Every time Alice Hoffman comes out with a new novel, I almost drool with excitement because she's never let me down! Her novels are full of mind-inspiring descriptions and delicate touches of magic that leave you wanting the novel to go on forever. I first discovered her when I noticed she had written the novel "Practical Magic," which is a movie I dearly adore. I've since gone on to read all of her novels and this last trip to the library I was able to pick up her latest TWO! Like most of her novels, magic is referred to in "The Ice Queen" as a sub-plot and it is left up to the reader to decide if the protagonist lives in a world where magic exists or if they are just grasping at straws to explain events in their life.
The main character (who is unnamed) is a woman who has built a shell around herself and becomes a self-declared Ice Queen. Her relationships are few and always shaky and she believes her life is dull and seemingly pointless. After a near death experience when she is struck by lightning, she begins to realize her life was anything but pointless. She meets a fellow lightning strike survivor and piece by piece they put together their shattered lives with surprising consequences.
Similar Novels: Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman and Run by Ann Patchett
Length: 224 pages
Copyright: January 2006
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