The audiobooks are narrated by Christy Romano… yes, that one - Christy Carlson Romano, known best for her role in Even Stevens and the voice of Kim Possible. It has YA contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, historical fiction, and more. This series is awesome because it combines so many genres flawlessly. I can’t really get into any more details because it’ll be too spoiler-y. She starts receiving creepy messages and photographs, and she suspects they’re coming from her deceased ex-boyfriend, Jude. There’s something about him that she can’t put her finger on, but he eventually convinces her to go on a date with him.īut Mara isn’t sure all of her hallucinations are actually figments of her imagination. At her new school, Mara meets Noah Shaw, a supposedly notorious ladies’ man. Mara is understandably distraught and is diagnosed with PTSD that leaves her hallucinating at random. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer starts off with Mara starting a new school in Florida after surviving a building collapse that kills her three best friends. This is another case of “Why didn’t anyone force me to read these before?!” So here I am to shove these books in your face and make you read them.

Hodkin grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan, before finally settling in Brooklyn last year. Additionally, The Retribution of Mara Dyer was selected as one of ’s Top 10 YA Books of 2014. Lev Grossman has called Hodkin “One of the greatest talents in Young Adult fiction.” The novels were praised by Romantic Times, MTV’s Hollywood Crush, and the Los Angeles Times, and books from the series appeared on several state reading lists. The trilogy, which includes The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was described as “haunting and dreamlike” by Cassandra Clare and “darkly funny, deliciously creepy, and genuinely thoughtful” by Veronica Roth. Michelle Hodkin is the author of the Mara Dyer Trilogy, which was a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling series.

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