Northern was supposed to be a fresh start—a place where people didn’t know who I was or how I had spent years in and out of mental institutes. People didn’t know about my parents death or the island no one heard of. But when Peter sits next to me in lit class, I can’t stop the memories, and I don’t want to. He looks too much like the boy from the island, and despite my best intentions, coaxes my secrets from me.
He’s gorgeous, irresistible, a little mad, and completely lost—we are a pair of broken cogs in a world neither of us truly fits into. He is somehow gentle and fierce, heartbreaking in his devotion and savage in his defense.
When Belle, his best friend, shows up, pale and lovely and sick, Peter pulls away from me, a startling withdrawal. It’s a relationship that scares and confuses me. She is at times warm and friendly, and other times is violent and unpredictable.
Peter says that he wants me, but refuses to let himself get close. And there are secrets, surrounding both of us, that border on nightmares. As the memories close in, as Belle gets sicker and more violent, I’m torn between what is true and what I believe, and what this magical boy knows about my mysterious past.

Tracey’s Review

4 Stars

‘It was never real. The island doesn’t exist. I’ve repeated those words for two years.’ Gwendolyn Barrie has spent the last several years trying to convince herself that she never spent time on a faraway island with the Boy. That the happiest time in her life never happened. That everyone else is right, and that the death of her parents sent her spiraling into a world that she only imagined. But then Gwen meets Peter, and she isn’t so sure anymore what’s real and what isn’t.

I really enjoyed this new take on the story of ‘Peter Pan.’ Imagine Peter and Wendy, grown up and out in the ‘real world’ of college, drawn to each other by some inexplicable tie. Everyone in Gwen’s life warns her away from Peter, afraid that spending time with him will cause her to lose touch with reality again. But Gwen feels safe and whole with Peter, even if he does stir up memories of a time and place that she has been told just can’t possibly have existed. She is unable to stay away from him, even when things begin to unravel.

Although I was initially surprised by the way that Nazarea Andrews ended ‘Girl Lost,’in retrospect I think that she tied things up absolutely perfectly. After the initial ‘What?! What the heck?!’ I don’t think she could have done it any differently and been as effective. This is a 4-plus read for me, as it is a thoroughly engaging and fast-paced read with characters that are at the same time recognizable as those from one of my favorite childhood books, but with an edgier, darker, and more grown-up and angsty feel. Take the time to check this one out; you won’t be disappointed.

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Nazarea Andrews is an avid reader and tends to write the stories she wants to read. She loves chocolate and coffee almost as much as she loves books, but not quite as much as she loves her kids. She lives in south Georgia with her husband, daughters, and overgrown dog.

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Nazarea Andrews is agented, and all inquiries about rights should be directed to Michelle Johsnon of Inklings Literary.

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