The Never King

Vicious Lost Boys, Book 1

By: Nikki St. Crowe

Narrated by: Stella Hunter, Shane East, Diontae Black, Curtis Michael Holland, Roxy Isles

Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

The stories were all wrong—Hook was never the villain.

For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their 18th birthday. Sometimes they’re gone for only a day, some a week or a month. But they always return broken.

Now, on the afternoon of my 18th birthday, my mother is running around the house making sure all the windows are barred and the doors locked.

But it’s pointless.

Because when night falls, he comes for me. And this time, the Never King and the Lost Boys aren’t willing to let me go.

NOTE: The Never King is a reimagining of Peter and Wendy. Characters have been aged up for this darker, grittier version. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you’ll enjoy The Never King. You can expect hate kissing, fighting, bickering, and "touch her and I’ll unalive you" vibes. Book one ends on a cliff.

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©2022 Nikki St. Crowe (P)2022 Nikki St. Crowe

Has potential

Alright. The underlying plot has so much potential. HOWEVER, it’s difficult to see said underlying plot and, any, character development through the copious amount of sex. It should be kept in mind that it is a quick read, so hashing out characters is kept relatively small.

I didn’t keep a tally, but it felt like every single chapter talked about sex/sexual encounters.

The narration cast is fantastic! Usually I’m not a fan of audio books that have multiple narrators, but this time, the cast fit the characters and I was transported off into the fantasy.

Will I be reading the next books as they come out? Most likely. I would love to see more from the storyline. Like I said, it has great potential.

❤️Loved it❤️

Totally worth the credit!!! I can’t wait for book 2!!! And OMG Shane East VIICW ❤️. I just love him!!

Be aware this is Erotica

Wish I knew when I purchased this that other reviewers meant “spicy” as graphic erotica. I don’t have a problem with that per se, but this wasn’t really what I was looking for in this book. The overall story was actually very good and would very much like to continue the storyline, but probably won’t just because the erotic aspect of this was such a turn off. The main character constantly calls herself a dirty whore and fully embraces that as her character type, I wish that she valued herself more. Be aware that this book depicts graphic scenes of group sex, rough sex, and abuse.

This was okay….

I wanted more from it. I love all kinds of romance stories but this one didn’t live up to the hype for me

Hard to justify a credit for a novella

But if you can get it on sale, do it! Worth the listen! Dark, fun and sexy. Shane East is fun. Only has about 30 total minutes though.

Interesting Storyline

This was pretty good to be such a short book. It took a while to figure out what was going on but things finally came together. Narration was excellent with top notch A list narrators. Just purchased Book 2; glad it has been released!

a page turner

it put a dark, kinky, and awesome spin on the story of Peter Pan, one I was not expecting. this is definitely an adult story and a great one.

it was ok

the story was ok I'm hoping the next book has more of a romance and not just straight porn.

short but loved it

it was super short but it was a great story. ready for the next

So good!

I’m not normally a fan of fairy tale retellings, but this one was phenomenal! Just enough fantasy mixed with dark romance to make it great. This one ended on a cliffhanger, so diving into the next immediately because I need to see what happens! I am kicking myself for putting this series off.