Book Review #1: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

I recently just finished this book and I'm very eager to start the second one. This book is part of a trilogy and the third book is coming out this year on November 4th of this year. I'm so excited and it's going to be torture waiting for it to come out. I was recommended to read this book and I love when people recommend books. So when I was told it was a great book I had to get it right away and I'm so glad I did.


The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is about a senior in high school and she goes through a traumatic accident that kills three of her friends and she survives. The family packs up and moves to Florida to start a new life for Mara. Then bizarre things start to happen and Mara tries her hardest to remember the accident and everything starts to unravel before your eyes and it's amazing. And her new boyfriend is amazing and it's just amazing.

The writer is very descriptive with her writing and that's my favorite part when reading this novel or any novel really. I like to know everything the character is thinking and feeling. One of my favorite sections of the book is when Noah walks Mara to art class and decides to be a live model for the drawing class. The description the author uses on this scene really gives you an idea of their relationship.

"Noah's eyes held my face. I swallowed hard. The juxtaposition of him sitting in a room full of people while staring at no one but me was overwhelming. Something shifted inside of me at the intimacy of us, eyes locked amid the scraping of twenty graphite pencils on paper.


I shaded his face out of nothingness. I smudged the slope of his neck and darkened his delinquent mouth, while the lights accented the right angle of his jaw against the cloudy sky outside. I did not hear the bell. I did not hear the other students rise and leave the room. I did not even notice that Noah no longer sat at the stool."  


The only downfall of this book is it is quite confusing in the beginning of the book. You really have to pay attention otherwise details later revealed won't make sense and you'll be flipping back through the pages to reconnect all the dots. Other than that it leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat and are waiting for the next big thing to happen. The ending is just ugh and I really wish I could just spill the entire book out right now but I can't.

This book is paranormal and supernatural. Mara tends to see the ghosts of her dead friends and has what seems to be panic attacks but they're a lot more than just panic attacks. This book would be perfect for anyone into a thriller and romance. There's a lot of suspense and you'll be screaming for the next book at the end.