Ever had a dream so real it feels like a memory? I’ve had those kinds of dreams since I was a kid. Each one of a beautiful girl, who is my best friend. We grow up together on a sunny island surrounded by water that’s as blue as her eyes. We share all our hopes and fears until we realize we belong to each other in every way one person claim another. She is my own personal serenity. Sweet story, … Sweet story, eh?
Well forget about it.
The cold, harsh reality is that I’m a twenty-year-old, Manhattan bred, manwhore, who uses his fists to solve his problems. The only comfort I find is inside a bottle… and the dreams. But the dreams are my illness not my cure. Just when things look the darkest, the sun slaps me square in the jaw. I spot a picture of a scenic island surrounded by the bluest water – my island.
If the island exists then so must the girl, right?
So I’m headed to Serenity, Texas to find my girl and make some sense out of the chaos that is my life. Feel free to tag along, but this journey comes with a steep warning — dreams can turn into nightmares in the blink of an eye.
My name is Jason Flynn and this is our story.
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Lost Years is a unique, very well written and thought out novel. I’m not sure how to categorize this story; a contemporary romance/mystery would describe it best.
Lost Years is told in the first person, from the POV of Jason. Throughout this story, I had so many questions, a variety of theories about Jason and his dreams. Jason and his dream girl are the missing parts of each other. For Jason and Scarlett, it was Insta love they were meant to be, but even as a reader I knew there was more to it than that.
I was constantly intrigued, and at times frustrated, about how everything fit together. I started to doubt the direction the story was taking, thankfully the “aha!” moment came and I was finally able to put the puzzle together. Now I have finished reading I am itching to go back and read the book again with my new-found knowledge!
I am a very open minded reader, and I think you have to be to enjoy Lost Years to its fullest. I’m so very excited to add this author to my instant one-click list.