Hannah is a hotel worker, who struggles with depression after a trauma in her childhood and a toxic ex-boyfriend.
Callum is a student, questioning his own sanity since a strange young man appeared on the other side of his mirror.
When Hannah disappears, her brother Callum determines to find her. His journey leads him to Epping Forest and a mysterious waterfall. But Hannah has fallen through a portal to another world. Together with a Warrior called Fay, she must unveil the secret of the ancient prophecy before Therrhain is destroyed...
The Waterfall Warrior is a YA fantasy novel that also tackles normal day-to-day themes, such as discrimination and mental health. The central plot is that Hannah falls into another world which is both similar and very different to our own, and we experience this strange new place with her. At the same time, we also see the repercussions as Callum and the rest of her family do their best to cope with her disappearance.
Pretty meh. Characters were flat, dialogue was a bit stilted, and prose wasn't very engaging. Then again, maybe I just never got over the part at the end of the first chapter where the MFC said her favourite music was My Chemical Romance. Been a long time since I've cringed that hard at anything in a book. Yeesh. Straight into the charity shop pile and will not be looking for more by this author.