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| Original Title: | Stars |
| ISBN: | 1940716950 (ISBN13: 9781940716954) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Wendy Darling #1 |
Colleen Oakes
Paperback | Pages: 317 pages Rating: 3.78 | 1613 Users | 368 Reviews
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| Title | : | Stars (Wendy Darling #1) |
| Author | : | Colleen Oakes |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 317 pages |
| Published | : | October 13th 2015 by SparkPress |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Retellings. Young Adult |
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Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers in wealthy London, as well as a budding romance with Booth, the neighborhood bookseller’s son. But while their parents are at a ball, the charmingly beautiful Peter Pan comes to the Darling children’s nursery and—dazzled by this flying boy with god-like powers—they follow him out of the window and straight on to morning, to Neverland, an intoxicating island of feral freedom. As time passes in Neverland, Wendy realizes that this Lost Boys’ paradise of turquoise seas, mermaids, and pirates holds terrible secrets rooted in blood and greed. As Peter’s grasp on her heart tightens, she struggles to remember where she came from—and begins to suspect that this island of dreams, and the boy who desires her, have the potential to transform into an everlasting nightmare.Rating About Books Stars (Wendy Darling #1)
Ratings: 3.78 From 1613 Users | 368 ReviewsEvaluation About Books Stars (Wendy Darling #1)
I have never been more grateful to have finished a book.I had a hard time giving this book a rating, and it's a lot coming from a huge fan of the original story. I've been looking forward to reading this for a long time, only to have it disappoint me (understatement, I'm telling you)What are the pros of this book? It had a very strong prologue. That's all I can think of.I feel like I'm betraying my roots by saying this, but I couldn't bring myself to like any characters, not even the originals.I'm so glad I read this instead of waiting and shelving it onto my tbr. This was an amazing retelling, adding enough of a twist without completely changing or copying the original. World building was extremely well written. I can really envision Neverland and it's how I would picture it based on a mashup of all the versions I've read/watched. Such a great beginning book for a series. I love the story of Peter Pan and reading from Wendy's perspective was really refreshing. Of course I love Peter
Wendy Darling has a secret. And her father and brother John are not pleased. Baby Michael wants to comfort her but he's just a kid, he doesn't know how. Her mom is oblivious to her feelings. How can she live through her secret, when everyone else are against it?Wendy's secret is Booth, the bookseller's son. The two sees each other through weekly visits to the bookstore, through stolen moments. In this upperscale society in London, relationship between the poor and the rich is frowned upon. Tries
This and other reviews can be found on The Psychotic Nerd I received an ecopy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ACTUAL RATING: 3.5 MY THOUGHTS I love retellings of all kinds so when I saw this one on Netgalley, I was immediately curious! It took a little bit to get into this one, but the ending was very exciting and I enjoyed this book.Wendy Darling is in love with the bookseller's son, Booth, but she can't be with him. Booth isn't of her class and it's forbidden.
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I got copy of this book to review through NetGalley. Previous to this book I had read The Child Thief by Brom and Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen, both were Peter Pan retellings that I really enjoyed. This book was okay, but pretty slow and predictable. Also a quick caution this book is the start to a new series and doesnt resolve anything.Wendy Darling is living a perfectly respectable life in London, her only issue being her budding romance with Booth which her mother doesnt approve of. Then Peter
The first thing you have to realize about "Wendy Darling: Stars" is that this novel/upcoming series is to the original Peter Pan what the film Mirror, Mirror is to Snow White. It's a good story and it contains names, clever callbacks, and elements from the original but does not in any way, shape, or form follow the original plot beyond the narrowest sense (I.E. London-based children fly away with a magical boy to a place called Neverland). The story begins with Wendy Darling who appears to have
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