A well told roller coaster of a ride. It's entertaining and engaging. Will keep you riveted from page one until the last page. If you like thrillers with plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing pick up this amazing book. Happy reading!

I debated on what to rate this book and I fluctuated between 2.5 and 3 so I guess 3 Stars will have to do because the mystery was interesting enough.
I never could have predicted who the killer was and I liked how there were so many viable suspects so props for the suspense and keeping me guessing.
What I absolutely hated was the main character Shelby. She was an immature, selfish completely unlikable person that made it hard for me to get invested in the story or really care what happened overall. She was the focus of the plot, with the mystery running in the background, and I need to like a character to root for them. She made bad choices all the way through the book, like sleeping with a possible murder suspect that she knew was a suspect all while possibly having a boyfriend. Just little things all the time added up to her being a big mess. I am sure others might enjoy this book, but it was not for me.

Loved the plot but hated the character! Her drive to solve the crime was off the charts but the need to prove to everyone she's not what she seems was an addition to the story we didn't need.
Instead of making the worst decision every time, I think the story could have developed into a deeper story than just the surface issues Shelby faces, or thinks she does.
However, having said that, I do think there was more going on that kept me reading, even in spite of the character issues and do think it's a book you should pick up when you're looking for your next read.

I just finished this book and I quite enjoyed it. I didn't quite like the protagonist Shelby Day in the beginning of the story but she got better with time. I honestly couldn't predict who the killer was so that proves the plot and the writing was more or less nice.. The narrative style was not my favourite but it was fine.

2 stars

Lost Girl hooked me up within the first 30% that I even tried to like the main character, Shelby Day.
Yes, she was selfish, annoying, and basically unlikeable character, but all in all, she was much better than the remaining characters (take Jack for example).
The plot was OK, the writing was OK except maybe the part where Holly kept the suspense out of the book to end a chapter then just told the reader what happened in the next chapter and completely changed the scenery. I felt (much like Shelby) lost sometimes because I might put down the book wondering who rang Shelby's door to pick it up again finding Shelby was alright and dandy and busy with work.
The proportion for love and mystery was alright, I guess. Although I wished the romance got pushed back a bit more.

Lost Girl: A Shelby Day Novel is perfect for those who are tired of straight up murder mystery and want more romance instead.

Shelby Day is an investigative TV reporter and when two young women are brutally killed one night in their home, she feels a connection to them and determines to hunt for the killer.

Jack, her cameraman and best friend, wants nothing but to protect her. But Shelby, the daughter of very wealthy parents, wants to go it alone. She needs to know she can be someone other than the pampered daughter most people see.

As she continues digging deep in her investigation, she begins getting threatening notes telling her to back off. But she's headstrong and determined that justice will be done for the two victims.

She doesn't realize ...yet ... that the closer to the truth she gets, the more personal danger she faces.

This young adult contemporary romance is well written and easy to read. I liked the character of Holly, even if she doesn't always make the best decisions. Jack comes across as a controlling kind of man ... even though his intentions are better than that. He also has an issue or two himself that he's hiding. I did not like Holly's mother at all. There is plenty of action and lots of suspects to follow.

Many thanks to the author / Netgalley for the digital copy of this YA murder mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

3.5 STARS

So I started this book full of excitement as it had all the elements I usually love (strong female lead, murder, mystery etc) and a gorgeous cover but I have been left disappointed.

I didn’t like the main character, I felt she came across as spoilt and childish. The book focuses more on her that the murder element and I was bored 90% of the time (I can’t not finish a book).

I think some may enjoy this, maybe young adult or even people in their early twenties but not for a working mother in her 30’s ( I just wanted to yell at her to grow up! )

Before writing this review I did a little sneak peak to see the hype. Once I saw the mixed reviews I was like okay we will see everyone has different opinions. For the first five chapters I was very intrigued, I liked the characters and they seemed like they were going to be cool people. Then you know they just kept talking and I just wanted them to stop. I had high hopes for the love story, but then again I was disappointed.

Then randomly her dad has cancer, and I'm just so confused on what was happening. It came at such a random time and just didn't think that it went with the story at that certain point. Then they just go straight into the romance between Shelby and Jack, and it didn't give me the fuzzy feeling I wasn't hoping for.

This book is just so random and jumps in every direction. I ended up skipping from chapter 15 to the end to see what would happen.

Thank you Netgalley and author for giving me this ARC!

I enjoyed reading this book and wow I couldn't figure out who killed those girls. It was a good plot. I don't like the main character, Shelby but at the same time I like how she wanted to prove that she can be a good reporter and moved back to LA to get a better job. I can see myself in her sometimes especially when she don't want to get involved in a serious relationship.

I was excited because the main character was a Jewish woman open about her mental illness. I loved what i thought would be the positive representation of this, and it was much needed. But that was about all I liked. I really couldn't get into the book. The character her and decisions and it being passed off as mental illness on why she was a horrible person just didn't sit well with me.

The chapters were short which kept the book moving but I never connected with the book at all. Unfortunately this is one that I can't recommend.

Growing up rich and spoiled Shelby Day is determined to become a successful crime
Reporter and to make a name for herself. After a double murder in her new small town in Oregon Shelby will stop at nothing to try and solve this horrendous crime. Against the recommendation of her mother, her camera man and the local detective Shelby continues her search and once she digs deeper she begins to get notes left at her house threatening her to stop her investigation. Stubborn Shelby does not listen and soon finds herself in many life threatening situations.

