I fell in love with this story and once I finished volume 1 I bought the next two books in the series as fast as I could. I love the characters in this book and they really help suck you into the world of Mara Dyer. Cassandra Clare herself described the book as 'Haunting and dreamlike'.
Mara has had to move schools after being in a fatal accident that killed her best friend, her boyfriend, and her boyfriends sister, leaving her unharmed and with no recollection of the incident. Their deaths haunt her but aside from that slight detail Mara is a relatable character as far as struggling with school and not fitting in with the popular preppy crowd. Whilst at her new school Mara manages to make one friend and eventually finds a little more with the mysterious Noah Shaw. Noah is your typical fantasy fiction heart throb, fit with a British accent and sloppy unkempt look.
As the story progresses Mara begins to see her dead boyfriend amidst a number of other strange events, however as a reader you have to decide if you think what she is seeing is real or if, like her mother suspects, suffering from PTSD. Mara also believes she is seeing other people deaths before they happen, the reason behind this is one of many mysteries within the book. Mara also discovers that Noah is also not your average run of the mill teenage boy.
I rate this book an 8/10.
I highly recommend this book to those who are fans of the fantasy genre and love a bit of romance to be strongly woven into the mix, also to those who enjoyed the Shatter Me series.
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