A Land of Never and Night

De: Lily Archer

Narrado por: Mackenzie Cartwright

A fantasy romance that will spirit you away. Perfect for fans of Gild and The Never King.

Peter Pan has stolen me away to Neverland.

He's not the child of legend. Instead, he's a man who vows to protect me from the villainous Hook. I stay with Peter and his Lost Boys, safe in the wilds of the island.

But Hook is searching for me. And when his pirates find me, the black-hearted pirate king will claim me for his own.

Lily's Note: This book begins the Never and Night Series, a slow-burn fantasy romance. Please mind the cliff.

©2022 Lily Archer (P)2022 Lily Archer

Slow start

This book reads much like a fairy tale; very bland, although Mackenzie does a good job with narration of characters and some of it was funny. I will continue the series in hopes it will improve or move forward more quickly and add romance and more humor. Looking forward to book 3 as Shane assists in narration.

Decent start but could've been more

This was a really quick read/listen for me. It is a Peter Pan retelling where Moira is the great grand daughter of Wendy. She's a highly educated woman who is well read and working very hard to distinguish herself from her family. Suddenly, she is kidnapped and whisked away to Neverland by Peter who she thought was just apart of the family lore/stories - not actually real. However, the Peter she meets is vastly different from the family legends... He's and adult man - not a boy and has a bit of a temper. Besides that he's keeping secrets swearing that he needs her help to kill Captain Hook. Even though Moira doesn't believe she's actually in Neverland she tries to go along with it all, hoping it'll all be over and she'll eventually wake up. However, nothing is as it seems and when an evil pirate saves her instead of harming her she starts to reevaluate what she's being told verses what she witnessing. Not to mention she's suddenly missing gaps in her memory and the boys are suddenly younger. Be aware this book ends on a cliffhanger. There's no spice in this book but lots of innuendo and I believe the next book will be decently spicy especially with the "perfect tits" comment towards the end of the book. I'm anticipating some morally grey antiheroes in this books future.

This whole book just feels like a set up for the actual story. So be aware that not a whole lot actually happens till the last like 50 pages. Not to mention the island mysteries are super vague and the lost boys intentions are also unknown. I wish the author had put a little more plot development in it to move the story along or at least to build into the next story. I think if this book had ended on a plot development point as a cliffhanger rather than a cliff jump it would've made me need to read the next book immediately. The other bone I've got to pick with this story is the fact that Moira is a writer, shes highly educated and is going for her master's degree in literature - and yet she doesn't ask ANY goddamn questions of Pan. She just sits there and is like, "okay, I swear I'm not crazy so to prove that I'm just gonna let this happen to me." I feel like her character would be fighting the kidnapping more or at least pestering the boys with questions.

I can see where the story is going and I think the next book is gonna be exactly what I hoped this book would be. I'm excited to learn what's so important about Moira telling the boys stories, and the pirates side of the story. I will read the next book once it's out on audible.

Story ⭐⭐⭐
Spice 🚫
Audio 🎧🎧🎧🎧

Disappointing

Has good potential but I came to this book for romance and there was none. also nothing is ever explained.