Week 41 Review: The Lovely and the Lost

From Goodreads:
Kira Bennett's earliest memories are of living alone and wild in the woods. She has no idea how long she was on her own or what she had to do to survive, but she remembers the moment that Cady Bennett and one of her search-and-rescue dogs found her. Adopted into the Bennett family, Kira still struggles with human interaction years later, but she excels at the family business: search-and-rescue. Along with Cady's son, Jude, and their neighbor, Free, Kira works alongside Cady to train the world's most elite search-and-rescue dogs. Someday, all three teenagers hope to put their skills to use, finding the lost and bringing them home. 

But when Cady's estranged father, the enigmatic Bales Bennett, tracks his daughter down and asks for her help in locating a missing child—one of several visitors who has disappeared in the Sierra Glades National Park in the past twelve months—the teens find themselves on the frontlines sooner than they could have ever expected. As the search through 750,000 acres of unbridled wilderness intensifies, Kira becomes obsessed with finding the missing child. She knows all too well what it's like to be lost in the wilderness, fighting for survival, alone. But this case isn't simple. There is more afoot than a single, missing girl, and Kira's memories threaten to overwhelm her at every turn. As the danger mounts and long-held family secrets come to light, Kira is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her adopted family, her true nature, and her past.

My first review of The Lovely and the Lost
My Review:
I loved reading this book again! Even thought I kinda remembered who the perp was, it was still really great to read it again, I just love her writing! That this is a story that involves search dogs, and a mystery, it just has so many fantastic elements! 

Kira was found in a forest, and it was like she had been raised by wild animals, and she understood them. That Cady took her in, and she got this human pack, was really great. So when Cady's dad asks for help, once one of them decided to go, they all went, to help participate in the search. 

The one death hit me harder then last time. From the date when I first read it, it wasn't long after we lost Winky, but now, when Dobby isn't doing well, and we probably won't have him for much longer, yeah, that really got me in the feels this time around. 

I'm still holding out hope that we'll one day get a sequel, since there was the idea that if the Inheritance Games didn't take off (which it did) that this might get a sequel. So maybe once that's done, she'll come back to this since there was the plot lines laid out for future potential stories? Well, and I also want that Raised by Wolves follow on! Just all the books! 

Loved reading this book again, it was so entertaining and wonderful! 

Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
First Read: March 12th, 2019

Read: October 8th, 2023
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading, and it's a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: May 7th 2019

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars