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A Fantasy Adventure

Wandering into the Lost Village wasn’t part of the plan.

Once Rosie sees how broken Avalon is, she knows something has to be done. When Draper comes into her life just as Bastien leaves, things that she thought she understood start to spin out of control.

Rosie wasn’t expecting to have to prove herself, but when she rescues her cousin from the Forgotten Forest, she’s quickly put in the crosshairs. When an attempt on her life is made, Rosie quickly sees that though she’s been offered protection, she truly is on her own.

"Lost Girl" is book two of a 14-part fantasy romance series.

384 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2025

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Mary E. Twomey

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USA Today bestselling author Mary E. Twomey lives in Michigan with her three adorable children. She enjoys reading, writing, vegetarian cooking, and telling her children fantastic stories about wombats.

While she loves writing fantasy, dystopian, and paranormal tales for her readers, Mary also writes romance under the name Tuesday Embers.

Visit her online at www.maryetwomey.com.

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Profile Image for Punkin.
983 reviews
October 14, 2021
This one made me cry a bit. The constant back and fourth gets on my nerves.
Profile Image for Kimberlee.
278 reviews23 followers
February 23, 2018
I'm really liking the badass Rosie is becoming. It's the first time in these book series that the heroine finally had enough of everyone's crap and just let them have it in a really believable way. I also really like Bastien which is another nice change from her other series I've read. I'm usually not into the obvious choice, but this time, even though he ran away once, he seems to actually grow and learn from his mistakes. He just seems like he's trying which is nice. I find it difficult to really review a series because I read them as one long book, but I can say I really enjoyed this book and I'm excited to move on to book three.
12.7k reviews189 followers
January 13, 2018
Rosie can’t seem to have peace. No matter how much she helps anyone, it never seems enough. Life seems to always be hard for her. An emotional book that anyone can relate to. 😍 Loved it, ready for the next one.
Profile Image for Rikke Fjord.
3 reviews
March 26, 2025
The first book in the series was okay I guess.. but this one just pissed me off… the main character Rosie is seriously unprofessional and very immature in her way of speaking to other people.. like Jesus Christ.. and don’t get me started on her “love interest” with bastian. I HATED them! On/off toxic relationship with kissing and groping that goes on and on and on and on just for them to start fighting..

The story is great and I love the plot twists and the dangers and the world of Avalon! I’m going to read book 3 just to give the author the benefit of the doubt. I could see these books getting turned into movies. But I sincerely hope that Rosie matures and that her and Bastian is DONE or I’m going til dnf the hell out off this book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Gizelle Chia.
562 reviews10 followers
July 6, 2020
Okay so I take back what I said in my last review. Bastien is not anything like Finn. He is basically Von. I’m furious at the guy! What a complete and utter asshole. And what’s worse is that I know that Rosie will eventually forgive him. *sighs dramatically*

On the other hand...
Hellllooo Master Kerrdick. Now he is more like my beloved Finn (From Mary’s Terraway series). I want to learn more about him. Rosie and Kerdick definitely have some chemistry.

My final thoughts..
Fuck Roland, Avril and Bastien. They suck.
Profile Image for Daisha.
33 reviews
July 16, 2025
Loved Rosie in the first book, this one? Ehh not so much, I feel like she became significantly more.. childlike the personality and words just feel off. I don’t exactly look forward to reading the 3rd because Rosie is extremely annoying but I’m hoping it’s redeemable to some extent. Overall a good story though.
Update; 3rd book? 5 stars. Series definitely redeemed itself
Profile Image for Sarah M.
158 reviews
September 1, 2023
How Rosie talks is so annoying. It’s hard to get through the book.
Profile Image for Teenage Reads.
863 reviews6 followers
April 8, 2025
Initial Thoughts:
I am tired of this series, and this is only the second book! That being said I did like this novel more than the first, and this novel felt easier to push myself to finish than the first, with the reasons being: that the plot was actually moving and I stopped forcing myself to like Rosie and Bastian, and the 99 other characters Mary Twomey tried to get me to care about. Honestly, for this series to work, someone needs to die so I am eagerly awaiting our first battle. Within Rosie’s party, there are 10 people and 3 animals, accounting for 13 names that Twomey expects me to remember and care about. Not a chance. In my mind, for simplicity, Damond and Draper (another new character), are the same person, and all the animals are the squirrel, and Rousseau (I honestly don’t even remember how to spell it but this is what spell check gave me) was written as “R” in my head. The amount of characters in this novel just makes it feel cluttered and I spend half the time reading and trying to remember names than to actually enjoy the story. This could be what Twomey wants as, where this novel is faster than the first, the entire plot is moving at a snail's pace only to rush near the end and leave us off at a cliffhanger. That being said, it is improving, slightly, I just wish Twomey would get to the point of this series already.

