Review: As Good as the Novels by Six-Figure Authors
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
Celina Grace's Lost Girls traps you on Maude Sampon's harrowing ride from age ten when on holiday her best friend Jessica disappears to her life as Maude Reynolds, an unstable married woman in London.  One must be careful not to give anything away, because the well-timed revelations make the reader gasp--especially Aunt Effie's.  Excellent characterizations of Jessica, Maude's husband Matt, her father Angus and her best friend Becca weave a tight net around Maude.  The writing is clear and the dialogue crisp.  North American readers will be treated to words such as wonky, bloke, nattering and arsey.  A slight confusion resulted for me at the end that I haven't been able to resolve, but perhaps on a second reading.  Lost Girls impressed me greatly.  The author has a firm grip on her subject.