I'm sorry to say that I ended up DNFing this book at 45% 😩

I was really excited to read this as the premise sounds so good and the fact that it's a dark retelling really pulled me in but I was so disappointed with where it went.

I don't know why this is advertised as a dark retelling, maybe I'm not far enough into the book, but what I've read so far was tame and not dark at all apart from her nearly getting raped by the lost boys. That was legit the only good part of the book UK until this point.

The way Wendy was acting in the past was wayyyy too cringe. I mean, I get being a virgin one is nervous having any sort of touching or sexual intimacy but when he is literally about to fuck her, she says she's scared to lose him?! Nah, that was where I drew the line.

I'm really sorry it came to that and I guess others might enjoy it but it was not for me 😰

Since I know this was the OG version and has since been rewritten twice, I won't do a whole shebang with this review. I did it for the dark and the spice.

"We all die. But not all of us really live."

Triggers/ What to expect:
- Peter Pan Retelling
- Dark Romance ish
- Second Changes
- Multi P.O.V
- 'Good Girl'
- 'Darling'
- Grooming/ Attempted Rape
- Death
- Both Virgins
- First Love
- Non-con
- Dub-con
- Pregnancy
- Murder

I love a retelling especially when it comes to Captain Hook. I really enjoyed the idea behind Losing Neverland. The story jumps between past and present, where you get to see how Peter Pan and Hook became one of the same and the relationship between Wendy and Pan.

I would have liked to have seen Peter and Hook battling it out think a bit like Venom or in Doctor Who series 7 'Nightmare in Silver' with The Doctor having a cyberman trying to take over his mind.

Overall, while reading I felt like something was missing. The story needed more showing rather than telling us. I felt some parts weren't expanded on enough. Especially the last say 15%, it was extremely rushed. I also felt I was left with more questions than answers. For example, what was the point of John/Smee's betrayal? and What was the point of Tiger Lily?

*Thank you Netgalley for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.