If you have ever loved fairy tales, cozy magical stories or wished you could walk through a wardrobe door to a new realm, you will want to read The Lost Story (2024) by Meg Shaffer. It a wonderful fantasy of friendship, found families, love and finding out where you truly belong. After disappearing into the woods at age 15, two best friends, Jeremy and Rafe return home after 6 months. Their friendship changes as Rafe remembers nothing of his time in the woods and Jeremy will not discuss it at all. Estranged as adults, Rafe becomes a reclusive artist while Jeremy works to find missing women. After 15 years apart, they come together to help Emilie find the sister she didn’t know she had. As they work together the lost story takes shape with mystical realms, magical beings and a happy ever after.
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