Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

Genre: Southern Fiction 
Series: No 
Pages: 296 
Copyright:  2014 
Publisher: St. Martin's Press 
Buy: Amazon

Reviews of other books by Sarah Addison Allen: Garden Spells, First Frost, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, and The Peach Keeper

Summary: From Good Reads.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a novel about heartbroken people finding hope at a magical place in Georgia called Lost Lake.

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? Because sometimes the things you love have a funny way of turning up again. And sometimes you never even know they were lost . . . until they are found.

Feelings: 
I enjoyed reading Lost Lake the newest book from Sarah Addison Allen; however, I liked some of her older books more than this one. The magical parts of her other books that I really enjoyed, seemed to be something that the adults didn't really believe in but that only really Devin did in this novel.

The setting for the story a lake with summer cottages that are becoming run down and don't have the same beauty they did fifteen years ago when Kate visited with her parents for the first time. Now Lost Lake is very different from her memories but it is still a place where she finds peace. As the story unfolds the relationship between characters begins to change. It is clear that the changes taking place started happening long before the opening of the novel.

This is enjoyable light reading with a little magic. I would recommend this book to readers that have enjoyed Sarah Addison Allen's other novels.