![]() ![]() Did Delaney’s brush with the Grim Reaper rewire her brain? Heighten her sense of empathy? Frightened and frustrated, Delaney looks for answers and comfort from Troy Varga, another near-death survivor and psychic who surfaces not long after her accident. Following her dramatic rescue by best friend Decker Phillips, the straight-A student should be dead or severely brain damaged but appears to suffer only (only!) from an uncanny ability to identify those on the threshold of death. Delaney Maxwell, 17, falls through the cracked ice of a Maine lake and awakens from a coma six days later to find herself a medical miracle. The premise is chilling, literally and figuratively. The author, who trained as a scientist, turns in a compelling medical thriller-cum- romance that proves to be surprisingly life-affirming. But don’t judge Megan Miranda’s debut by its dark cover. My teenage daughter recently pointed out a disturbing trend: the increasing number of dead girls - prone, glassy-eyed, beautiful - on the covers of young-adult novels. ![]()
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