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A review by novelesque_life
Long Lost by Jacqueline West
4.0
RATING: 4.5 STARS
2021; Greenwillow/HarperCollins (Harper Audio)
I really enjoyed this middle grade novel. I love the gorgeous cover, but was not sure how the story would be. It looked like a mixture fantasy and contemporary, but not sure how much of either. Long Lost reminded me a bit of Mary Downing Hall with that mixture of realism and magic of sorts. Fiona, at eleven years old is feeling unappreciated by her family. She is moved away from her friends so that they are closer to her sister's skating lessons. Refusing to go to her practices, Fiona asks to be dropped off at the library. On her visit visit she discovers a book with an irresistible story about two sisters. It is not a book that can be checked out, so she returns to read it again. After her third or fourth visit, the book disappears. It turns out the book does not exist, even though it seems to take place in the town. This leads Fiona to try to uncover more about the book and its tie to the small town. I was a bit sad when the book ended, and now will have to go see what else West has written. This is a great book for children that love magic, supernatural, fantasy and/or realism.
***I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from the publisher through Edelweiss. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.***
2021; Greenwillow/HarperCollins (Harper Audio)
I really enjoyed this middle grade novel. I love the gorgeous cover, but was not sure how the story would be. It looked like a mixture fantasy and contemporary, but not sure how much of either. Long Lost reminded me a bit of Mary Downing Hall with that mixture of realism and magic of sorts. Fiona, at eleven years old is feeling unappreciated by her family. She is moved away from her friends so that they are closer to her sister's skating lessons. Refusing to go to her practices, Fiona asks to be dropped off at the library. On her visit visit she discovers a book with an irresistible story about two sisters. It is not a book that can be checked out, so she returns to read it again. After her third or fourth visit, the book disappears. It turns out the book does not exist, even though it seems to take place in the town. This leads Fiona to try to uncover more about the book and its tie to the small town. I was a bit sad when the book ended, and now will have to go see what else West has written. This is a great book for children that love magic, supernatural, fantasy and/or realism.
***I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from the publisher through Edelweiss. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.***