A review by ashleynoelle
The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe

3.0

“There is always something to glean from words, which ones, how they’re said. If they’re used as knives or balms.”

All of the women in Winnie Darling's family go missing on their 18th birthday. Sometimes they are gone for a day, sometimes a month, but they always come back, and they are always broken. Winnie isn't sure she believes her mother's fears that she will be kidnapped by Peter Pan on her birthday, but to humor her she locks herself up in their home to try and avoid the myth who wants to take her. The barred door doesn't stop him though, he comes for her and now that he has her, he's not sure he wants to let her go. 

This was not bad, I actually really liked that there is a fast paced vibe to this story and appreciate that there is some plot mixed in with the smut in this one. I was fully prepared for this to have little plot because it is very short. With that said, that is my biggest issue with this book. There is no reason for this book to be as short as it is. This series, likely could have been a duology and combined some of the books together. The cliffhanger ending, felt abrupt and not in a cliffhanger way, but in a "that didn't feel like the end to anything, where is the rest of this book?" kind of way. I am liking this twist on Peter Pan though.