Book Review Of The Mara Dyer Series By Michelle Hodkins

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Choosing between a collection of books to take the one I enjoy the most, is tough. In this case, mine is a whole new world in which not too many people seem encouraged to enter, either because they don’t enjoy reading or if the book is not of their interest. The Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkins is a whole new mixture between genres like mystery, suspense, romance and thriller that will keep the reader on the expectancy to know what will happen next.
Mara Dyer as a 17 years old teenager has a horrible past and a not too fortunate present. Her boyfriend, her two best friends and her had an accident when the mental asylum they were exploring collapsed. The situation begins to get sketchy when she is the only one, at the moment, that leaves

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