3.5 stars 
 Good, but the fact that I am sitting here with a confused look on my face and almost NO answers is cause for the loss of a star. The other half star I took off is for the first half of the book being slow and too focused on the mean girls at school rather than what is actually happening to Mara. 
 Definitely plan to see what happens in book 2 though. :) Like I said, it was good! I just want more answers. Like.. now.