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A review by kristinasshelves
Dust by Kara Swanson
4.0
Peter Pan is real.
Claire has been searching for her twin brother, Conner, for the past five years. Their mother abandoned them as babies and they've only really had each other throughout their tumultuous lives. The only remnant Claire has is Conner's battered copy of [b:Peter Pan|34268|Peter Pan|J.M. Barrie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1337714526l/34268._SX50_.jpg|1358908]. She gets information that Conner was taken to London, so she leaves everything behind to find answers. Once there, Claire encounters Captain Hook and his pirates, the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and Peter Pan himself under a pseudonym. As she realizes that the story she knows so well is not fiction, she learns more about her place in the world and the power that lives inside of her.
Peter is just as much a villain as Hook, leaving both Claire and the reader constantly guessing at who can be trusted as more is discovered about the realities of Neverland and what has become of Conner. This ended on a cliffhanger and I cannot wait until [b:Shadow|50396157|Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)|Kara Swanson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614213283l/50396157._SX50_.jpg|75354910] is released in two days!
As far as retellings go, Kara Swanson did an excellent job blending the original story of Peter Pan with her own modern twists. This is a YA book, so the romance that is hinted at was predictable, but the rest of the plot was fantastic. I loved the themes of finding your own worth and the dubious nature given to all of the character.
This title is released through Enclave Publishing, who focus on Christian Science-fiction and fantasy. I would not have guessed this book to be categorized as Christian fiction, but it is clean and contains a message of hope. There is a passage about light overcoming darkness, but in relation to magic, so not exactly what I'd consider an allegory. Tiger Lily also references her tribes deity "Ever One" who hung the stars in the sky which I can see being analogous to God, but is also a stretch.
Claire has been searching for her twin brother, Conner, for the past five years. Their mother abandoned them as babies and they've only really had each other throughout their tumultuous lives. The only remnant Claire has is Conner's battered copy of [b:Peter Pan|34268|Peter Pan|J.M. Barrie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1337714526l/34268._SX50_.jpg|1358908]. She gets information that Conner was taken to London, so she leaves everything behind to find answers. Once there, Claire encounters Captain Hook and his pirates, the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and Peter Pan himself under a pseudonym. As she realizes that the story she knows so well is not fiction, she learns more about her place in the world and the power that lives inside of her.
Peter is just as much a villain as Hook, leaving both Claire and the reader constantly guessing at who can be trusted as more is discovered about the realities of Neverland and what has become of Conner. This ended on a cliffhanger and I cannot wait until [b:Shadow|50396157|Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)|Kara Swanson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614213283l/50396157._SX50_.jpg|75354910] is released in two days!
As far as retellings go, Kara Swanson did an excellent job blending the original story of Peter Pan with her own modern twists. This is a YA book, so the romance that is hinted at was predictable, but the rest of the plot was fantastic. I loved the themes of finding your own worth and the dubious nature given to all of the character.
This title is released through Enclave Publishing, who focus on Christian Science-fiction and fantasy. I would not have guessed this book to be categorized as Christian fiction, but it is clean and contains a message of hope. There is a passage about light overcoming darkness, but in relation to magic, so not exactly what I'd consider an allegory. Tiger Lily also references her tribes deity "Ever One" who hung the stars in the sky which I can see being analogous to God, but is also a stretch.