Mara
by:
Veronica Bane (author)
For years, Mara Tucker has used her power of manipulating flames to punish those who have done her wrong. But things are changing in the town of Jericho. Rampant disappearances have forced Mara to seek out others with special powers. In a story that confronts the violence and turmoil of...
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For years, Mara Tucker has used her power of manipulating flames to punish those who have done her wrong. But things are changing in the town of Jericho. Rampant disappearances have forced Mara to seek out others with special powers. In a story that confronts the violence and turmoil of adolescence, Mara and a group of other ‘unusuals’ like her grapple with new alliances and the villains pressing in all around them.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780615846132 (0615846130)
Publish date: August 3rd 2013
Publisher: Black Hill Press
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Series: Unusuals (#1)
This book got me hooked from page one! Let’s just say it has a killer opening act. I didn’t want to stop reading, and I hated anything and anyone who interrupted me. The premise of this book is so cool, teenagers with unusual powers coming together to fight whatever evil is chasing them. I know, i...
Veronica Bane’s MARA is an intriguing tale about a group of misfits finding common ground and friendship amid social tensions in the town of Jericho.As for characterization, it’s a bit weak, but again, it’s a novella and you can’t go into in-depth character development otherwise you sacrifice other ...
I am so very glad that I had the opportunity to read Mara. This novella was intriguing, and captured my interest from the moment I started reading. I devoured it in one sitting, and could have easily kept on reading more of this story. Mara is a unique novella that truly captured the essence of a gr...