Fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Patricia Briggs, Roshani Chokshi, and Rainbow Rowell will be richly rewarded by this contemporary fantasy series.
She lost her life in water. Time to get it back.
Karan is recovering from an accident that left her disfigured and amnesiac. She's twenty-one, remembers no one and nothing about her life, and has an irrational terror of water. Then she meets Alice: seventeen, fearless, strong. Bigger than life, but extremely strange and secretive. When Alice forces Karan to face her worst fears, together they unleash a terror much more immediate and violent than drowning. Karan nearly died once before, and now someone is determined to ensure that she doesn't escape this time. Will Alice's abilities and her reckless courage be enough to save Karan? Or are they both headed for an icy death in the water?
THE FEELING OF WATER is a novella-length sequel to GIRL IN THE AIR, in the ALICE BRICKSTONE series of page-turning, fast-paced, magical adventures for young adults.
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Yeah, but will I like this book??
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The Alice Brickstone series is...
...simply great writing,
...young adult urban fantasy (aka "contemporary fantasy") with a touch of Indian mythology,
...features a strong (kick-ass?) heroine with interesting supporting cast of characters, and a gripping, tightly woven plot.
These books are not....
...formulaic urban fantasy (you know: snarky, sexy heroine who hunts vampires but then falls in love with one etc. etc.)
...overly indulgent in romance (Alice is running for her life; she doesn't have time for romance. Yet.)
...or books about witches, shifters or fantastic beasts.
Have I read anything similar to the Alice Brickstone series?
Like the Simon Snow series, Alice Brickstone books feature a Potterish friendship trio. Alice is also a kind of "chosen one" main character.
Like The Raven Cycle, this is urban/contemporary fantasy with no vampires or werewolves, and rare examples of young adult books that focus on the complexities of friendship rather than romance. While The Raven Cycle features ley lines, spirits and clairvoyance, Alice Brickstone's powers derive from prana and siddhis out of Hindu mythology.
Like Mercy Thompson, Alice is a gritty kick-ass heroine with practical interests and magical abilities, but Alice is up against bad guys with "siddhis" instead of werewolves or some other mythical beast.
Like Aruh Shaw, Alice's abilities are drawn from Indian mythology.
But Alice is unique. She suffered a massive childhood trauma and paid for it with a debilitating social-anxiety condition. She became angry, secretive, defiant and rebellious. And... (spoiler alert) she can fly.
What readers are saying:
★★★★★ "I have rarely fallen in love with a heroine so thoroughly as this."
★★★★★ "As for Alice, there are no words to describe this grown woman in a teenager's body, who makes you feel like giving her a great big hug, but also makes you feel you should be straightforward and matter-of-fact with her, because that's the way she'd want it."
