Lost in the Cloud

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“You've never even known what it's like to be loved growing up. What do you know about love? You're just using me to make up for all those years of neglect.” - Lost in the Cloud

SPOILER FREE REVIEW!!

Expectations- 5/10
From what I have heard, it seemed to be a toxic romance, and I'm not a fan of that. But, the art always seemed appealing to me and so it was my main reason to start this.

Start- 5/10
I didn't like the start much, since it was toxic and I was getting ready to read a toxic romance.

... Ending- 10/10
Wow, sure was a ride but I absolutely loved it!

Story- 10/10
The story got better and better, which was very pleasing.

Characters- 10/10
The development in this is AMAZING, genuinely.

Worldbuilding- 10/10
Regular high school setting.

Art- 10/10
The art is one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen, even more in the last chapters. The shading and lighting are so pleasing to the eye, my eyes felt blessed.

Enjoyment- 8/10
Didn't like the beginning much, but the story got me invested. And, like I said earlier, the art was very pleasing to the eye.

little obs - eng isnt my fist lenguage

"𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩, 𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜..."


First I want to talk about the art in case you are those who care more about it than the narrative. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻❜𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁❜𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁! The artist's style, the colors, the shadows, everything stands out and looks beautiful and attractive to the eyes, there is no pollution and without a doubt ... you won't regret it.

Moving on to the narrative, and introducing the protagonists first : Skylar is the typical boy who wants to go unnoticed, but still wants his crush to notice him, but hey! He won't do anything! And Cirrus, the typical popular guy that everyone knows, and his fun is to disrupt Skylar's life as soon as he discovers his secret.
And yes, it seems like something very simple, a love narrative, but if you're expecting something cliche, my friend, you can't even wait. For me Lost in the Cloud is not just a bl manwha, but a romance about two desperate people who grew up in different circumstances who just want love, comfort and security.
Although the story has an enemies to lovers premise, it becomes tortuous, after all they don't hate each other, they are both so deep in their psychological pain that they don't understand reality and without even noticing they end up doing something stupid.

- however now for the warnings :
The story features internalized homophobia (smaller), mentions of abuse, as well as some scenes that depict it, violence and blood. I recommend reading it and if any of the topics don't appeal to you

Lost in Cloud, I would say that it appears to be a romance of the type that destroys the person, running from the inside out, that both are using each other to balance their imperfections, and yet we hope that we are wrong, but, it wouldn't be in the same equal to them?


" [...] 𝙄'𝙢 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙙[...] 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚...𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨.
𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻."

I started reading in 2021, there were many breaks, and now in 2025 it is finished. In these four years I think I have matured and my view on the story has changed. At first I loved the frenetic rhythm, where the reader were filled with nervousness , where we mainly followed Skyler.But then as the chapters went by the pace slowed down and suddenly cirrus became the focus. I've never met anyone with the same opinion as me, although I liked the ending, I missed how things were in the beginning. It's like they're two separate stories, maybe that's because the characters developed and ... just like me changed over time.I'm still a little bothered by some points that could be better developed, especially involving Skyler's past traumas. Cirrus, who was introduced as a cold guy and a bit of a sociopath, became an insecure and dependent character, what let me a bit disappointed. What bothers me the most is the change of art, I'm sorry, I know it's a lot of work, but the initial art was sincere and expressive, the scenes in the playground are breathtaking, but after that the art got kind of...common, I don't know how to explain. While I really like the story and the ending it had, I feel like halfway through the process the author lost a bit of passion for the project.