The Lost Girls Review: Immortality Is Worse With a Terrible Ex
Holly has been stuck with 1987 hair, night-shift work, and supernatural obedience to Elton since he turned her. Meeting his earlier exes reveals a pattern, and his newest target gives the women a reason to end it.
Hartl makes vampire immortality funny, cheap, and materially inconvenient. The ex-girlfriends’ solidarity is more satisfying than any fantasy of eternal glamour, and the queer romance grows beside the revenge plot.
Three Ex-Girlfriends Finally Compare Notes
The comedy can make Elton’s coercion feel lighter than it is, while the final plan relies on a few convenient openings. The women also become a team quickly after decades of manipulation.
The Verdict
The Lost Girls earns 4.25 out of 5. Hartl makes vampire immortality funny, cheap, and materially inconvenient. The comedy can make Elton’s coercion feel lighter than it is, while the final plan relies on a few convenient openings.
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Who should read this: Readers who want feminist vampire revenge, queer romance, found family, and jokes about the lousy economics of eternal youth.
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