the becoming of noah shaw series in order

Feeling rejected, Charlie, an artist, is drawn into a destructive new relationship with her sexy older co-worker, a 'semifamous' local musician who's obviously a junkie alcoholic. But things don't go as planned in the Arizona desert, because sweet Mikey just wants to be friends. After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she 'like-likes' but who had pined for Ellis instead. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. The book opens with a sarcastic “Caveat Emptor” listing its flashpoint elements and telling readers, “If you need a trigger warning for that, you’re reading the wrong book.” Recounting of events of the previous series unfolds at an excruciatingly tedious pace over the course of the book, so those who haven’t read that trilogy will feel utterly lost most of the way through.įans of the Mara Dyer series will likely look forward to Noah’s next adventure others need not apply.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Noah, who narrates the story, is apparently supposed to be sardonically witty, but he merely comes off as dull and dry. As secrets unfold, Noah’s trust in Mara, who can wish people dead, begins to unravel. After Noah witnesses several Carrier suicides, he and Mara, along with her brother Daniel and their two bisexual friends-Jewish, black Jamie and blond, white Goose-join resources with others like them who might be able to help uncover the reason for the suicides.

After the death of his estranged father, Noah uses his sizable inheritance to relocate with Indian-American Mara and their friends to New York. The white English 17-year-old possesses a gene that, when triggered, manifests as an extrasensory “gift” in the gene’s carrier: Noah can heal injuries and experience the pain of others like him as they die.

“Gifted.” “Afflicted.” “Carrier.” Depending on one’s point of view, Noah Shaw could be any one of these.

This first in a sequel series to the Mara Dyer trilogy brings Mara’s beloved Noah to the fore.

The becoming of noah shaw series in order