Review: When We Were Lost - Kevin Wignall - June 2019 As a fan of James Patterson's novels, I have been finding myself enjoying some of the authors that he has had in his publishing line of "James Patterson Presents".  Though so many people talk badly about James Patterson, I am a big fan and I love how he is giving so many new and unknown authors a chance to make a name for themselves in the published world of YA novels, etc. The second thing that attracted me to this book was that it had a survival/ Lost feel to it. Kids lost in the jungle? A plane crash and a potential killer among them? Sign me up. This book starts with us being introduced to one of our main male leads Tom. He is someone who knows death as he lost both of his parents in an accident and now lives with the philosophy of everything happens for a reason and the fact that we all die sometimes and of course the Butterfly Effect which will be spoken about quite a few times throughout the story. Tom is relu...

Review: Lost - Escape from Reality Series - Sara Schoen - June 2018 A series that I have been enjoying is the Escape from Reality series, set in the small town of Escape, Colorado. Sara Schoen's story takes a different spin on the other books in this series as it has a supernatural/paranormal theme. Ash Carson has moved to Escape to get away from her previous life and start fresh like most people who find themselves in Escape. She has gotten a job working as a park ranger, and it looks like she might have a love interest in co-worker Forrester. Forrester is obsessed with ghost stories and has been telling Ash all the ones featuring the Stillwater Hospital and a small ghost town called Dark Hollow. When a hiker goes missing, the pair split up, and Ash hears a voice. Believing that it is Chip, she moves closer only to find herself staring at an old ghost town. Somehow Ash has stumbled upon the town of Dark Hollow, a town cursed by someone called The S...