The Retribution of Mara Dyer

The Retribution of Mara Dyer is the final book of Michelle Hodkin's Mara Dyer trilogy.

Mara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she's been told.
There is.

She doesn't stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.
She should.

She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.
She will now.

Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer's story.

Retribution has arrived.

The Breakdown:
1.  This was the much anticipated conclusion to Mara Dyer's story, but to be honest it was a bit of a let down. I felt the story took a long time to get to why Mara is the way she is, and who was behind the whole Horizons thing.  It really dragged in places, and I felt like there were still a few unanswered questions at the end.

2. I did not like the change that Mara undergoes in this book at points.  I know that her power makes her dangerous, but in the first two books, she was not malicious about it.  In this book, she seems to have less of a conscience about using it, and I just could not get on board with that change.

3. Then there is the fact that Noah is missing for about 75% of the book.  He was such an important character in the first two books, he absence is keenly felt in this book. I know that she has Jamie and Stella in the book, but they are not as an important factor has Noah has been for her.

4. I know that Hodkin explains why it is important that Mara and Noah were born the way they are, but I felt she does not explain why others like Jamie, Stella, and even Lukumi exist.   Then there was the genetic memory in Mara, and why does she have it and no one else with this gene have it.  Just some things did not make sense for me.  I felt unsatisfied at the end of the book.

To Read or Not to Read:
Skip it, especially if you have not even started reading the trilogy.