We’re giving this one 3.5 stars, because I have lots of mixed feelings...

I’ve been waiting for a few months to finally be able to read this book after hearing so many good and hopeful things about it. I didn’t know how to feel about a Peter Pan re-telling, especially one that was supposed to be darker. This story still felt cozy, but wasn’t quite all that I had hoped for.

This book built of the Disney Peter Pan in a way that felt like it gave him a bit more depth, but there wasn’t a whole ton of character development from that point (Heads up, we’re going to get into some spoilers soon). From the moment Wendy found him to when he left her in her old bedroom at the end, he was just kind of bland. Wendy was set up well at the beginning, but also never changed or grew. She kept wanting to find her brothers and playing with her little acorn.