Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

Goodreads Summary:
Now a New York Times bestseller.

From beloved bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen comes her long-awaited new novel, Lost Lake, about heartbroken people finding hope at a magical place in Georgia.

Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly-widowed Kate and her eccentric eight-year-old daughter Devin to heal. Kate spent one memorable childhood summer at Lost Lake, had her first almost-kiss at Lost Lake, and met a boy named Wes at Lost Lake. It was a place for dreaming. But Kate doesn't believe in dreams anymore, and her Aunt Eby, Lost Lake's owner, wants to sell the place and move on. Lost Lake's magic is gone. As Kate discovers that time has a way of standing still at Lost Lake can she bring the cottages—and her heart—back to life?

Sometimes lost loves aren't really lost. They're right where you left them, waiting for you to find them again.

My Thoughts:

Can I just say I love love love Sarah Addison Allen? She has never disappointed in enthralling me in her world for a few hundred pages and I am legitimately sad when I finish her books.

That being said, this book took me a beat to fall in love with, here you should read it took more than five pages but not more than 20. The writing was as beautiful as ever, but something felt different with this book. I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, just a shift of feeling. I got used to it, then loved it. I was going through some weird things in my own life while reading this book and I think in some ways it helped me work some shit out.

After reading this book I discovered that Sarah Addison Allen was going through cancerness while writing this book. That is to say she was either diagnosed or after her battle that she wrote this book. I intentionally didn't seek out the details because I didn't want that to taint my view of the book. As a writer I prefer when people take their own meaning from my work and don't focus too much on what I was going through. I don't pretend that all writer are like this but I want to respect the work as it is without a back story of the person writing it.

All of this being said, I still need to visit the South. I have always loved books with a southern flare, and these books help me get over some of my prejudice toward the south. I want to go visit a place like Lost Lake.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a little magic in their books and anyone needing a read they can connect with.

While writing this review I was listening to my dog sleep.