Characters:
As I said there are far too many characters in this novel, so like my last section I am going to focus on the main ones of Rosie, Bastine, and Reyn because he’s my favorite. Reyn, I love him, but I do not understand his relationship with Lane because I feel like she’s a decade older than him. Nevertheless, he is a sweetheart and the only person I really care about. Bastine is worse in this novel than in the previous one as his inability to learn puts himself into more trouble as he has a knack for making Rosie mad at him. Like I do not get what Twomey is trying to make his character to be, because he is extremely unlikeable, and flakey in his feelings and actions. I honestly do not know why he is even invested in Rosie, besides her ability to save Roland. His character has no redeeming qualities, and should not be the love interest, but Rosie is stupid and will forgive him no matter his blunders. I do blame Rosie’s ugly childhood for this, but our girl needs to bump up her IQ and get a clue about what is going on. I am so tired of her crying over Bastine and being too trusting of everyone and seems to have forgotten she’s in a magical land that wants to kill her. Rosie snuggling with Master Kerrdick moments after meeting him? Knock it off. Crying over Bastine being a dick to you? Get over it you knew it was coming. As our main characters, it is just tiring to see her constantly fall into the same traps over and over again, in which “Lost Girl” is really “Watch me let this toxic guy hurt me over and over again”. At this point, I am rooting for her demise to see if she can actually learn a lesson.

Plot and Writing:
Twomey's writing is good, with this novel being less confusing than the last due to already knowing some of the rules of Avalon. Twomey followed the needed growth of a sequel, and does this by moving the plot forward and introducing us to new places that expand the world. Places like the Lost Village were nice to see that not everything in Avalon was bad because of the war and that greed, sin, and dirt still exist in Twomey’s fake world as it does in the real one. I loved the Forgotten Forest, and I think that what made me want to keep reading was because of the setting and what it means to have Cheval Mallet carry you off. The plot also accomplished what the first novel's goal was, to use Rosie as a compass to find Roland and bring him back to his Kingdom. The pacing of this novel was a bit better, however, the start of the novel was still slow, leaving us with a rushed ending. With this novel being two of fourteen (ew I will definitely not be finishing the series), it makes sense that the cliff ender ending had to happen, and while I am not a fan, I did like the direction Twomey was going and will be interested to see what they do to the plot line with the upcoming installment.

Conclusion:
While this is making slow progress into becoming a better series, it is still too slow for me to recommend to anyone, or appreciate it being a novel that I read. Still, especially with the cliffhanger this novel leaves off at, I am slightly looking forward to the third novel, only to see where this disaster of a series goes.
Profile Image for Kate Clark.
76 reviews3 followers
January 17, 2018

Faîte Falling is an 11-Part Urban Fantasy Series based in French Folklore.

“Draper and I were starting to become friends. He stuck by my side or Lane’s almost the entire time, except when he had business to attend to. Then he’d come back fumbling and embarrassed, needing his cigar to calm his nerves. I could tell he was worried we’d be so mad at him that we’d leave, but I’d never had a brother before, and wouldn’t give him up without a fight. I educated him all about modern cars, and he taught me a new card game I’d never heard of called Barbu. I completely sucked at it, but neither of us cared. We were just happy to play together. He treated me like I was five, which, after being yanked from my life with little say in anything after that, didn’t feel patronizing. It felt like we were both trying to be extra kind to each other to make up for lost time, and to pay respect to the long roads that somehow led us to playing cards together, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Plus, I could tell he needed someone to baby; poor guy was so turned around.”

This quote shows the beginning of bonding between Ms. Rosie (Ro) Avalon and her adopted big brother and first cousin Draper (Duke Henri’s oldest son, who was banished). This is the second book in the 11 part series entitled the Faîte Falling Series by Mary E. Twomey. According to the author: One of the big themes in this series is knowing who you are, and how positive self-talk can change the trajectory of your fate.”

The flow of book two was fluid, with continued incidents colored with droll discourse among the fantastically well-rounded characters to ease their dangerous expedition. My mind was blown by the curves and circles!

As Always, I will not divulge ANY spoilers, Darling Reader as I wish for you to relish the Continuing Journey of a new heroine: Ms. Rosie Avalon.

I gave this book five (5) stars as I Absolutely Adored this Fantastical French Fable and I ardently advise you, Dearest Reader to buy this new series.

