Rivulet by Jamie Magee Spoiler-Free Review

Unfathomable forces have always contested Genevieve Indiana Falcon, known as Indie. The curse of her cold touch entraps her just as the grief ignited in her past torments her. Yet, her mysterious ability to dream while awake saturates her in the belief that she was not always anguished. There is hope that one day a true peace in her soul can be found.

Foolishly, Indie assumes she has contained her life in an odd balance, and she cherishes the visions she sees of the enigmatic boy that held her in a lost time, but can never reach. She grieves for a life she fears she'll never possess, and that grief is a weapon she uses against her aunt who stands between her and her inheritance. Weeks away from her twenty-first birthday, the date where she would assume control over her family legacy, a night terror robs Indie of the balance she was clinging to. Like the dream she had before she lost her family, it predicts a fatal catastrophe on the horizon. The fight between life and death, good and evil, began the moment her thundering heart awoke her. Everything changed after that dream. The one thing that keeps her curse at bay is stolen, and then the enigmatic boy arrives in the flesh. Face to face with her fiery born-again lover Indie realizes that the only way she can prevent the tragedy before her is to surrender everything she was, is, and could be. Can she bend the laws of nature and fight the improbability that fire and ice could ever be one? As far as Indie is concerned, there is not a myth, spoken fate, or curse that is stronger than her stubborn desire to have it all ... including him.

*I recieved a copy of Rivulet through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review*

Rivulet by Jamie Magee is one book that I'm glad I discovered. Thank you Netgalley. It is a beautifully written, well packed with imagery book that I could not put down. The plot is captivating and thorough, and the characters are strong and extremely believable.

Indie, the main character, is a very special girl. She is strong and witty, and she can also turn anything into ice through her mind. Sounds a bit like Frozen, but I promise you that other than the turning anything into ice part, nothing else is the same. Indie is the last adopted Falcon child, and therefore all the family's wealth goes down to her as her parents and sisters died in a boat accident. Unfortunately, like Elsa, Indie can't control her ability and often finds that she unconsciously turns things into ice when she feels emotional. This is a problem for her, as her gold-digging aunt, Rasure, is trying to find a way of convincing the judge that Indie is not mentally stable enough to inherit such a fortune, and being able to turn things into glaciers definitely fills that bill. She has to be sneaky and hide her ability as best as she can from her aunt. Indie also has another magical power; she can see images when she touches things in her household. Some of those images include past memories with her parents and sisters, as well as older scenes of a time that she believes had been hundreds of years ago. However, what baffles her is that in some of those older scenes there is a handsome guy named Sebastian who is hopelessly in love with a girl she sees every time she looks in the mirror; her. The girl looks like an exact image of her, and that confuses Indie as she doesn't remember ever knowing- better yet falling in love with- a guy named Sebastian. Nevertheless, she still feels a strong pull towards Sebastian, the guy that she doesn't recall ever knowing.

Other lovable characters in the book are Mason and Gavin, two of Indie's past lovers. They are exact opposites; Mason is playful but daring and protective, while Gavin is quiet and cautious. They are both fiercely loyal to Indie as her friends, and continue to help her throughout the book. Another character that Indie is close to is her adopted sister, Cadence. Cadence is psychologist in learning, and is seemingly a supportive sister to Indie. There is also Skylynn, who everyone but Indie can't see. Skylynn had saved Indie when she'd almost gave up years ago, and since then she has been one of Indie's closest friends. Skylynn also lent Indie a bracelet that helped her somewhat control her ice abilities. Lastly, there is Wilder, who is another of Indie's failed lovers, yet Indie does not feel as comfortable around him as she does with Mason and Gavin,

The pacing of the book is consistent, and there were no plot holes that I could pick out. Character growth is clearly shown for a lot of the main characters throughout the story. There is also a major plot twist that I definitely did not see coming. I did sometimes feel slightly confused as to what was happening in the text, but I was able to quickly catch up. I certainly did enjoy reading this roller coaster of a book, and I am excited to read the next one in Indie's journey.

In conclusion, I would, without a doubt, recommend for people to look up and read Rivulet, as it is really well-written and highly interesting. I give it four and a half out of five stars.