I will also pick up any book by Aiden Thomas. This one was a bit darker than some of the others while still having the amount of heart I expect from this author. I’m a sucker for Peter Pan and this retelling was a refreshing twist on the classic tale. ( )

Really good retelling of a classic story. I like the twists it has and it's just over all a good read. ( )

I really enjoyed this read. I loved that this book was a mix between fairy tale (peter pan) and also a mystery at the heart of it. I was super captured by Aiden writing style and it def was super hard to put down. Romance was def not the main focus but that was okay for me. This book also tackled anxiety and grief and in many different ways. The end really broke me, but i am dying to see what this author comes up with next. ( )

I really enjoyed this read. I loved that this book was a mix between fairy tale (peter pan) and also a mystery at the heart of it. I was super captured by Aiden writing style and it def was super hard to put down. Romance was def not the main focus but that was okay for me. This book also tackled anxiety and grief and in many different ways. The end really broke me, but i am dying to see what this author comes up with next. ( )

Avi Roque is such a good narrator! I really enjoyed this.

I am not a fan of the original Peter Pan, but I like some of the ideas in that story. I am glad that Aiden Thomas ignored the aspects I hate about it and kept the ones I like.

Five years before the start of the novel, Wendy Darling’s two brothers went missing. Now, more children have started to disappear and bringing back memories of the two missing boys from all those years ago. Wendy encounters a boy that claims to be Peter Pan and that has an idea of what they must do to find the kids. However, this means that Wendy will have to go back into the woods she tried to avoid in years.

I am not the biggest fan of urban fantasy either, but I like fairy tale inspired stories and something like Peter Pan is close enough. I also like mysterious, magical and dark stories and this one fits too. This book has a mystery, but the focus is on Wendy and her mental health as well as her relationship with her parents and Peter.

The story moves slowly even though there is urgency when it comes to Peter finding those kids and going back to Neverland. At times it seems the characters get distracted from their mission and I wonder if it is because of the child-like nature of Peter Pan and if being with him brings up the same in Wendy too.

Sometimes I felt that the messages were too explicit on the page and I prefer it to be more subtle and not spelled out. However, this seems to be very common in YA and it’s not particularly an issue with this book.

I liked the cute relationship between Peter and Wendy and how Wendy’s struggles were dealt with. I also liked the resolution to the mystery and the explanation of Peter Pan’s work.

What I liked the most was the ending. I like the kind of endings that leave space for the imagination. My main issue with Cemetery Boys was that the ending felt too easy and convenient. This one didn’t make me feel the same way and because of that I like it better. ( )