Profile Image for Pat M.
283 reviews4 followers
January 3, 2022
Ugly girl Rosie Avalon can hear what animals think and can communicate with them through thoughts. Her aunt raised her from when she was a baby and Rosie has no knowledge of who she really is. She loses a pendant that she never took off and when it is gone, she starts to realize she is in danger. Someone is trying to kill her. She comes from Avalon, another world where she is a princess, with an evil mother, her father implored her aunt Lane to take Rosie away to keep her safe. For over 20 years Rosie and her aunt have lived on Earth. Now that Rosie is in danger, Lane realizes they have to return to the other world to take care of the threat.
Lost Girl, next book in the series, continues in the alternate world where along with some of the men who had been searching for them, go to see if they can set things right in the kingdom.
Rich girl is the next book in this series where Rosie moves into the palace to get to know her mother Morgan le Fae and instead is imprisoned in her room.
This 3 book bundle is the beginning of the series with several books to go until the end. I have been enjoying this author and find the writing to be good with little to no grammatical or spelling errors.
Profile Image for Kira Klassen.
86 reviews1 follower
November 12, 2024
I am just obsessed with this whole story!! I love love love her and Bastien's banter and their chemistry. And I loved Bastien wholeheartedly up until he didn't trust her and made her strip to prove she did not take the gems. Like are you kidding me???? NOT IMPRESSED SIR. I really really really hope there is a way that they can resolve this, but Bastien has got some MAJOR work to do on himself. I'm also curious to see what happens to Rachelle because she is technically still in the picture.

I was honestly so shocked to see how Roland treated her, even though she never met her mother. I was not expecting him to go crazy on her like that. I understand to a certain degree, but like Morgan didn't raise her so he's gotta cut her a little slack.

Anyway, it is stressing me out that she is going into the castle and that she will be away from all her new friends. Also just wanted to point out that I thought this was a trilogy and found out that there are 14 books in this series. I am in for a ride LOLLL. Onto the next!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Katy Kendrick.
128 reviews2 followers
December 4, 2017
So many emotions, so little time

This series just furthers the reasons why I’m such a die hard wombat.
I didn’t think I could feel love, sorrow, truth, anger, loathing and maturity in a single paragraph, but here is Mary making me a nay sayer.
I truly love this book and this series, mainly because out of all of Mary’s books I’ve read , Rosie is me. She is so easy to connect with because her strengths and weaknesses might as well be my own.
I was also surprised to find I was relieved that she finally put a certain someone out to pasture.
If there is one thing that is certain it is that Rosie is too good for Avalon and Avalon needs the kind of good Rosie can bring.
Now to count down until January 2nd. Congratulations, I’m once again saying that this new series is my favorite series so far (I believe i said that about terraway too)
I can’t wait to see Rosie shine like the jewel she is.
P. S. Team Kerdik for life.
Profile Image for Dianna.
79 reviews1 follower
April 13, 2018
Lost Girl by Mary E Twomely continues the epic fantasy adventure.
Rosie needs to help find her cousin Roland and the gems for prosperity for the provinces. She is still injured but her stubbornness keeps her going when many would give up.
Her relationship with Bastion seems real, and heartbreaking at times. Learning about Avalon with Rosie is an adventure in itself. She doesn’t know this world, and we get to explore it with her.
There are certain characters that you want to reach out and slap. I enjoyed getting to know more of Rosie’s family, and discover that the tales she has been told may not be as cut and dried as they seem. People can be greedy and want everything they can get. Rosie is friendly and kind to a point, but when pushed past her limits, she will push back, occasionally with a punch.
Anyone who enjoys epic fantasy stories, stubborn heroines, magic and adventure should read this book.
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261 reviews8 followers
December 5, 2017
When you’ve lived most of your life feeling unloveable, other than by your mother-like Aunt and super cool best friend, your first kiss is a big, huge, deal. It’s an even bigger deal when it unexpectedly seems to come with a life long commitment.
Rosie is in a new world and still isn’t used to her true face or body. Suddenly she has the attention of multiple men and she doesn’t know how to control her feelings. She doesn’t understand how her actions affect those around her. Or how serious they can quickly become. And when things become real, she’ll realize not everyone is on the same page. Especially those who mean the most to her.
After traveling through a dangerous village, the number of travelers on Rosie’s team has dwindled. Thankfully she picked up Draper who seems to be the family member she’s always hopped for. He couldn’t have come at a better time cause she’s about to meet the maker. But nothing is ever easy for Rosie. And fate doesn’t seem to exactly be on her side.
Profile Image for Linda Levine.
4,643 reviews25 followers
December 4, 2017
This second book in the series continues to bring danger and heartache for Rosie. She is trying so hard to keep everyone safe and risking so much. She really gives it her all and is so heartbroken when she is rejected.

