I love Lili and I love her words

To be honest, this book really wasn’t my cup of tea. First of all, I have a really hard time reading books told in 3rd person. I find them really confusing and it makes it harder for me to connect to the story. Secondly, this book has a great promise but the execution really lacked for me. I feel like there was so much happening but it was so slow and drawn out. I also didn’t start to like any of the characters until more than halfway through the book and there were so many moments that I think were supposed to be sweet but they just had me rolling my eyes. The vibe of the book was probably my favorite thing about it! It really reminded me of the dollhouse plot in Pretty Little Liars, especially the rooms decorated for each of them. And there was a twist at the end that I didn’t see coming at all! I’m not saying this is a bad book by any means, it just wasn’t the book for me but I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people enjoy it!

This book was really cute! It was fun to get to see a little bit of what the characters did during the time between season 1 and 2. I loved getting to see into everyone’s mind in a way that you don’t get to by just watching the show. It was also fun to see little things that give a little more insight into where the characters are in the first episode of season 2; like Ricky being obsessed with bet on it, E.J. being weirdly zen (I can’t stop laughing about him accidentally going to a meditation and mindfulness convention

I wanted to like this book so much more but it really just fell flat for me. I adore fairytale retellings and the description sounded so good but I honestly forced my way through this.

Things I didn’t like:
1. I listened to the audiobook and I really did not like the narrator at all.
2. It was way too long. There were so many unnecessary details that the story just felt so drawn out and I really just wanted it to get to the point.
3. The resolution was a little too clean and didn’t seem realistic. Obviously it’s about a fairytale so it’s not going to be super realistic but I just think the detectives would have questioned Wendy so much more.

Things I did like:
1. I thought the direction it went in was really interesting! Very very sad but I’ve heard this theory around Peter Pan before so I thought it was interesting to read a book that went with it.
2. The woods being dangerous is a storyline I love in fantasy novels so I enjoyed that!

My main question that the book left me with is how did Wendy’s mom know Peter? Like with the ultimate reveal surrounding Peter, it doesn’t make sense to me how she would have met him as a kid...?

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I just wish there was more tbh

These 3 short stories were really interesting additions to the tv show! Each one is set during a different summer and each are about different legends that are still talked about surrounding panic! I also loved that each was read by a different cast member!