A review by jazzyjan94
The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice

3.0

I liked the first few chapters and I loved getting to know the main characters, Maia and Billy. However after the first few chapters, I didn’t really enjoy this book, even though I was curious enough to finish it just so I could see what happened. I felt like there were several main characters that could have also been better developed such as Astrid (Maia’s step-mom) and Gillian (Maia’s mom), especially since these two characters seemed to be foils to each other. I did like how the author dealt with mental illness throughout the entirety of the novel, however I felt like it was dwarfed with all the different issues/themes she tried to tackle which really did not have much to do with the main plot – I felt like these things detracted from everything else. 2.5/5 Stars.