a wonderful, depressed little munchkin and my heart broke for him throughout this whole book.
The writing was phenomenal and Michelle Hodkin is the now the only author I trust to write a companion trilogy in a male voice. I was skeptical, but this was great.
Also: Mara. Let's talk about Mara.
I always rolled my eyes in the original trilogy when people said that Mara was evil, because she almost always only acted out of self defense or to save an innocent.
But this book... wow. My girl's gone full psycho, and I am so here for it.
The end was heartbreaking and my ship is totally sinking but I believe (or I'm in denial) that Mara and Noah are through. They love each other too much.
Plus, they are my favorite psycho couple and I love them eternally.
Basically?
If you want the high romance of the first two installments of the Mara Dyer trilogy ( which I still love, don't get me wrong) then you might hate this.
But if you are looking for something original, no matter HOW much it hurts, then read this book. And fall in love with Noah. He's such a darling, did I mention?
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Yes, I know this review is late. Sorry, not sorry.
Anyywayyyy..
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy, and obviously Noah Shaw was my favorite character. Throughout the series, I kept wishing that I could see things from Noah's POV - and Michelle Hodkin ANSWERED MY PRAYERS BY WRITING A NEW SERIES WITH NOAH'S POV. Thank you I feel blessed.
So naturally, I loved this book. I love Noah, I love his way of thinking, the things he says. He keeps wishing he could just sleep, and I have never read anything so relatable. And every other word out of Noah's mouth is 'fuck', and I'm like same. Noah is me, I am Noah. We are one.
Another thing I liked about this book was that I was able to understand the story and plot better - It was something I struggled with in the original trilogy. The storyline was clearer in this book so yay.
Okay, now I need book 2. LIKE NOW.
Anyywayyyy..
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy, and obviously Noah Shaw was my favorite character. Throughout the series, I kept wishing that I could see things from Noah's POV - and Michelle Hodkin ANSWERED MY PRAYERS BY WRITING A NEW SERIES WITH NOAH'S POV. Thank you I feel blessed.
So naturally, I loved this book. I love Noah, I love his way of thinking, the things he says. He keeps wishing he could just sleep, and I have never read anything so relatable. And every other word out of Noah's mouth is 'fuck', and I'm like same. Noah is me, I am Noah. We are one.
Another thing I liked about this book was that I was able to understand the story and plot better - It was something I struggled with in the original trilogy. The storyline was clearer in this book so yay.
Okay, now I need book 2. LIKE NOW.
I got this as an eARC through Edelweiss.
A continuation in the Mara Dyer world, but through the perspective of Noah. Recently people with gifts have started killing themselves, and the crew is working together to figure out what is happening and how to stop it.
Hodkin brings back her compelling writing style, her geektacular references, and witty repartee. It is super important to have read the previous three novels, especially the Retribution of Mara Dyer. I think I would have remembered what was going on better. (I just needed a trilogy recap ;) or a season recap for books).
A continuation in the Mara Dyer world, but through the perspective of Noah. Recently people with gifts have started killing themselves, and the crew is working together to figure out what is happening and how to stop it.
Hodkin brings back her compelling writing style, her geektacular references, and witty repartee. It is super important to have read the previous three novels, especially the Retribution of Mara Dyer. I think I would have remembered what was going on better. (I just needed a trilogy recap ;) or a season recap for books).
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
seeing the title, i'd think the book would be... more sane than mara dyer trilogy, but nope. of course not. the beginning was kind of boring, i guess, that one moment you have to go through after a happily ever after in the last book of the series you read. it was entertaining, as always, all the exhange between the characters ??? i loved those so much, they were all funny, witty, and a bit dirty. just the way i like it. but then again: it was nothing i couldn't have anticipated. there were new characters introduced and the idea that the enemy might've not stopped after all.
