Published: October 23, 2012 

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Author: Michelle Hodkin

Pages: 523
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Mystery

The truth about Mara Dyer's dangerous and mysterious abilities continues to unravel. 

Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.
She can't. 

She used to think her problems were all in her head. 
They aren't. 

She couldn't imagine that after everything she's been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets. 
She's wrong. 

In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?

 Holy. Crap. I--So. Many. Feels. 

Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Published: January 13, 2015 

Publisher:  Riverhead Books

Author: Paula Hawkins

Pages: 336
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspence

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

 And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

Rachel had her life perfect and planned out five years ago. She had a nice house, a husband, but now lives in the duplex of an old friend from university and has a serious drinking problem.

The story is told form 3 different POVs - of Rachel, Megan and Anna. It is also divided in little sections by the time of day - for example - Morning, Early afternoon, Evening.

If you have every known someone who has/had a drinking problem or was a drug addict you would know it's really not easy for them to stop. They cannot just decide that today is the last drink they'll have. It doesn't work that way. That being said, I've read a handful of books where the character goes through a stressful couple of days and suddenly stops their bad habit.

Book Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Mara Dyer #1)

Published: September 27, 2011 

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Author: Michelle Hodkin

Pages: 456
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Mystery

Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
 It can. 

 She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. 
There is. 

 She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. 
 She's wrong.

I can’t get over the amazingness of this book. 

 I was freaking out, it was so creepy.