I don’t love Peter Pan retellings so from the start this wasn’t really for me. The story was cute and I did like the twist on Peter not necessarily being creepy or the bad guy (indeed, the way he cared for “lost” kids actually ended up being really sweet). The book felt too long and it dragged a bit…it was only ~350 pages but I feel like it could have been 100 pages shorter and not have lost much. I am also annoyed at how even at the end of the book Wendy still felt like what happened to her brothers was her fault and not

the fault of the man who decided to go hunting while drinking and shot two boys because he thought they were deer. Idc that the kids were in the woods…it’s always going to be the fault of the man with a gun in one hand and beer bottle in the other. Full stop.

 

I don’t think this is one I’ll reread or anything, but I appreciate it for what it was and would recommend for fans of Peter Pan retellings!