Braving Strange Waters
Braving Strange Waters
Stella Lindy is supposed to be soaking up the sunshine with her bridesmaids on a bachelorette cruise to Hawaii. But when she hits the wrong button on the elevator, the glamorous luxury of the modern ship is replaced with the Missouri River steamboat Arabia filled with strangers—and a mysterious doctor informs her it is 1856.
Communicating through an antique mailbox, her friends on the cruise try to guide her back home before the steamboat sinks, but Stella finds herself caught in a tangled web between pro-slavery Border Ruffians and anti-slavery Jayhawkers. Standing up for what’s right in the face of peril and uncertainty might mean never making it home.
Braving Strange Waters is a riveting time-slip novel with memorable characters, exciting twists, and rich internal conflict that fans of Gabrielle Meyer will love.
Braving Strange Waters, which launches the Time Sailors series, is a captivating, entertaining story. The unique, well-executed dual timeline featuring time sailing drew me in from the beginning and kept me reading expectantly to the end. I loved this intriguing twist on time travel with its own set of rules. Toggling between 1856 and modern day, the timelines are equally engaging. I came to care about the beautifully crafted characters with their struggles and complicated relationships. Rich historical detail enhances the story. The issue of racism is handled thoughtfully yet boldly. The inspiring faith thread reminds us of God’s power to transform lives and calm all fears. I totally enjoyed this book and recommend it especially for fans of historical fiction and time travel.
Sarah has done it again… a page turner from the first page! When three friend set out on a cruise they have no idea how much their lives will change in just a few short days… a modern times tale with a twist of time travel back to before the sinking of the steamboat Arabia. The characters where so relatable at different points i really felt like i was going through the story with them!
Braving Strange Waters by Sarah Hanks is nothing less than creativity at its finest. This imaginative tale she crafted was amazing, certain to draw you in, unable to put the book down until the last page. I highly recommend this book and I can’t wait for book 2!!
From start to finish, Braving Strange Waters sucked me in to a realistic world of friendship complications with a shocking time travel twist. Sarah Hanks masterfully intertwines historical details with modern issues, addressing complicated race issues and trials of faith with both sensitivity and directness. She doesn’t shy away from the hard, and yet she has this bubbly spirit that keeps the heaviness of the topics from weighing down the story, while still dropping nuggets of wisdom along the way that had me stopping to take notes.
Three friends get swept up in the adventure of a lifetime when they embark on a girls’ trip together, not knowing that they would experience time travel, face their greatest weaknesses, find love, forge healing, and encounter Jesus calling them deeper trust and intimacy with Him. Readers will find a piece of themselves in each woman, being offered the opportunity to walk the path with them, letting go of mindsets, behaviors, and assumptions that keep us shackled. Once again, Sarah Hanks uses her incredible storytelling gifts to jar us out of the status quo and into a higher, more excellent Way. Pick up Braving Strange Waters if you like relatable characters in high-stakes situations, women’s fiction with a bit of love and a lot of faith, and twists and turns that keep you on your toes.
