I could barely put the book down, even though I found myself rolling my eyes at some of the things that happened. The writing was also incredibly suspenseful, as paranormal YA is wont to be. I kind of already knew what had happened at the accident after not very many pages, but I did want to find out more, and I certainly wanted an explanation for the strange things in Mara’s life. The basic plot of this book was certainly very scary and compelling. There’s also a very gripping mystery element to both books. Both books are very high-stakes, and both books have unreliable narrators who withhold lots of information. Now, obviously, the two plots are nothing alike, and the setting is complete different, but the narration is kind of similar. It was recommended to me when I asked for recommendations for books similar to Code Name Verity. For now, let’s focus on the things that I really did like about The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. The romance was really, really annoying I’ll get to that later. I have major mixed feelings about this book on the one hand, it was a creepy, delicious, well-written, YA book, but on the other hand, it could have gone a whole other direction and probably been better for it. She sees the faces of her dead friends everywhere, and when she suddenly begins to see other people’s deaths right before they happen, Mara wonders whether she’s going crazy! And if dealing with all this wasn’t enough, Noah Shaw, the most beautiful boy she has ever seen can’t seem to leave her alone… but as her life unravels around her, Mara can’t help but wonder if Noah has another agenda altogether…” But Mara’s new start is anything but comforting. The doctors s uggest that starting over in a new city, a new school, would be good for her and just to let the memories gradually come back on their own.
She wakes from a coma in hospital with no memory of how she got there or of the bizarre accident that caused the deaths of her best friends and her boyfriend, yet left her mysteriously unharmed. “ Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger. The ornate script on the board twisted in the candlelight, making the letters and numbers dance in my head.
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