(21)Girl In Ice by Erica Ferencik

 

Val Chesterfield has been mourning the loss of her twin brother, Andy. He was an acclaimed climate scientist who died tragically while in Greenland on a site. They told her it was suicide, but Val would never believe that of Andy.  One day Val receives a call from Andy's former colleagues. They rescued a little girl from the ice and they need Val's expertise as a linguist to help them understand what she is saying. She arrives in the barren landscape of Greenland to find a group of isolated people wanting to believe the unbelievable about the girl found in the ice. As she works to build a relationship with the girl, she learns more about her brother's last days. And she questions if she was told the truth about the events surrounding his death.  But if it wasn't suicide, then that could mean that somebody wanted him dead. 

I finished reading Girl in Ice weeks ago. But honestly, the book didn't excite me that much and neither did the prospect of writing this review. The author asks you to suspend disbelief throughout the whole book. Even though never really explicitly stated, the reader is asked to assume that the Girl In Ice was in that ice for centuries. Val was a bit of a mess as a character, too. Her grief over her brother causing her to misjudge some situations. There were a few times I thought she was making poor decisions and was almost embarrassed for her. But, having said all of that, I stuck with it until the end. I was waiting for some sort of logical explanation to explain the girl. CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS

Bottom Line - It is safe to say that Girl In Ice is part science fiction, part thriller. I love a good thriller, but it takes an exceptional book to get me to like science fiction. Sadly, that bar was too high for Girl In Ice. 

Details: 

• Girl In Ice by Erica Ferencik
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• Pages: 304
• Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
• Publication Date: 3/1/2022
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