A warm soft mouth pressed to my forehead. “She’s right,” he whispered. “Taking you home would be the kind, wise thing to do. But I cannot be kind, or wise, so instead I will be very, very selfish.”

Rebecca Kenney just knows how to write a good book. Every adventure I have taken through her words have been such a delight to read. Wendy, Darling is a Peter Pan retelling where we follow Wendy and Pan as adults.

When Wendy left all those years ago back to her home, Peter began struggling with depression and when they thought they defeated Hook for good he popped back up again. Peter had to age himself up and some of the lost kids in order to protect Neverland and have a better fighting chance again Commodore Hook.

This story has some really cool twists to the original story like the children that were brought to Neverland, were done so with a purpose. They each have some type of unique ability. Peter's pan flute allowed him to see the auras around the special children, but didn't allow him to tell what kind of ability they have. He could see similarities in auras though!

In this book the lost kids have a new mother, who replaced Wendy when Peter aged up. Her name is Melanie and I disliked her immediately. My suspect radar was immediately on her.

Our Tinkerbell of the story, Trill, was hilarious with her openness. One of the quotes that made me lose my shit:

“He’ll love it. We have a very understanding relationship, you see. We have our own ways of pleasuring each other, but if he wants someone his size, I don’t forbid it, as long as I get to watch.” She licked her lips, eyes rolling with the pleasure of a past memory. “I can’t wait for tonight.”

Another twist to this story that I also enjoy is that Trill and Peter are half-siblings living under a very long curse. Trill being under a miniaturization curse and Peter his shadow separating from him which made him weaker.

This is book 3 of the immortal warriors series, which are all standalone with the exception of this book and its partner Captain Pan. With this book having a counterpart we do end on one heck of a cliffhanger but are promised a HEA. I very much look forward to reading Captain Pan very soon.

I read this book on my kindle and paired it with the audio-book as well. Both were fantastic!

📖Slow-Burn
📖Different Worlds
📖Everyone can see it
📖Belated love epiphany
📖Spicy
📖Peter Pan/Wendy Retelling