A review by arirose
The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really liked this story! I kept predicting the right outcome and then second guessing myself. So even if in the start I predicted who would disappear, who would be the villain, and who the narrator was, I was thrown off and still surprised in the end. The twins and their codep ndency was very believable, and quite relatable as a tein myself! I only wish we traded POVs between the two more often, but perhaps that's what helped me from confidently predicting too much. I wasn't sure about the climax itself, but I don't think I can fault it either. I think there needed to be more hints to it at least, to help ground it into the story, but maybe there was and I just need a reread.

Honestly, I expected the twin-ness to be very cartoonish or inconsequential but I was pleasantly surprised. Iris and Lark are very codependent on each other, Iris even more so than I expected. And with that comes anxiety and a secret language and a incredible loneliness without the other, even around others. I believed it and especially their reaction to being split up. I would have just liked to be there to see them resolve their differences and separation anxiety myself.