Emoji Review by Rebecca Dixon
I finished reading โThe Never King,โ Book 1 by Nikki St. Crowe and Holy Peter Pan! WATCH OUT ๐! Cause this STAR โจof a book will keep you reading โstraight on til morning โจ!โ (FYI, Iโm not affiliated with the author, not in the book biz, reading is just a HOBBY, and Iโm just a regular reader that is super passionate ๐ about spreading the word on GREAT books!) There are NO spoilers ๐๐ป!
So this is a Peter Pan Fairy Tale ๐งโโ๏ธ RETELLING that has Fantasy and Romance ๐! Woot ๐๐ป Woot ๐๐ป!!! And if you havenโt ALREADY noticed, itโs KILL!NG it on Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers on THREE ๏ธโฃ separate lists (at the time I wrote this!) โฆ #๏ธโฃ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Romance, #1๏ธโฃ Gothic๐ฉธRomance, and #2๏ธโฃ Paranormal ๐ Romance! It has over 1700 ratings at nearly 5 STARS โญ๏ธ ! Dannnngโฆ do I even NEED to continue ๐ ?! Ok FINE. TWIST my ARM ๐ช๐ป! Here goes ๐!
Ok, so this book starts off FREAKING FANTASTIC ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป. LITERALLY (no PUNt ๐ intended ๐.) I kid you not! ๐๐ป There is one line at the VERY start that OMG ๐ โฆ I must have msgโd at least THREE different people as SOON as I read it because it was such a FUNNY ๐ and CLEVER ๐ง turn โคต๏ธ of words! Really, this book just takes off from the GET GO with quite a humorous TOUCHDOWN ๐๐๐๐!
Alright ๐ alright ๐, so the story begins on the BIRTHDAY ๐ of our FMC ๐, who is ANXIOUSLY awaiting being CAPTURED โ by PETER PAN ๐ง! Yes! You heard that right ๐!! Our girl KNOWS he is supposed to STEAL ๐ฅท her AWAY (or at least, thatโs what sheโs been told ๐ณ!) Every female in her family line for generations has DISAPPERED around her 18th birthday ๐ต! And when they returnโฆ which they ALWAYS DO ๐ฎโฆ they come back differentโฆ CHANGED. But WILL our girl be kidnapped? Is Peter Pan REALLY real ๐ฒ? Or have the women in her line just gone MAD ๐ตโ๐ซ? What will happen when our girl finds out ๐ฑ?!
So yeahโฆ this story was a super COOL ๐ TWIST ๐ช on Peter Pan! First off, the FMC is FREAKING AMAZEBALLS ๐๐ป! She is THE definition of EMPOWERMENT ๐ช๐ป! THIS CHICK ๐๐ป๐๐ป! She just TAKES ๐ what she wants ๐ and it is SO refreshing ๐ฌ there is NO shame ๐ซ. She just completely OWNS IT ๐ and I was likeโฆYES, lady YES ๐๐ป! NO SHAME I tell you ๐ฅณ! And the guys were a bit โdeer in the headlightsโ ๐ณ likeโฆ ummmโฆ is this Darling FOR REAL ๐ฒ? Cuz this girl KNOWS ๐กwhat sheโs GOT ๐๐๐ and she DEFINITELY knows how to use it ๐๐ป! And I think our boys are in CLOUDBERRY โ๏ธโ๐โ๐ HEAVEN ๐!
And SPEAKING of our BOYSโฆ. HOLY TINK ๐ฅต๐ฅต๐ฅต! YES! This is a RH ๐๐ป! You donโt have to WORRY ๐ฌ about the AGONY ๐ฉ of a love triangle ๐บโฆ cuz these boys definitely CAN share ๐๐๐! And our girl is WELL HAPPY ๐๐๐ to be LOST right alongside with them (if you know what I mean ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฅต!) These boys thoughโฆ are definitely NOT boys ๐๐ป! They are GROWN A$S DANGEROUS MEN ๐ฅท ๐ฅต that are LOYAL to the PAN ๐! And speaking of PANโฆ he AINโT no GOOD ๐๐ป boy neither! Nope ๐! This dude RULES with a tight, BLOOD ๐ฉธ soaked, FIST ๐๐ป! What this guy saysโฆ GOESโฆ and NO ONE better PROVOKE ๐ him or they may find themselves royally SCREW&D ๐๐ป โค๏ธ๐ฉธโ ๏ธ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅต!!!
Ok.. Ok.. so the characters are pretty GRITTY ๐ฅ and GREAT ๐ฅต! But what about the story?! Itโs actually a pretty NEAT ๐๐ป take on Peter Pan, Tink, the Lost Boys, and of courseโฆ our girl, Wendy Darling ๐! The writing is first person POV and itโs clean, straight ๐๐ป forward & FABULOUS ๐ for page-turning ๐๐ป! This is the kind of book that you can INHALE ๐ฎโ๐จ on a lazy Sunday afternoon โ๏ธ & be WHISKED away to the LAND ๐ณ of DARK Fairy Tales ๐งโโ๏ธ & STEAM ๐ฅ! Speaking of STEAM ๐ฅต, this story definitely has it ๐๐ป! Itโs NOT a slow-burn, but it also doesnโt take over the story either! The TEMP ๐ฅ is just the right amount of HEAT ๐ถ & Iโm here for it ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ! Ohhhhhh & the ending ๐๐ป! Ok, so yeah, there is a bit of a MYSTERY ๐ going on in this Peter Pan TWIST and the GREAT ๐คฉ newsโฆ is you DO get the answers ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ! (Although they might be via a wee, tiny cliffhanger ๐) GOOD NEWS though! โฆ Book 2 is only a hop, flight ๐ฆ and an island ๐ away (NEXT month ๐ฅณ!)
So if you love a darker Fairy Tale RE-TELLING of Peter Pan ๐งโโ๏ธ, a FMC that is SHAMELESS ๐ & LEGIT ๐๐ปtakes what she wants!, MMCs that include BOYS that we do actually want to be LOST with ๐ฅต๐ฅต, and a BOY, at the CENTER ๐ of it all that we may actually WANT to PROVOKE ๐ฅ๐ฅโฆ give this a shot! Itโs FREE on KU and you never know, it may be just be the book that CAPTURES โ you!