The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman is another book about lightening strike survivors.  Alice Hoffman is a brilliant writer, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This is a modern day fairy tale. The protaganist cannot see the color red after being struck by lightening. This is only one of the effects. She lives in a cold, white and gray, lonely world, until she meets Lazarus Jones, risen from the dead after his lightening strike. He is on fire, burning up and electric, the exact opposite of our Ice Queen. In this fable, she must make a heroine’s journey to hell and back to find herself. There is even a fire-breathing dragon.

I thought this book was brilliant, a true joy.  The writing was magnificent.  I loved it. Highly recommended.