The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer is a unique portal fantasy standalone about secrets, love, and conquerring fear. It honestly is a little difficult to explain and I could try to go through the sypnosis but I'm sure you can read it for yourself so I'll just get to the vibes and details. 

There are unicorns, royalty, and beautiful nature that you couldn't even think of until you read the words. Everything was so bright, colorful and enchanting in my mind's eye. 

This book was a mixture of emotional and humorous, something I don't read often and want more of. 

I'm pretty sure Emille has ADHD or is Neurodivergent and I honestly love that. And she has a pet rat (as someone who's has had many rat pets, this was amazing for me to read). 

There are lots of secrets (too many in my opinion) and kind of slow for the first third of the book. It was also one of the most magical bedtime fairytale books I've read. Sadly sometimes it felt too childish, but if you were in a fairytale world as a young teenager you probably would be seen as childish also. 

Thank you Ballantine Books for this Arc. I enjoyed it and will be reading more of Meg Shaffer's books in the future.