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The Lost Girl of Astor Street
by Stephanie Morrill
I received an ARC of this book and I CANNOT WORDS.
I needed to wait a few days after reading to write this because just ... SO MANY FEELINGS AHHH.
Ehem. I'll do my usual review, only this is going to be more raving than usual because THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF EVER. I'm so glad I got an ARC of this, and just feel so blessed!
Three Things About The Lost Girl of Astor Street
1) THE CHARACTERS. CAN I JUST. SCREAM. FLAIL. ALDSJFJASDLFKJSDHFLKASDJ. flops wildly First off, Piper is a BOSS. In a society that's very woman can't do this blah blah blah she's so headstrong against it and doesn't care what people are telling her, how she can't help and she's just going to get in the way. She's so strong, but she's so soft at the same time and so relatable like AHHH. I feel you, Piper. I totally feel you. AND ALL THE GUYS. I LOVED WALTER. AND I LOVE HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY JUST FRIENDS IT MAKES MY HEART SO HAPPY. dreamy sigh OH AND MARIANO HE IS SUCH AN ADORABLE CINNAMON ROLL THAT I LOVE.
2) The setting I'm a sucker for historical fiction books set in Chicago. so amazing. Stephanie totally plops us right into Piper's world and I was never confused or scratching my head at anything. The plot was so active, and the story so immersive, I forgot for one blissful while that I even lived in 2016.
3) I'm trying to refrain from using all caps but I'm sorry guys. It is just THAT GOOD. LIKE. LET'S TALK PLOT. IT WAS SUCH A FAST READ. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, EVEN AFTER CERTAIN THINGS WERE SORT OF RESOLVED. I WAS STILL DYING TO SEE HOW IT ENDED, AND SO I UNTIL MY EYES BURNED AND THE CLOCK READ LATER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.
4) The mystery itself was sooooo so well done. I won't say much on this aspect for risk of spoilers, but Stephanie does such a good job of misleading readers, yet in a still satisfactory way. So you know something's fishy, but then it's not in quite the way you might have expected. Make sense
5) ASDJFLAKJSDFHLASDKJFHLAKSDJF. I JUST WANNA SCREAM AND FANGIRL. AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, TOO. The Lost Girl of Astor Street pulled me from a reading slump. It made me want to grab the next book on my shelf so I could lose myself in another story. It reminded me of the magic books are capable of. It made me want to hug myself and spin around and be feisty and make my own way in life. It also really made me want to fall in love someday (if we're being honest here which WE ARE) and it just made me so DREAMY. Besides the fact that it's a, you know, mystery novel. With criminals and kidnappings and scary gang neighborhoods and all that stuff.
I did not hesitate to rate this five stars, and looking at the rating now I am still set on it. This book was an amazing read, and I seriously cannot think of a single thing I did not like. YOU MUST READ IT AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT. RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE. FEBRUARY SEVENTH, GUYS. GO BUY IT. IT IS SO WORTH IT AND IT'S JUST SOOOOOO AMAZING.
Okay. Okay I'm done. #rantover
I needed to wait a few days after reading to write this because just ... SO MANY FEELINGS AHHH.
Ehem. I'll do my usual review, only this is going to be more raving than usual because THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF EVER. I'm so glad I got an ARC of this, and just feel so blessed!
Three Things About The Lost Girl of Astor Street
1) THE CHARACTERS. CAN I JUST. SCREAM. FLAIL. ALDSJFJASDLFKJSDHFLKASDJ. flops wildly First off, Piper is a BOSS. In a society that's very woman can't do this blah blah blah she's so headstrong against it and doesn't care what people are telling her, how she can't help and she's just going to get in the way. She's so strong, but she's so soft at the same time and so relatable like AHHH. I feel you, Piper. I totally feel you. AND ALL THE GUYS. I LOVED WALTER. AND I LOVE HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY JUST FRIENDS IT MAKES MY HEART SO HAPPY. dreamy sigh OH AND MARIANO HE IS SUCH AN ADORABLE CINNAMON ROLL THAT I LOVE.
2) The setting I'm a sucker for historical fiction books set in Chicago. so amazing. Stephanie totally plops us right into Piper's world and I was never confused or scratching my head at anything. The plot was so active, and the story so immersive, I forgot for one blissful while that I even lived in 2016.
3) I'm trying to refrain from using all caps but I'm sorry guys. It is just THAT GOOD. LIKE. LET'S TALK PLOT. IT WAS SUCH A FAST READ. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, EVEN AFTER CERTAIN THINGS WERE SORT OF RESOLVED. I WAS STILL DYING TO SEE HOW IT ENDED, AND SO I UNTIL MY EYES BURNED AND THE CLOCK READ LATER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.
4) The mystery itself was sooooo so well done. I won't say much on this aspect for risk of spoilers, but Stephanie does such a good job of misleading readers, yet in a still satisfactory way. So you know something's fishy, but then it's not in quite the way you might have expected. Make sense
5) ASDJFLAKJSDFHLASDKJFHLAKSDJF. I JUST WANNA SCREAM AND FANGIRL. AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, TOO. The Lost Girl of Astor Street pulled me from a reading slump. It made me want to grab the next book on my shelf so I could lose myself in another story. It reminded me of the magic books are capable of. It made me want to hug myself and spin around and be feisty and make my own way in life. It also really made me want to fall in love someday (if we're being honest here which WE ARE) and it just made me so DREAMY. Besides the fact that it's a, you know, mystery novel. With criminals and kidnappings and scary gang neighborhoods and all that stuff.
I did not hesitate to rate this five stars, and looking at the rating now I am still set on it. This book was an amazing read, and I seriously cannot think of a single thing I did not like. YOU MUST READ IT AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT. RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE. FEBRUARY SEVENTH, GUYS. GO BUY IT. IT IS SO WORTH IT AND IT'S JUST SOOOOOO AMAZING.
Okay. Okay I'm done. #rantover