None of it felt off, or weird, or forced as I was expecting.

A lot of development happened for both of these characters that was just beautiful, which budded into an amazing enemy-to-lover romance. Peter was pushed into the realization that maybe James Hook wasn’t an enemy (mentioned in the summary, so not a spoiler). This lead to the rest of the book that I fell in love with.Īt the 50% mark, it changed. It happened quite a few times, until Hook-James, I should say-finally pushed up the stakes, and everything changed. The beginning had the same pattern, and that also got annoying fast-find Hook, mess around with him, run, get caught, escape, repeat. He was really selfish, and I was actually struggling to get through this book because of him. He was stuck-up, cock-sure, and really *fucking* annoying. In the beginning, I really couldn’t stand Peter. I have so much to say about this book, but am having such trouble putting it to words, so please excuse me if I happen to ramble or not make sense. In all honesty, I’m having trouble putting my words down, right now.

I would like to thank the people at Less Than Three Press for allowing me to have an ARC via NetGalley. Why this book?: I had heard of Austin Chant’s work before, namely Coffee Boy. After hearing from a friend that this was a trans Peter Pan retelling, I jumped on a chance to get an ARC. But soon enough, Peter is confused on who the real enemy is, and, even worse, on his growing affection for his mortal enemy, James Hook.

Upon returning, all Peter wants is to continue his war with Captain Hook. A decade after he left Neverland, Peter decides to go back after having his identity stifled by his family.

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