The Retribution of Mara Dyer
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Mara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she's been told. There is. 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.
Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer's story. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence. Book #3
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3 primary booksMara Dyer
Mara Dyer is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Michelle Hodkin.
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AHH! That was beautiful and perfect. It was the perfect way to end this trilogy. And I love the parallelism with the first line of the The Unbecoming and the last line in this book. Even though we had to wait so long for this book to come out, it was worth it.
I read this back in 2016 but I just want to share my unique reading experience for this book.
I was walking to my room and opened the first page and read the first couple lines, I stopped outside my bedroom door and kept reading. Before I knew it, I finished the book. I read this whole book in one standing, I don't even know how I did it but I was standing in one place for hours and didn't take my eyes of this book once. No toilet or snack breaks. It sucked me in so much that I didn't even realise I was standing for that long.
When I finished it, I kinda looked around and realised where I was and how dark it got around me, It was night time!
I read the first two books in one sitting so if that doesn't say how addicting these books are...
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I was nervous and excited to see how Hodkin would wrap up this amazing trilogy. This series is like nothing else I've ever read. It is horrifying and poetic, but also a perfect romance. The ending, without giving anything away, was exactly the ending the story needed. It surprised me how much I loved it. It is hard for me to explain more without giving it away. I will say, each character is deepened and filled with personality until you feel like you know them personally. I fully approve.
The read overall was more painful in some ways than the previous two. There were a few things in the book I could have done without, but overall a strong conclusion.
If you loved the series, you will not be disappointed.
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It has been a while since I read the last book, and in the gap I forgot how much these books mess with your head. This one does so less than previous, but there are still plenty of “What just happened?” moments which I really love about the trilogy.
The most notable flaw I think was the double not real death scenes from Noah and Mara both. One was fine, but both felt...well I was with Jamie on this one. What even?
In general though, the story went such interesting directions. I adored the reveals about Lukumi and Mara's grandmother. I loved how Jamie becomes more flesh and blood. And I've always adored Daniel, so seeing him become a real main character was perfect.
And the ending. The way the story tied back to the first novel, and ultimately it was not about saving the world, or understanding the horror, it was always a love story. That was perfect.
