What readers think of Letters to the Lost, plus links to write your own review.

Letters to the Lost is a love story you won't soon forget. Readers travel seamlessly back and forth between WW II and the present through Dan's letters to Stella, at the same time learning what fighter pilots and those on the home front endured. In the present, Jess takes up the search for Dan while trying to turn her own life around. Those who enjoy a good love story with realistic twists and turns will love this book. It will stay with you long after the last page is read.

Letters to the Lost shows that love can be forever. I liked the story of Dan and Stella, and of Will and Jess. From WWII to the present day, the book shifts back and forth to show how love can be lost and found in any time.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I think it would be an excellent book club choice. I recently reread Kline's Orphan Train which also involved a troubled young woman connecting with the past, drawing in the reader in a similar way. It also reminded me of Brockmole's Letters from Skye which also uses war-time letters to tell the story.

Although I didn't accomplish much else while I was reading it, I finished this book in two days...I simply could not put it down. What a wonderful love story! I was a little anxious after requesting this book, fearful that it would be a pretty lightweight romance novel that would bore me. I couldn't have been more wrong. As the story progressed, it captured my heart more completely with each page. I loved the characters and at times I ached for them. Another reviewer mentioned the need for a box of nearby tissues, a recommendation with which I agree wholeheartedly, but while the story doesn't delve into any really meaningful WWII history, it isn't just a tearjerker, either. The author creates a strong sense of time and place & makes it come truly alive for the reader. I am so glad I read it & cannot recommend it highly enough.

I thoroughly enjoyed Letters to the Lost. I enjoy reading stories that relate to WWII and the present day. I could feel so many emotions in reading this story about Jesse, Stella and how their lives were so much alike. You dislike some characters and love others. I laughed and I cried for Stella and Dan. To have a love like that is wonderful. I definitely recommend this book and I look forward to Iona Grey's next book.

When I saw the format, letters from WWII, I was wary but interested. I love WWII stories. And who doesn't like a good love story, but this was so much more. Letters to the Lost travels in time, 1943-2011. The many interesting characters are very well developed. They all have their own story. The landscape of WWII was done perfectly. I do not want to give plot away so I will just say that truly, I could not put the book down. Great story.

Two beautiful love stories. Both take place in London, one during WWII the other 2011. I could not put this book down until all the loose ends were tied up. A good historical fiction read. This would be good for Books Clubs. I shall recommend it to my club.

Reader be warned. Make sure you have a box of tissues handy and a clear calendar for the next few days. You will not want to put this book down until the final page and even then the characters stay with you. Letters to the Lost is historical fiction meets love story meets mystery. The story is told partially through Stella's voice in the past, partially through Dan's letters and partially in present day. Unlike other novels written this way, there was no confusion. The characters are so well written that I feel as though I would recognize them on the street if they passed by. The pace of the book moves so well. Just as I was about to take the next step in a chapter, The author, Iona Grey, moved me from the past to the present or back again. I could hardly wait to see what would happen next. Grey hit one out of the park with this debut novel.