The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story
Sonia Hartl
Getting over Your Vampire Ex is as Easy as Killing Him and Stealing His Girlfriend Holly Liddell has been stuck with crimped hair since 1987 when she agreed to let her boyfriend, Elton, turn her into a vampire. But when he ditches her at a gas station a few decades into their eternity together, she realizes that being young forever actually means working graveyard shifts at Taco Bell, sleeping in seedy motels, and being supernaturally compelled to follow your ex from town to town—at least until Holly meets Elton’s other exes. It seems that Holly isn’t the only girl Elton seduced into this wretched existence. He turned Ida in 1921, then Rose in 1954, and he abandoned them both before Holly was even born. Now Rose and Ida want to kill him before he can trick another girl into eternal adolescence, and they’ll need Holly’s help to do it. And once Holly starts falling for Elton’s vulnerable new conquest, Parker, she’ll do anything to save her. To kill Elton for good, Holly and her friends will have to dig up their pasts, rob a bank, and reconcile with the people they’ve hurt in their search for eternal love. And to win the girl, Holly will have to convince Parker that she’s more than just Elton’s crazy ex—even though she is trying to kill him.
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0i gave this book 3/5 stars. unfortunately, this has been one of my least favorite books i’ve read for a class this semester. i feel bad that i disliked it so much i have a lot to say so buckle up
CONS:
- the ”life lessons” seemed to be shoehorned into the middle of conversations, often not making a lot of sense within context
- once turned, the vampires had the mind of whatever age they were turned at. so, the main character “will always be 16” yet she had 30+ years of life as a vampire but her mind never matured? but she read mature/as an adult at the same time?
- there was legitimate insta-love and i should have seen it coming. i have no idea how the main character and the kind-of-love interest came to the conclusion that they loved each other. i was there and i didn’t see it at all
- i think because of how mature the main character sounded (like someone that has lived as a 16 year old for 50 years), the relationship with the 18 year old love interest/supporting character felt weird.
- overall whiny and kind of one-dimensional characters
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PROS:
- the vampire lore in this book was actually pretty cool. the vampires felt pain, could regrow hair, limbs, and even their literal heads, and had to have “heirlooms” to be turned. the heirlooms house some of their human blood and keep their human memories, if destroyed they lose all human memories
- one of the characters kept making decorations with human body parts and while it was disgusting it was fun to read
- LGBTQ+!! some of the conversations about being “who you are” were awkwardly inserted but i liked how the main character said that most vampires leave heterosexuality behind once turned. the main character was bisexual and actually dated the villain. the love interest was an 18 year old woman (lady? girl?)
- my favorite scene: “F*ck you.” He spat a mouthful of blood at my feet. I crouched down and took a fistful of hair as I grabbed the back of his head. “No, I’m afraid you’re the one who’s f*cked.”
0The Lost Girls was fine. A bit cheesey. Pitched as vampires meet John Tucker Must Die, three vampire girls plot to kill their shared exboyfriend (also forever a teenage boy
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