Book Review: Adventures in Neverland Series

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I've noticed my least favorite thing about scheduling my blog posts is that I frequently forget when to write more. I write in chunks, they all post, and then suddenly I have to write more! It just sneaks up so fast! I'm makin' it work, though, so in my head I'm totally killing the game.

Today's blog post is going to be another book review. Anna Katmore, an author that I am pretty familiar with, wrote two spin-off books on Peter Pan, and she killed it. I usually read Katmore during the summer months when I want lighter books to read, and ones that don't require much attachment to the characters. While I usually breeze through her books and forget about them after, the Adventures in Neverland series changed my mind on the author.

Photo taken from annakatmore.com

I will casually and ironically eat Pirate's Booty as I type this post. Giggles are currently being kept inside. Moving on!

In May I read the first book in the series, Neverland. The cover was cute, and I love twists on my favorite childhood stories, so this was a no brainer when I purchased it on my nook. The description of the book was quite short, but essentially, Angel (the main character) falls into Neverland somehow and ends up falling in love with Captain Hook--who's actually not evil at all. In fact, James Hook is pretty hunky in my mind, (although I did keep imagining Colin O'Donoghue as Killian Jones).

It's a much prettier sight than the cartoon image that pops into my mind, so Anna Katmore should be grateful that Once Upon a Time cast such a sexy villain.

I mean, take your pick, but I think the choice is a little obvious.

Although the plot line was pretty cliche--or as cliche as falling into Neverland can get--I ate up the whole story! I finished it in a split second and was eager to buy the sequel, Pan's Revenge. At the end of the nook version of Neverland, there was an excerpt from Pan's Revenge, and let me tell you, reading excerpts without having the next book lined up for you is pretty much torture.

Picture taken from goodreads.com

This cover was just as adorable as the first. Pan's Revenge, without giving away too many details, was the story of Peter's revenge (duh) on Captain James Hook. Pan believes that the only fair way to seek revenge is to go after the one thing Hook loves most--Angel. Pan leaves Neverland after Angel forgets all about the other world, to convince her that Hook was evil and Pan was the one she loved. But who will win? And why bring the sad teenager into the mix? Cliche, once again, but so addicting.

While these may not be novels of the year, if you are someone like me who hardly finds the time to read during the school year, (college is time consuming, man), I highly recommend this series! [On my nook] Neverland is 203 pages, and Pan's Revenge is about 230 pages, both including a preview to other books. Katmore put a playlist at the end of each book, which I found totally adorable, so that also took up a page.

Give it a try, I promise you won't regret it!

Abby