We are so excited that today is May 1st! Why? Because Girl Lost has finally been released into the world! Below is the synopsis as well as Tina’s Review and purchase links. There is also a giveaway you can enter for a chance to win some fun prizes.

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.

 

 

Tina’s Thoughts…

This book was very well written and I enjoyed the story so much. I was always a princess girl growing up and Peter Pan was a story I knew and had read but never really connected to as a child. Girl Lost made me want to find Peter Pan. This book is brimming with emotion and the mysterious element of Peter and who he is coupled with Gwen’s past and determination to be healthy and focused. I never took a step back and thought about what it would have been like after the “Wendy” character went back home. Nazarea Andrews does a remarkable job of bringing that aspect to life in a real gripping way. When Gwen is rescued from being afloat at sea after her parents were killed, she attempts to convince her family and all those around her that the Boy and the Island are real and she was with them for months. This mindset caused her to withstand psychological treatments and psychiatric attention for the vast majority of her life after. Northern College is her chance to be “normal” and learn to live in society without a psychotic breakdown, proving to her brother, aunt, family friends, and more importantly herself, that she is well. Gwen’s struggle was hard to watch. She worked so hard to leave the Boy and the Island behind, but Peter enters the scenario, looking like the boy she remembered all grown up, and he wants her. She is terrified of the connection they share and of how she seems to think more about the Boy and Island when he is around. As their relationship escalates, so does her confusion and Peter’s cryptic personality and messages. This spin on the classic tale was incredibly done. It brings the essential elements of the storyline to modern day and into a New Adult setting, which allows for a deeper connection to the main characters. I would highly recommend this book! Girl Lost is a story that reveals human emotions so well, creating a scenario in which fantasy meets everyday life in a way that could be tangible to the reader, and leave you wanting more!

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 GIVEAWAY –>Click HERE and enter for a chance to win a $25 iTunes Giftcard, the first 20 pages annotated by the author, and a Peter Pan Necklace.

 

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.

You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

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

 

Here are some links for Nazarae and Girl Lost…

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