The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

I received The Lost Village by Camilla Sten from Netgalley in exhange for an honest review. I rated it 4 out of 5 pages. 

The reader is introduced to Alice Lindstedt, a woman dedicated to create a documentary film about an old mining town and the residents of that town that all seemed to vanish into thin air. Alice, along with a group of friends (and foes), ascend on to the mysterious town Alice has a close connection to. Alice hopes to uncover many unanswered questions surrounding the town and those few townspeople that didn't vanish. What seems like a an opportunity to get answers and catapult Alice and the stories of The Lost Village into documentary fame, takes a turn for the worst rapidly and leaves Alice wondering if some questions are meant to remain unanswered. 

This book was so well written. The characters all had their special quirks and flaws which allowed them to see more real. They were dealing with deception, mental illness, romantic feeling and family secrets. The descriptions of the town interwoven through the pages left me with goosebumps, imanging a small town and the occupants just vanishing with no trace and only a few left behind not able to fully explain what happened. As Alice and her friends explore the mysteries of the town, the reader is invited into the history of the town as the book shifts from the past to the present which added a great touch and was not hard to follow at all. 

I enjoyed the different elements of mystery and whodunit throughout the book. There was a twist of religion and a cult like feel that really made the book ten times creepier and lent way to a great plot. However, the one thing I disliked was the ending and how it was all wrapped up. I felt it was very rushed and disjointed and an alternative ending would've sufficed with a little more explanation. 

I would highly recommend this read on a spooky October night. (Publish Date March 23 2021)