The story follows Dezaray as she accidentally enters a world different from her own. She has to pretend to be her doppleganger, Lexovia, so that in this world of magic the people don't realize she's a human.

I really wish we got more of Lexovia's perspective. Her story seemed more interesting so I hope that is more prominent in the rest of the series.

I'm not a fan of instalove or when every thought is about that love interest. Also, I feel like the original problem could have been solved easily if Lexovia stayed nearby.

Overall, it held my interest to the end and I gave it 3.5 stars.

I had a really hard time getting into this so I didn't even finish it. I honestly don't even remember what this book is about. I remember zero about it.

Just no. This alternative universe world was literally ridiculous. It was more of an excuse to have two separate characters doing random acts of weird and sick

This book gave me a few shadow hunters vibes, for some reason and enjoy that side, it has a lot of potential, the characters are great, and I ended up enjoying it a lot, even though it cost me a little to get into it at first, but is a book that improves as it develops and once you are hooked on it, it's so fun and has a beautiful friendship so I liked it a lot, I confess that I have read about this subject before, but still, I've really liked it
It's a solid 4/5 stars for me

For Those Who Enjoyed: The Village, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Witch’s Kiss,

The writing style and setting have a very mythical, ethereal quality, which pulls the reader in right away. I love the idea that the protagonist is being drawn to something she’s uncertain is real. I’m less thrilled with the modern day era at play here. I feel the same way about this aspect as I did in The Witch’s Kiss – not a fan of modern day fairy tales. There is definitely something here though!

At Water’s Edge by S. McPherson is a really good book! It is about a girl named Dezaray Stone who discovers there is a world called Coldivor that parallels her own world. In Coldivor, each person has a type of magic. There are all sorts of evil creatures, such as warlocks and Exlathars, as well. These creatures are at war with the people of Coldivor, a war that will end one way or another once Lexovia, Dezaray’s double, comes of age.
This book was really entertaining. It had magic, romance, action, and suspense, all of which combined to create a fast and interesting read. The world of Coldivor was well thought-out and believable. The characters were also fleshed out and seemed real. Milo, Dezaray, and Lexovia were the most filled in, which made sense since they were the main characters. The romance between Milo and Dezaray was really sweet. It did start out with some instalove, but that’s okay because that was sort of explained later on.
There was a pretty big infodump in the beginning of the story, when Dezaray finds out about Coldivor. There were so many terms being thrown around that it was a little hard to remember what was what. Perhaps a glossary would have been helpful. The whole bit about Lexovia and Dezaray accidentally switching places was a little confusing, too. It seemed like Lexovia had to do all the work of recreating the gethamot in time for the reopening of the portal, whereas Milo, Dezaray, and their friends acted like it was inevitable that it would open again.
Other than these few minor hiccups, At Water’s Edge was a great book! It was refreshing to have a book about a parallel world, which isn’t as common a theme in Young Adult fantasy. The ending was resolved enough that it didn’t leave the reader hanging, but it did leave room for the sequel. This reviewer is waiting anxiously for the next book in the series!

Stopped at page 91.
This is a bad combination of mooning, insta-love from Twilight, spells and school construct from Harry Potter, and classification by skills of Divergent.
Unfortunately the Twilight piece is there at all, ugh. The classification is told to use and not shown (literally a lecture from a minor character, yawn). And the spells and school construct might as well be stolen from Rowling.

What should make this book stand apart?
The alternate dimension that has a doppelgänger in it. This idea is what drew me to this book and the construct of the idea is solid. Even the main plot where the two gals get stuck in each other's dimension is great.

So why doesn't this book hold my attention? Because so far 90% of the book is about our lust obsessed 'Muggle' in Harry Potter land. She's so annoying. In the beginning she seems like a tough adult. Once she meets her Edward she becomes a 14 year old girl that won't shut up about all the sexy features of her crush. I'm not talking thoughts here and there. I'm talking paragraphs of description, long internal monologues that are stuck in the middle of an interesting spell dialogue. This mooning gets in the of establishing the world, dialogue and engagement between character, and is just generally annoying beyond belief to me.

I think there is something here maybe. But this book needs a serious, not afraid to hack and slash editor. Someone that will focus on characterization and plot; and less about how pretty one man is.

<I>Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review. Don't believe me? Check out the other books I've had eARCs for that I gave great reviews to. I always give my opinion whether good or bad.</I>

Dezaray Storm stumbles into someone else's life. Literally caught in another world, Dezaray must survive by assuming the identity of the most powerful person in the land.

I just couldn't connect to this book. Maybe it was too long. I'm not sure. Too much time was spent on the budding relationship between Dezaray and Milo rather than the peril of the worlds. I wanted to shout "I get it. They like each other." They also do a lot of kissing while in mortal peril. Granted, I've never been in true mortal peril, but I imagine that kissing my boyfriend would take a backseat to staying alive.

Grammatically there were many instances where things didn't make sense. Sentences ended in strange places or were structured weird. The story itself was very strange and felt very slow.

This one just didn't keep my attention. The premise was interesting but the characters just didn't click for me. With a little more polishing there is potential here, and I always respect any author who finished writing a novel at all!

The book presents us with two girls who are practically the same person, or two manifestations of the same person living in two different worlds. One lives in a world were her parents died and she thinks its her fault and that it makes her deserve the beatings her drunkard brother inflicts her, which being honest, raised a red flag for me on liking this character or this book. And the other lives in a weird world with weird friends. And one day both worlds collide and the two girls meet and exchange. And I just couldn't keep on reading much longer because then we got instalove on the mix and I just couldn't. I have to say that I liked the parts with the other world girl on our world better. At least she had a back bone and was an interesting character. The other one... let's just say not so much and wrap it up.