Published January 21, 2014
Lost Lake is the SheReads choice for March. Each month SheReads choices a lucky author
and offers their book to many bloggers and reviewers, helping to promote that
book.
Suley, Georgia is where Eby and George lived their life at
Lost Lake Cottages. When George dies Eby
is left to run the cottages. Lost Lake
Cottages is also where widowed Kate, who is also Eby’s niece, spent the best
summer of her life. Kate has now
returned to Lost Lake with her young daughter, Devin. Eby wants to sell Lost Lake and travel the
world. Kate has discovered all that she
thought was lost when she was forced by her parents to leave so many years
ago. She has rediscovered her almost
first kiss, Wes, the magic of being with friends and family again, and the
greatness of being a mom again. Can
being at Lost Lake make everything right again?
My Review:
First thought when I started reading Lost Lake was that this
was going to be another sweet romance story, boy was I wrong. There was sweet romance but there was so
much more. Lost Lake became a story of
remembering past and moving into the future.
Starting with Kate becoming awake after living in a haze after losing
her husband and concluding with Eby figuring out what her future could be.
Devin is an amazing character that is quirky and
wonderful. She is the person in the
book that each and every other character was able to relate to. Even the characters that thought they had no
friends were friends with Devin. She is
the character that changed the lives of every person she came into contact
with.
Eby is the character that starts the book on its
journey. The story started with Eby and
George on their honeymoon and getting lost in various towns. Their honeymoon was all they dreamed of,
until it was cut short. Upon returning
home, their life path takes a different turn, a turn for the good and they
purchase Lost Lake Cottages. These
cottages manage to attract a wide variety of visitors and touch the souls of
the people who stay there and the people who just visit from town. I loved this couple. You could tell that they were the perfect
couple, willing to do anything possible to make the other person happy.
Kate won my heart.
The fact that her story start with her waking up and getting back to her
life after having such tragedy made her a hero right away. Then when she let Devin live her life,
dressing as she wants, playing freely, and generally being a free willed child
totally won me over. As Kate struggled
to take back her life, I enjoyed watching her get stronger and stronger. Once she figured out the right path to take I
was able to take a deep breath and know that she would be happy and successful
again.
This is a story that is about starting over, understanding
the past, and doing whatever you can to be happy. I am new to Sarah Addison Allen, but will
certainly be finding more of her works to enjoy.
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