Lost Boys Review

*****ARC Recieved From NetGalley*****

Title: The Lost Boys

Author: Lilian Carmine

Publication Date: January 1st 2014

Publisher: Ebury Press

Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal

Pages: 512 

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Synopsis: (Via GoodReads)

Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart?

Having moved to a strange town, sixteen-year-old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home.

But Tristan Halloway is not what he seems. And there's a very good reason why he's always to be found roaming between the gravestones in the local cemetery...

This book follows a teenage girl, Joe, that makes a friend in a new town, but she meets him in a cemetery. The relationship grows between the two characters, Joe and Tristan, and shows some great potential. The book follows Joe through this relationship and her endeavors. 

I liked the whole idea of the book and the writing made it seem so good. The beginning of the book sucked me in and will continue to suck many readers in. It was unique and well-done. The middle of the book went down hill for me though. I found Joe to get aggravating in the way of regular YA Jane Doe's. She was made to be to cliche and perfect, i.e. when she disrespected the 'it' girl and no one ever did that except for her. When the author got to these points I found the writing to be cliche too. It was the way she put the words and actions together. 

I loved the idea of this book and the beginning was an amazing start, but it simmered down for me. I gave the book a 3 out of 5 because it was unique but just fell down more and more during the book.