Out of Air by Rachel Reiss (2025)
Now here's the very definition of a breathless adventure.......breathless in the sense that it kept me worried that our five 18 year old, scuba diving aficionados would run out of oxygen during their dangerous underwater explorations.
Phoebe (or 'Phibs') and her Scuba-Doo gang (Lani, Isobel, Will and Gabe) actually do find some rare ancient coins during one of their many dives in those wondrous waters off the Florida Keys. But that discovery comes back to put them in no end of danger while on their 'final-farewell-before-college) diving adventure near an island off the Australian coast.
There, their discovery of a long hidden underwater cave, (and its potential huge buried treasure) touches off not only internal strife and external threats for the group but brings them in contact with something unknowable.....and horrific.
I can't think of a better summer action-adventure beach read than this one (or also perfect for those cold winter nights, too) It's filled with all the beauties, mysteries and terrors of the deep along with some startling twists and turns for its characters. Some readers may not get on board with the story's rather fantastical turn in its final pages, but I myself embraced it fully and enjoyed a vicarious, refreshing blue water armchair vacation. So wipe off your diving masks, check your air supply and sign up with this crew real soon.
Phoebe (or 'Phibs') and her Scuba-Doo gang (Lani, Isobel, Will and Gabe) actually do find some rare ancient coins during one of their many dives in those wondrous waters off the Florida Keys. But that discovery comes back to put them in no end of danger while on their 'final-farewell-before-college) diving adventure near an island off the Australian coast.
There, their discovery of a long hidden underwater cave, (and its potential huge buried treasure) touches off not only internal strife and external threats for the group but brings them in contact with something unknowable.....and horrific.
I can't think of a better summer action-adventure beach read than this one (or also perfect for those cold winter nights, too) It's filled with all the beauties, mysteries and terrors of the deep along with some startling twists and turns for its characters. Some readers may not get on board with the story's rather fantastical turn in its final pages, but I myself embraced it fully and enjoyed a vicarious, refreshing blue water armchair vacation. So wipe off your diving masks, check your air supply and sign up with this crew real soon.
4 stars (****)
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