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A review by kitkatchonk
Second Star by Alyssa Sheinmel
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5
Had this book avoided the awfully unnecessary love triangle it probably would have been closer to a 4.5 or maybe even 5 stars. This suppose to have been a wonderful Peter Pan reselling set in a modern day time (California) that should have made me go out there and find adventure. To be honest, it's certainly made me want to learn how to surf, and the atmosphere overall for this book wasn't bad. It was actually kind of good.
The plot was decent (don't want to talk too much about it to avoid spoiler, and I feel like this book is better if you go in blind not expecting much from it), the characters were only okay. Nothing too memorable but nothing too awful either.
The ending however was by far my favourite part of this book. The last 50 or so pages caught me completely off guard. And threw a few twists I wasn't expecting at all.
Overall a lovely contemporary read with memorable references to the original story. And while it was good it wasn't, sadly, amazing.
Had this book avoided the awfully unnecessary love triangle it probably would have been closer to a 4.5 or maybe even 5 stars. This suppose to have been a wonderful Peter Pan reselling set in a modern day time (California) that should have made me go out there and find adventure. To be honest, it's certainly made me want to learn how to surf, and the atmosphere overall for this book wasn't bad. It was actually kind of good.
The plot was decent (don't want to talk too much about it to avoid spoiler, and I feel like this book is better if you go in blind not expecting much from it), the characters were only okay. Nothing too memorable but nothing too awful either.
The ending however was by far my favourite part of this book. The last 50 or so pages caught me completely off guard. And threw a few twists I wasn't expecting at all.
Overall a lovely contemporary read with memorable references to the original story. And while it was good it wasn't, sadly, amazing.