Rarely have I fallen in love with a heroine as thoroughly as I have Alice Brickstone from Tyler Pike's wonderful book, "Girl in the Air." This is not your typical read and Alice is not your typical 16 year old girl. At first, I wasn't sure what to make of any of the characters. That there was great tragedy in this family's past, that hurt, anger and repressed memories were making it difficult, if not impossible, for them to communicate with each other, all of that was very apparent. What's not so clear is who these people were before the defining event in their lives and what motivated them then and now. To me, that mystery, even more than the obvious one between the bad guys and the good guys, is what makes this book unique and unlike any other I have read.

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. As Alice slowly starts to open her eyes to her family, friends and others around her, you feel like she's finally awakening from a dream and coming to life for the first time.

I sincerely hope the author writes many more books about Alice and her adventures because when I closed the book on the final page, I felt like I was saying goodbye to a dear friend. I definitely want to see Alice again.

**I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review** ( )

I like the concept of this book, yet I could not as much as I tried get excited about the book or Alice. I got about half way into the book. I only retained about a third of what I read. Honestly, if I could have been more engaged in Alice and the story I actually could have liked this book a lot more. There was some interesting things happening. Alice was starting to figure out just what abilities she truly had and the full extent of them. In addition, for me I was not making the yoga connection to the story. Again however as I stated even though I did not like this book, I would try this author again in the future. ( )