A bit disappointed to be honest. Everything felt choppy and inconsistent and weirdly paced. Longer review to come. 
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 The longer review is here: 
 I can't really form a cohesive thought regarding this book. Here I am, sitting behind my laptop, fingers poised and ready to type and... I can't figure it out. The Retribution of Mara Dyer was off. Let me try to explain. 
 The first two books in the trilogy was uh-maz-ing. I didn't know what to expect: I thought they were going to fall under the generic YA supernatural trope you know but they didn't! They were so different and so original that I couldn't help but fall in love. I thought the series was miles ahead its competitors. And I think, if we're talking about the first two: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and The Evolution of Mara Dyer, it would be just about right. You thought the story was going to be about one thing, but BAM, it's not! You think you're dealing with ghosts, but BAM, not really! I loved it, I loved it! It also doesn't hurt that Hodkin created the perfect atmosphere and perfect scenes; sometimes, I even had to sleep with the lights on (it gets creepy with Mara, OK?). Every once in a while Hodkin also throws in epic conversations between Noah (Noaaaaaah) and Mara, and you know, I'm a sucker for it. So, what I'm basically saying is that The Mara Dyer series had just about the right ingredients for a mega hit. 
 But then comes along the third and last installment to the series. Oh, you can be sure I was excited. We were left with a cliffhanger at the end of book two and I was so eager to see what was going to happen next. And so I read it. And well, flat. The whole book was flat. Mara was flat. Noah was flat. Everything was flat! I get that Mara's characterization was probably intentional but it felt off. Her transformation into this cold self didn't feel natural. It was as if Hodkin just needed her to be like this, so she became this, but we didn't get the journey. So to me it felt out of character. 
 And that ending - so underwhelming! We went through a lot with Mara, and that's all she (and we) got? People may argue and say, look Mara and Noah made it! I'm all about happy endings but this felt like a cop out. Happy endings are good, but they need to be done right. Nothing about them was epic in this book and by God, Noah and Mara are epic - they deserved a better ending. 
 The first two books were intelligent - this one felt rushed. We are left, again, with more unanswered questions. It was choppy, weirdly paced and off. I'm sorry, but it was.