Nurse Jackie's Reviews > The Lake of Lost Girls

The Lake Of Lost Girls is a thriller with the backdrop of a small town college and the missing girls that attended it. Through multiple POVs in alternating timelines, the story follows 30y/o Lindsey-sister to one of the missing girls from 24 years before. Through her narration, it’s discovered that Lindsey was the last to see her sister alive- on her 6th birthday, and highlights some of the trauma she endured by not living up to her sister’s legacy.

The flashbacks are told from the POV of Jess as she starts her freshman year of college, experiences freedom for the first time, and learns how to navigate life on her own. As girls from campus start going missing, Jess’ narration starts dropping bits of information for you to play detective. As the book goes on, this information becomes so crossed- it’s hard to stay focused.

Overall, I enjoyed this read- my first from this author. I felt the character development could use a little help and the attempts to build up a great twist fell flat and muddied the water. I really enjoyed the podcast scripts to break up the chapters, but I also felt they could’ve been better developed or provided better clues versus recapping what was previously read. I anticipate this book making a big splash on booktok when released this summer.

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this advanced copy. As always, this review is my own unbiased opinion.