I love this series and highly recommend you start reading it. This author really knows how to create the kind of character that really connects to the reader. I feel their pain and their hope. The journey has been exciting and it is building in intensity at the end. I really am excited to see what is next for Rosie and the other characters. There are always so many surprises and this author does not shy away from making tough choices with the characters.

I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
Profile Image for Judy Johnson.
839 reviews2 followers
December 6, 2017
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Let me start by saying how much I just LOVE Mary's books! All of the series of hers that I've read so far are just wonderful and each subsequent series just continues to exceed the previous excellence that I've come to expect! I am seriously overwhelmed with her talent! That being said, Lost Girl, book 2 in the series, Rosie continues to develop into the strong amazing woman that she is, just slow to shine. She is forced to make some hard decisions, but does it the right way, and tugs at your heartstrings throughout. You as the reader are drawn into the story and end up cheering and jeering at just the right places. Rosie makes you want to love her! Can't wait for book three!
Profile Image for Lauren.
567 reviews5 followers
February 12, 2024
Rosie might just be one of my favorite fantasy heroines because of the way she forthrightly tells off anyone who treats her poorly. But she does it in such an endearing way, and shows so much kindness otherwise, that she makes even the hardest people like her. There were so many new characters introduced in this book from the likable Draper to “I want to strangle you for being the worst Roland.” I think my favorite introduction though might just be finally meeting Kerdick. Can’t wait to see how the rest of this quest unfolds!
Profile Image for Michelle Heyboer.
299 reviews1 follower
June 4, 2024
Mary delivers yet another captivating book! Rosie continues her journey through this world, stealthily avoiding Morgan's gaze with her aunt and friends in tow, all while unraveling the mystery of how to locate Roland. This installment introduces a host of new creatures; some are terrifying to even contemplate encountering, while others are utterly charming.

As the story unfolds, a series of events leaves you with a sense of dread, eagerly anticipating the outcome. Will things turn out well for Rosie, or will they spiral into greater peril?
Profile Image for Mona-Lisa.
155 reviews
March 12, 2024
I'd also run if someone tries to throw up a bunch of responsibilities into my mouth while making out.
Otherwise, I'm hooked by the story, let's see how it'll go on.

Profile Image for Jessica Derks.
3 reviews
June 4, 2025
DNF’d at 42%. I really tried. And I might revisited it in the future. But all the characters just seem so immature. And that includes Lane. There are also so many characters to keep track of, which my ADHD brain couldn’t handle. The premise is so interesting, giving The Princess Diaries vibes almost. But I just can’t deal with how childish every character is.

Also, Bastian’s touchy-feely behavior and how Rose reacts to it sounds like a teenage fling in high school. No other way to describe it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
5 reviews1 follower
July 24, 2024
At times I felt the book was slightly repetitive, the same conversations with the same characters a few pages apart. In saying that I did still thoroughly enjoy the book. I love how the author spends a lot of time really introducing you to the characters and developing their personalities. I loved the twists of this book and I'm very much looking forward to the next one
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2,051 reviews41 followers
December 31, 2017
I didnt think it was possible but I think book 2 was a little better then the first. If each book keeps up at this pase then I am not gonna know what to do with myself when it ends. I just cant seem to get enough of this style.
Profile Image for Tab B..
65 reviews
April 2, 2020
List Girl:A Fantasy Adventure (Faite Falling Book2)

This book was great I loved the characters and on book #2 the Story is getting so good. I cannot wait to read book#3. Recommended!
Profile Image for Sam Walters.
195 reviews2 followers
January 1, 2025
Book number 2 is captivating!!! The journey that Rosie has been on is a crazy one and I’m sure there is more to come in the next book! I’m raging that the Bastien thing is on, then off, then on - the pair need to sort their shizz out!!
Profile Image for Wendy Lanyon.
66 reviews8 followers
December 24, 2017
She's doing it again with a great series ! I'm loving the story line and the characters.
Profile Image for Melissa.
387 reviews
January 7, 2019
Im so glad I started this series. It is so different from what's out now. Loved the quirkiness of the main character. Will continue to read this series.
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38 reviews2 followers
October 17, 2021
I love this series. I've read 1,2, & I'm reading 3 now. I really like the way she writes her stories. I read the Under land series which was also very good. Definitely must reads.
Profile Image for Brittany King.
15 reviews
February 1, 2024
so, I tried my hand at a fantasy and its okay, I could probably finish it but I'm a little bored. might come back to it eventually.
13 reviews1 follower
February 29, 2024
I was hooked from the first page! It's magical, mystical, a little romance, adventure and fantasy!! Amazing!
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