Book Review: Let's Get Lost

I listened on CD to a new, well-rated realistic fiction story and it was probably one of the best books I've read in 2015.

Let's Get Lost

Adi Alsaid

Five strangers have one thing in common.  Leila is on a road trip, north--to see the Northern Lights.  On the way, she crashes into 4 new people, some metaphorically, some literally and changes the way they see life, while at the same time, they transform her. 

Hudson works as a mechanic and is on the way to a scholarship for college when he meets, and falls head over heels for Leila.  Bree is on the run from her family, her past, and her fears.  Elliot is convinced his life is a romantic comedy where he will get the girl of his dreams.  And Sonia worries the loss of one boyfriend and the gain of a new one.

The four teens are transformed as Leila rumbles through their towns on her way to find her own truth.  When Leila leaves each town, each teen is forever changed with a new, wide-eyed view at the world and all they can accomplish.  Now it is up to Leila to find the ultimate truth.

I love this book for a million reasons, but I will write about a few here.  I was unsure what to expect from this book.  I knew very little about it, and was unconvinced I'd really enjoy it.  At the beginning you have a pretty common "Teen Rom Com" story between the boy and girl teens.  However, it ends in tragedy, but you're left feeling that this part of the story is not quite over--which convinces you to read until the end to figure out what happens.  The whole story you're left wondering what Leila is looking for.  What has happened to her in the past? Why won't she tell anyone anything about who she is?

Each teen she meets brings out a little more of who Leila is, and draws the reader in so subtly, you don't realize just at which point you've been completely hooked into the story.  You won't be able to stop.  You have to find out what is going on with these 4 teens and how the real world applies to them...especially when Leila, a whirlwind, comes in and changes everything.  

This is one realistic fiction novel you do NOT want to miss.  It has humor, tragedy, drama, love, confusion, and every other emotion teens may go through in their first 18 years of life.