A review by lizpatanders
The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

4.0

The Lost Girl is a dark story in some ways, but ultimately the ending is uplifting.

In this story, Iris thinks a lot about what she means to her sister Lark. She considers herself Lark's protector. However, Iris so engrossed in these questions that the question of what she means to Lark causes her to unravel.

Ursu doesn't shy away from how complicated love between family and friends can be. Another part that rung true for me is that she also acknowledges that finding a group of supportive women can sometimes be complicated. She also gets into the fact that we misjudge people initially.

The Lost Girl has a lot of great symbolism in it, and this especially is true with the magic. The magic is what makes this story stand out from other books about siblings.

There were a couple of elements to this story that just a little bit too neat. Regardless, this is still a great story about unlikeable girls, and about girls reading relationships with each other, and I'm eager to hand it off to middle grade readers.