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The Lost Story
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For lovers of Alix E. Harrow, Seanan McGuire and Simon Jimenez
I love portal fiction, books where our heroes go through a door or a wardrobe or a pond and find themselves in another world.
This was fantastic. I picked it up because I’d read and liked The Wishing Game. This one is 10x better: the prose itself is much stronger, and the story just feels like one that Shaffer was dying to tell. It comes together really well, and the characters felt like real people.
Years ago, two boys disappeared in the woods and were found again months later. In present day, one has a preternatural ability to find people who are lost while the other is a reclusive artists who doesn’t know where the inspiration for his art comes from. They haven’t spoke in 15 years.
They are brought back together to help a young woman find her sister, who disappeared into the same woods they had.
The story moves along quickly—I finished this in two settings—and the love and support between the characters was beautiful. I definitely recommend this one for anyone who likes portals, fairy tales, cozy romance stories and the motto “scared is a feeling, not an excuse.”
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books!
I love portal fiction, books where our heroes go through a door or a wardrobe or a pond and find themselves in another world.
This was fantastic. I picked it up because I’d read and liked The Wishing Game. This one is 10x better: the prose itself is much stronger, and the story just feels like one that Shaffer was dying to tell. It comes together really well, and the characters felt like real people.
Years ago, two boys disappeared in the woods and were found again months later. In present day, one has a preternatural ability to find people who are lost while the other is a reclusive artists who doesn’t know where the inspiration for his art comes from. They haven’t spoke in 15 years.
They are brought back together to help a young woman find her sister, who disappeared into the same woods they had.
The story moves along quickly—I finished this in two settings—and the love and support between the characters was beautiful. I definitely recommend this one for anyone who likes portals, fairy tales, cozy romance stories and the motto “scared is a feeling, not an excuse.”
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books!
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