The Waters and the Wild

College grad Clare Devoux is tired of playing third wheel and rotting in a dead-end job. Bright and imaginative as a kid complete with an imaginary friend named Melinda she's clueless and disconnected as an adult. She just wants to matter to someone in real life. But then the not-so-imaginary Melinda reappears with an offer of a better existence. A world where Clare matters.

Now she has to decide to either play it safe or follow the inscrutable Melinda to an unknown place filled with the promise of magic and meaning. But there's a price for playing with Melinda. The more she pours into Melinda's world, the less she exists in this one.

Clare has to figure out where she truly belongs and matters before it's too late.

It's hard to say no when the only cost is. . . herself.

Fans of TJ Klune's books and Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series will enjoy "The Waters and the Wild" by Erin Giannini.