Michelle Hodkin is the author of the Mara Dyer Trilogy, which was a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling series. The trilogy, which includes The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was described as “haunting and dreamlike” by Cassandra Clare and “darkly funny, deliciously creepy, and genuinely thoughtful” by Veronica Roth. Lev Grossman has called Hodkin “One of the greatest talents in Young Adult fiction.” The novels were praised by Romantic Times, MTV’s Hollywood Crush, and the Los Angeles Times, and books from the series appeared on several state reading lists. Additionally, The Retribution of Mara Dyer was selected as one of TIME.com’s Top 10 YA Books of 2014. Hodkin grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan, before finally settling in Brooklyn last year.
this book is never coming out. i'm going to bed. wake me up when michelle hodkin decides to finish the series
update: we now have a cover. i repeat, we have a cover. which is fucking beautiful. which means this book exists. and it will be coming out. thank god because i was about to sell some of my organs on the black market and i think i may need them in life.
update: okay, the release date is now in august. that makes me feel a bit better. but there's no hardcover edition. if this book is not released in hardback, i'm going to start selling my organs on the black market.
update: the release date for this book is now september of 2020. someone please tell me this is a joke otherwise i'm going to sleep and i'm not getting up again.
i will sacrifice my entire family and any unborn future children just to get an update for this book. i need to know something.
the way it's basically the last month of the year and still no news i'm actually sick
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miss michelle hodkin, either this book comes out by the end of the year or i kms. make your choice.
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it’s almost fucking midnight, and GOD KNOWS WHY i am thinking about this book but there is a unique type of hell in knowing that i deadass graduated high school, entered university, got with someone, fell in love, GRADUATED from university with two degrees, broke up, and got a job since the time that michelle hodkin ORIGINALLY stated that this book would come out to the now new release date 😅🙃🔫
taylor swift literally released 5 albums within this time too…
all i know is pain haha 🤣🤣🤣🔪🔪🔪
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i like to think of this book's presence and lack of publication as a cruel joke.
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trying to come to terms with the fact that i'll be 22...waiting for the last book to come out from a series that i started when i was 11...😐
7/26/2021: When you see the release date is now in 2023 😐
6/22/2020: *wah* Release date pushed again! Read Michelle’s Explanation Here. But I am okay with this *deep yoga breaths* yup totally able to wait
2/5/2020: *eeeekkk!!* We’ve got a cover!!! I’ve missed both my precious emotionally and psychologically damaged smol babies!! I can’t wait!! My most anticipated 2020 release!
Jan 2020 Omg omg we’ve got a release date!!! I missed you sooooo much Ms. Hodkin...especially Noah!!
I hope something actually happens in this book well BEFORE the final page, unlike the one before this.... I’m still gonna read it regardless though, because let’s be honest, I’m trash for Noah Shaw and I don’t care who knows it 🤷🏻♀️😝
Update 11/12/24: hello just my annual check in on this book to see if anyone has any info whatsoever. I really don’t think this will ever be published but I simply am unable to take it off my TBR. I’m in too deep
Update 5/20/23: Seriously just need to know what's happening with this book and if I should give up on it ever being published
Update 11/30/22: would love to know if this book is ever actually coming out lol. I don’t even see a pub date anymore gahhhhh
Update 2/17/20: WE HAVE A COVER!! I’m so happy this means it’s actually real and it’s beautiful I’m so excited I need this book like now
so we have a possible title and a new publication date of September 2020...that's so far away 😩but honestly any update at this point is nice
reconciling with the fact that this book is never coming out so i’m just going to pretend noah’s books never happened. marashaw are currently living happily in new york with a cat that hates everyone but mara and scene.
Amazon now says that I can pre-order the book and get it in 2050. In Goodreads there is no longer a publication date. So anyone come up with a good fanfic ending to this because I really want an ending to the story and I doubt it will ever come out at this point.
Update: it’s 2023 now lol. I actually had forgotten about this book and my hate about it, but the notification of people liking my comment reminded me of its existence and the fact that the autor continue to pretend as if this book will ever come out. She should do all of us a favor and tell everyone to pretend as if this series never existed and the story ended at the Mara dyer trilogy.
I feel like the autor doesn’t know what to do with this book anymore, every month the release gets pushed and it’s tiring. It was supposed to come out ages ago and now she changes the release for like the 4th time?? It’s coming only in 2022. Fucking 2022. I feel like I don’t want to read it anymore and I’m going to pretend this series never existed and the Mara Dyer series ended years ago and Shaw Confessions never existed cause I doubt this book is ever coming out (and IF it ever comes out I’m sure it’s gonna suck).
Girl, please. I’m begging you. Give us the finale. Please. I’ll sell my soul, I’ll do anything. Release this. Come on. You owe it to use after all of this time, just please. Please give us this book. Come out of hiding and be ready to release the book, we’ll support you know matter what. WE NEED THIS.
dear god it was supposed to be released a few weeks from now but i am genuinely convinced michelle hodkin either gave up or is lying dead in a ditch somewhere. please have mercy on us woman
My inner 17 year old will not know peace until this book is out. I am almost 23 years old with a college degree and will not rest until I read this gd book
2024: still no updates after 4 years but I'm waiting patiently that we'll get this finale someday 😫 I hope Michelle Hodkins is doing alright
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it's been 2 years since the last time Michelle Hodkins made an update about this book on tumblr 🥺 hope she's well and the writing process for this finale goes well 🥺
----------- THE COVER!!! THE TITLE!!! IM EXCITED!!