But no, he was just with his rich father the entire time. I was expecting to find him half-dead, after a bunch of torture and experiments. And at the end of the novel? When Mara has to deal with all of the crimes that she committed, the people she's killed, the explanation to her family? Guess how it's fixed yet? And for everything that Jamie can't fix, it just left open for you to ponder how that's going to work.Ģ) There is literally no explanation as to why Noah never attempts to find Mara. He just used his powers to convince them that them being away was normal. What about the parents of these three teenagers you ask? Oh well, Jamie took care of that too. Need to fly to New York? Boom! Jamie has convinced airport officials to give them tickets and get through security no questions asked. Hungry and need a place to sleep? Boom! Jamie has secured three hotel suites by talking. Need a getaway car? Boom! Jamie has used this powers to convince someone to give up their expensive convertible.

The sad thing, it's written in an easy-peasy way. Three supernatural teenagers travel around the East Coast, stealing cars, using Jamie's powers of persuasion to talk people into letting them stay in nice hotels and giving them plane tickets for free, leaving dead bodies in their wake. OTHERWISE, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.ġ) So Mara, Jamie, and Stella. I'M BASICALLY GIVING THE ENTIRE BOOK AWAY, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, DON'T READ ANY FURTHER. All of the Mara and Noah parts are great and make it worth it to stick it out, but you won't catch me saying that I was in love with this book. Easy to the point of sloppiness. Which left me feeling unsatisfied with the wrap up of the book. The hunt for clues and resolution in this book just seems so easy.

I mean this in a good way, because it's supposed to be scary and unpleasant but in general I found the plot to be lacking. The horror scenes freaked me out so much that I had to put the book down and contemplate whether or not I should put it in the freezer. The writing style is haunting and at some points really beautiful (the Mara and Noah parts). I felt like the plot was trying to be suspenseful and take you on all of these twists and turns, but I found most of it very predictable. Through all of Mara's searching for the truth about Noah and their ending, I loved every minute of it. If I'm completely honest with myself, the only reason I liked this book was because of Mara and Noah. A gripping, horrifying, and a messy end to the trilogy. By my own rating guide standards, I want to give this book an extra half of a star because of Mara and Noah, but I just can't.

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