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Lost Lake A Novel Sarah Addison Allen 9781250019806 Books

Not everything has to be intense....I loved this story, have seen comments that there is too much"magic" in these books....that's why I read, to escape from reality! Loved it as much as every other novel she has written


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Lost Lake A Novel Sarah Addison Allen 9781250019806 Books Reviews

The main character of the book, Kate, finds herself lost after the death of her husband. Just when everything seemed lost forever -- herself, her daughter's independent nature, she finds herself on a path of rememberance, to a time when she was just blooming into a teenager...
Her daughter, Devin, too young and full of life's possibilities to doubt the magic around us, helps her mother find the love of the man who she met as a girl --all with the help of a boy-turned-alligator.
It is the stories of all the people who have lost their way in life who find themselves and their true loves and desires at Lost Lake -- a beautiful setting for friendship, love, and finding what means the most to them. A truly captivating story, one that I would certainly recommend.
This was not my favorite Sarah Addison Allen book. I have read all of her previous novels and have loved them, but this one fell a bit short for me. I usually love the touch of magic she includes in her stories, but I had a hard time getting into this one. Selma's "magical gift" was gross and actually really sad. I don't think she was trying to portray Selma's gift as a good thing, but I had a hard time getting past the fact that Selma "saves the day" in the end by using her last charm to seduce a repulsive man. Getting him to sleep with her and then having him leave his family, (Even if they are grumpy shrews), is just a sad way to save the day in my opinion. I was just a little disappointed in this book. I will definitely read more books by Sarah Addison Allen, but I did not love this one.
I read this book for my book club. After a steady diet of "meaningful" books our group likes to indulge in light reading now and then. Our discussion of the book was most interesting because we all seemed to come away with differing ideas of what the central "core" of the book was about. One woman thought it was about second chances, one thought it was about hope, and I thought it was about working through the grieving process. All of us were right as the story does hold all of these themes. While overall it was a quick and pleasant read, it did feel the author took some liberties with the story by adding a paranormal, fantasy element explain and wrap up story elements. The story would have been just as good without them. It's my understanding that this is a characteristic found in other books by this author.
Most of the characters were well-developed but they acted/reacted in predictable ways. Unfortunately you could see where each character was going to end up well before you got to the end. There was one reveal that surprised me involving the hero but, I will not discuss it as it would be a spoiler for anyone who wants to read the book.
Overall while I would recommend this for a summer read, it really did leave me feeling ambivalent about reading any more of the authors books.
Sarah Addison Allen's "Lost Lake" is really one of the most enjoyable low-keyed novels I have read in a long time. The storyline begins as a charming romance with Epy and George on their honeymoon in Paris. The reader learns that Epy comes from a long line of women marrying for money, only to miss the mark. While Epy married for love, George happened to inherit money as well, thus keeping the couple in Europe hiding from the list of money grabbing family awaiting them at home.

The story leaps forward in time to Epy's great niece's "awakening" from a year of mourning for her much beloved husband, Mark. During the year since Mark's death, Kate has "slept walked" through her life barely managing the care of their daughter, Devine, while slowly allowing Mark's mother to gain control of her life and that of her daughter. Kate "woke up" only to discover all of her and her daughter's possessions packed and ready to be moved into the house with her former mother-in-law. As Devine rambles through the last trunks of old clothes in the attic playing a game of "dress-up" which her parents heartedly approve and her grandmother detests, she discovers an old postcard from her great-aunt Epy inviting Kate to visit her at any time at the Lost Lake campgrounds in South Georgia. Kate remembers a magical trip there as the end of her childhood, and never knew of the invitation to return. Kate and Devine realize that to continue to leave the reins of their lives in the hands of poor dead Mark's mother would be to give up on all their dreams, quickly grab a few necessities...and as many as possible of Devine's costumes...and head out for Lost Lake.

It is here that the "real" story begins as Allen re-introduces the fifty-year older Epy, grieving the lost of her beloved George and the world they created for themselves when just back from their honeymoon the grasping hands of greedy relatives caused them to buy the Lost Lake campgrounds and give the rest of their
money away. Now, with the campground failing and no money to keep it up, Epy faces leaving the place that she and George had filled with so much love. Allen gradually brings into the story people from George and Epy's life, people Epy remembers from her wonderfully magical summer there, and people who give back to Devine the childhood she lost as her mother "sleep-walked" grieving for her dead husband. The story is full of gentle surprises and magical mystical charms that make the work enchanting and a wonderful, wonderful read for all those who read for pure pleasure and enjoy a marvelously crafted storyline.
Not everything has to be intense....I loved this story, have seen comments that there is too much"magic" in these books....that's why I read, to escape from reality! Loved it as much as every other novel she has written