Mara Dyer wants to believe there’s more to the lies she’s been told.
She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.
She should.
She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.
She will now.
Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.
Retribution has arrived. (synopsis from Goodreads)
OH MY GOD. OH MY FREAKING GOD. (Original Rating: 4.75 stars)
I have never, EVER read a book so true to its title. NEVER.
Michelle Hodkin has done it again. Her books are always a string of crazy gasps and ooohhs and aaahs and high pitched wailing of “SHIT” or, well, you get the idea.
In this book, Get ready for more of it.
The book starts with Mara waking up in a hospital room (No surprises there) and she knows she is in Horizons. The crazy mental facility that (may or not have) blown up. Because of her. She is being experimented at, tortured, and basically she is convinced she is crazy. And that she killed Noah.
Noah is a mystery that keeps hanging in the book and makes you go through a lot of trauma. Loads of it. But, Mara’s awesomeness and lethalness makes you forget about the gap that so evidently is wide. She is not an avenging angel or Damsel in distress at any point in the book. She is neither a hero, nor a villian. She is Mara. And the name is enough.
Mara most definitely took the highlight in the book and did not let any character overpower her at any moment. She went through a LOT of bullshit, and she made people go through a lot of bullshit. Her character grew out strong and completely perfect for the ending Hodkin gave the book.
This book touches a lot of elements that I till now knew to be alien to Hodkin. But she surprises you in every aspect. One such element that was missing in the last 2 books was the casual relation between the supporting members of the book and the protagonists. In this book, we see a very interesting yet well calculated friendship between Mara Dyer, Jamie, Stella and Her brother. They all support each other in the worst of times and understand each others’ predicaments. They know where one lacks and the other excels, and that is how they plan each and every agenda they have in mind.
All the characters basically rise from the ashes and the deep and dark secrets that unveil in this book are too much too stomach, yet delightfully beautiful to imagine. As we had seen in the Evolution of Mara Dyer, we get excepts from her Mara’s genetic memory as they had happened with her Indian Grandmother in the 40s and 50s (I’m guessing), and they are most definitely the scariest and the best parts of the book. They make you go all, “OH HELL NO”
and “UH HUHHHH?”. Read it. You’ll know.
This one is a real page turner. And i don’t know what you’re waiting for. Just go grab this book, and you’ll fly through it. And don’t worry, Noah is alive.
And as for awards *DRUMROLL*
DUM DUM DUM
Best Side Kick- Jamie!
Why? He was funny at the right times, serious at the right times. He came out to be a balanced character, which is something I love in books like this. And of course, his powers were SUPER cool.
Best Negative role- (Nope. Its not Deborah Kells. She was psycho) Jude and (…Spoiler..)
Why? Nasty use of power and science. And nasty lying.
Best oomph worthy character- Its Noah.
Can’t help is guys. I just can’t. The lilting British accent..
Best Character- MARA DYER
Why? LOVED her. Big time. This book is very Mara centred as it should have been. And she used the attention right.
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