reading this book made me realize that i didn't really love noah as a lover for mara. he was a fucking liar and he normalized that and the way he normalized it said that he did not see lying to your person as something to take seriously—which said, he was fucking childish if it's about love. and the way he kept delaying stuff just because he wanted to piss off his dear dead newly buried father? it was just... so GOOD, you know, reading him from mara's pov. but oh well she deserved better (i volunteer!), like, romantically and literally. people went from "mara you're gonna be okay! there's nothing wrong with you!" when there was something wrong with her, to "mara what the fuck is wrong with you?" when she unleashed her cool evil self. yes, i'm so drawn toward her doing evilish stuff, she fucking slayed doing it, and no, i didn't dislike her being potentially the villain—what i disliked is that at the end everyone suddenly excluded her in their discussion, being all suspicious, when she was the reason they all fucking survived. it was so unfair that she has changed and grown, yet her so-called emotional support people kept treating her as someone who needed to be fixed (or stopped?)
anyway at this point i'll eat this trilogy up for mara my dearest my lovest bc she's the only deserving one out of the series.
reading this book made me realize that i didn't really love noah as a lover for mara. he was a fucking liar and he normalized that and the way he normalized it said that he did not see lying to your person as something to take seriously—which said, he was fucking childish if it's about love. and the way he kept delaying stuff just because he wanted to piss off his dear dead newly buried father? it was just... so GOOD, you know, reading him from mara's pov. but oh well she deserved better (i volunteer!), like, romantically and literally. people went from "mara you're gonna be okay! there's nothing wrong with you!" when there was something wrong with her, to "mara what the fuck is wrong with you?" when she unleashed her cool evil self. yes, i'm so drawn toward her doing evilish stuff, she fucking slayed doing it, and no, i didn't dislike her being potentially the villain—what i disliked is that at the end everyone suddenly excluded her in their discussion, being all suspicious, when she was the reason they all fucking survived. it was so unfair that she has changed and grown, yet her so-called emotional support people kept treating her as someone who needed to be fixed (or stopped?)
anyway at this point i'll eat this trilogy up for mara my dearest my lovest bc she's the only deserving one out of the series.
I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy and I couldn’t wait for the spin off series to come out. I preordered without really knowing much about it because I trusted it would be well written and amazing. I have to admit, once I realized it took place AFTER Mara Dyer, I was a little unsure because I kind of enjoyed the ambiguous ending and I don’t want to see the two of them split up. Still, I had burning questions, so part of me was excited. I was also eager to get inside of Noah’s head, too.
I firmly believe there is such a thing as too much of a good thing and that’s why I’ve never really wished any book series were longer. I’m usually apprehensive about unplanned sequels and books like this only serve to reinforce my feelings. This was a book I thought I wanted, but ultimately wasn’t nearly as good as the original trilogy.
I didn’t like Noah as a narrator as much as Mara. Also, part of what made the Mara Dyer trilogy so intriguing was that she was an unreliable narrator. I didn’t always believe her, and neither did Noah, but it felt weird being in his head while he distrusted her. I feel like I’m still on Mara’s side, so seeing Noah distrust her from his POV just felt wrong.
The book wasn’t bad and there were definitely some interesting events, high stakes, and a mystery I can’t help but want to solve. I simply didn’t enjoy it the same way as I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy. I will admit that it was just as well written, it’s just that preferred Mara’s POV.
I firmly believe there is such a thing as too much of a good thing and that’s why I’ve never really wished any book series were longer. I’m usually apprehensive about unplanned sequels and books like this only serve to reinforce my feelings. This was a book I thought I wanted, but ultimately wasn’t nearly as good as the original trilogy.
I didn’t like Noah as a narrator as much as Mara. Also, part of what made the Mara Dyer trilogy so intriguing was that she was an unreliable narrator. I didn’t always believe her, and neither did Noah, but it felt weird being in his head while he distrusted her. I feel like I’m still on Mara’s side, so seeing Noah distrust her from his POV just felt wrong.
The book wasn’t bad and there were definitely some interesting events, high stakes, and a mystery I can’t help but want to solve. I simply didn’t enjoy it the same way as I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy. I will admit that it was just as well written, it’s just that preferred Mara’s POV.
I literally saw piles of this book in a book bin at a dollar store a few weeks ago while picking up some candy, I went to the very same dollar store yesterday and I believe that most, if not all, were still there. Trust me, it belongs there. This book is a cringy mess of triggering content and terrible character development.