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The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
5.0

First of all, let me state that I have issues, severe issues that allowed me to read this book within the course of about a day and a half...and I'm so happy I did. God this book was delicious! My eyes devoured every word on the pages, and let me just say I am so happy I stayed up to read it instead of sleeping...pfft, who needs it anyways.

A few things I must say about this book:

1. Thank you Jesus that Noah wasn't really dead. I swear I teared up every time I thought of it (especially when he actually died)

2. Michelle Hodkin is a literary genius. First of all how the fuck did she connect the last book to the first one so easily, and how did it all just make so much since! Like she closed any wounds I may have had.

3. The sex scene...not really but the description of it was wonderful without making me feel like I was reading erotica. Like it was sweet and innocent but also dirty and sexy at the same time. Like damn....slow claps for hodkin.

4. So much was going on in this book, but none of it was left unanswered by the end of the series.


All in all, this woman is a genius and I swear to buy all of her books and read them until they fall apart. She made me want more and did things I didn't like but didn't give any type of cliche story. Every time u thought you predicted what would happen she made something else happen and it was unexpected but so delicious. The fact that I didn't know what was going on only made my eyes move faster so I could figure it out. The moment I got my hands on these books I devoured them as quickly as I could. This book is so beautiful, it was a love story, but without being a love story. It was a mystery without being a mystery. It was thriller without being a thriller. This book cannot be labeled under one category, because it is so many different things combined into one huge pile of yes. Just let me say that this is a masterpiece, the whole trilogy and I would gladly read it all over again. Geesh.

When I read, I read to be sucked into someone else's life...and despite the crap that she went through in here, I would love to jump into this world and become a part of it. Goodness. One of my favorite books by far I must say.

Well done Michelle Hodkin.......well done