This book was a very quick read. Although the story lacked the twists and turns expected in a thriller it was still a 3.5 ⭐️ for me.

I finished reading lost girl earlier this week and found it to be very enjoyable. I didn’t love the main character. She seemed a bit whiny and self-sabatoging but the story itself was really good! The supporting characters were all interesting and it was paced very well. It didn’t seem to drag on or skip over important elements, which is vital in a crime novel. I didn’t predict the ending, which is always a major bonus. And though I didn’t predict it, it made sense.

A great page turning thriller!! Investigative reporter Shelby Day only ever wanted to make it big on her own without her parents money or hand me outs. She moved on her own to do small town reporting and never thought she'd get the big story like a double homicide of two young woman in a small community. The deeper her investigation gets the more she fears she might be the next target. This who done it thriller is a perfect New Year read!

trigger warning
<spoiler>sexual assault, potential lethal illness, stalking</spoiler>

Shelby Day is trying to carve out a carier in television news reporting when a double homicide happens in the small town she's living in. She is determined to solve this case and get a leg up in the food chain in order to maybe go back to L.A. and her parents.

Shelby Day is torn. On one hand, she wants to prove her worth and show the world that she is more than a spoiled brat, that she is able to take care of herself and to work herself up to the top, without relying on her parents, their money or their connections. She doesn't want to commit anything besides her job, so she can focus. On the other hand, there is this really cute guy at work. On a potential third hand, she just wants to hook up, no strings attached. But coming back to hand two, the guy is <i>really</i> cute.

In the moments where everything just happens and there is only time to react, that's undestandable, but when a few weeks pass between chapters, it gets kind of annoying that she doesn't take a sec to sit down and get her priorities straight. I would be one thing if we had a teenager for a protagonist, but if she is so intelligent as we're told, why doesn't she show it? Or at least that she's a grown-up?

The crime aspect felt... boring. Shelby goes to people and talk, the great revelation is one moment of clarity and bam, case solved. The crime felt like a subplot to her getting the guy. And that's not what I came here for.

The side characters felt underdeveloped. All in all, this book was more meh, and I only finished it because it was a quick read. Won't be finishing the series or looking into other works by the same author.

I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Personally, I didn't find it as a gripping thriller, but it wasn’t hard to read and kept things pretty interesting. I did get annoyed with the main character and some of her choices while reading. But I do think this is a good book for a younger audience as it has very simplistic and straightforward writing making it a quick read. I think I would have quite enjoyed this book more when I was first started reading thrillers, but compared to the ones I read now, this was simply okay.

~ I received an ARC from Netgalley for an honest review of the Lost Girl ~

I ended up having to dnf this book which I'm somewhat gutted about. I wanted to enjoy it but I found it so hard to like the main character and i honestly didn't care about who the murderer was. The story felt choppy and I became quite bored quite quickly.

Shelby is trying to make a name for herself as an investigative reporter in a small town so she can move back home with a good reporting job. But when she starts investigating the murder of two young female roommates, she unknowingly puts herself in the murderer's sights. Meanwhile, her cameraman Jack is interested in her, and she's not having any of it. A relationship will get in the way of her goals, and when it comes to her dreams, she's singularly focused. But that doesn't mean she doesn't consider him her best friend, even if she spends more time pushing him away and investigating on her own that it continually puts her in danger.

So the thing I didn't love about this was that Shelby claimed PTSD is in their DNA. That's not a thing, and while she suffers from anxiety, that doesn't mean it's PTSD. In fact, I can't quite figure out why she would make such a claim, and it's offensive to us sufferers for someone to make such a claim without a reason (her mother is overbearing, sure, but PTSD overbearing? I'm not buying it). I also don't understand why she continually puts herself in harm's way for the sake of a story. I get she's trying to avoid Jake, but why not take someone else along? She repeatedly makes poor decisions, which makes her a huge liability as a potential hire down the road.

I don't think the Children's/YA category quite fits this book though and that's something that can easily be fixed. Clearly, I did rate this 4-stars despite not loving Shelby or her PTSD claim because aside from that, the book is really good. I liked the storyline, the writing is great and easy to read, and it was a book you didn't want to put down once you started it.

This one was very choppy in the writing and well I am sad to say that I broke my rule and I DNFed it. I was about 60% in and I just kind of gave up with it. The character just irritated me to no end and the story was very predictable.

My 13 year old daughter read this book, as I wanted her to read a new genre of book, as she tends toward historical fiction. She read the book in a day, and rated it a 3. She liked the concept of the mystery, but told me that she felt there were too many things going on in the book... too many things she was trying to solve. She felt the book was very interesting, but at times the main character was a little annoying.

Shelby Day is at it again. She's trying to prove her worth as an investigative reporter. She wants to be k own as someone other than the rich girl. She wants to prove her worth. When two roommates are murdered she sees her chance. With her cameraman, Jack by her side she sets out to gather as much evidence as possible to help solve the murders. Little does she know the pitfalls waiting g for her. The betrayals and the danger she is headed towards mark her path forward as she risks everything to solve this unspeakable crime.
Great storyline, strong characters.