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When Catalina Kennedy and her brother Robby are sent to Ireland to train to be Masters of Blades, they expect to be back home in Peru in a short while. Fifteen years later, and still not called back home, the pair is curious about why their family is silent. An arranged marriage between Catalina and a boy from a rival clan forces the siblings to flee Ireland for Peru. However, on arriving home, they are shocked by what they find. Shortly after sending them to Ireland, their father left on an expedition into the Amazon and had never returned. And while their mother met a tragic end during childbirth, she left Catalina and Robby with more family. Soon, the siblings decide to finish what their father started and set out on the same expedition. Unknown to them, they are about to uncover long-lost family members, supernatural powers, and ancient treasures in the Amazon. Find out how it all goes down in Lost: The Lost City of Incan Gold by Brigid Kennedy.
If you are looking for a coming-of-age young adult epic fantasy laced with drama, adventure, a touch of romance, suspense, and plot twists, Lost by Brigid Kennedy is a great pick. An intriguing introduction sets the stage for Catalina and Robby’s perilous mystical journey in an enthralling tale steeped in Irish mythology and Incan legends. The prose balances the plot’s development and the personal lives of the characters. I could feel their profound emotions as they encountered or processed various conflicts. I understood their resentment, fears, anger, and other sentiments as they interacted. The vivid depictions brought the early nineteenth-century setting to life on the pages, making me feel as if I were next to the cast as the scenes unfolded; from the tense ball in Ireland, where the O’Flahertys schemed over Catalina’s future, to the sea voyage on stormy waters, and the expedition into the Amazon filled with supernatural wonder, danger, and shocking revelations. This is an enthralling debut in the series.
