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A review by bribookish
Second Star by Alyssa Sheinmel
4.0
**3.5 stars**
Full Review on Brianna's Bookish Confessions.
I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review from Harlequin Teen. It does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Don’t get me wrong, I really did enjoy this book. I devoured it pretty quickly (even though it took 3 days, but technically 2 but not even that). I think my feelings for this book are highly affected for my rating… The ending was a lot to take in. I don’t even know how to functionally describe my feelings for the ending right now. I can’t…
A (loosely based) retelling of the Classic, Peter Pan following 17 year old Wendy who has just graduated high school. A few months ago her two brothers, John & Michael never came home. They loved to go surfing and were obsessed with it. Wendy wants to find them because she is convinced they are still alive. She meets Pete who loves surfing as well and is immediately drawn to him. She also meets Pete’s ememy, Jas. She is drawn to both boys and doesn’t know which one. Will she find her brothers? Will she decide who she wants?
This was such a great and short book to start my summer with! I loved how the author used Peter Pan but changed it to a contemporary summer read! I went into the book not expecting too much from the actual Peter Pan tale, so maybe that helped. If your wanting to read this, I suggest going into it not completely surrounded by Peter Pan.
Towards 75% of the book it started to confuse me. I didn’t know what was happening, but I guess that was how it was planned. But I kept thinking, is this real? What’s going on? I don’t want to give too much away though.
I did not however like Wendy’s best friend, Fiona. I felt in the beginning of the book that she was more worried about her boyfriend and being with him than being with her best friend who is trying to find her lost brothers. I don’t know, that just doesn’t seem like a great friend to me. Towards the end she started to warm up (just a little) but even at the end of the book, I still don’t really like her character.
If I had to pick between Pete (who is supposed to be Peter Pan by the way) or Jas- I would pick Jas. I have my reasons why I pick Jas and if you pick this book up (or have already read it) you probably know why I’m saying that. I did like Pete in the beginning, but Jas was a lot more supportive to Wendy and was willing to help her find her brothers.
I still can’t handle that ending….
Full Review on Brianna's Bookish Confessions.
I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review from Harlequin Teen. It does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Don’t get me wrong, I really did enjoy this book. I devoured it pretty quickly (even though it took 3 days, but technically 2 but not even that). I think my feelings for this book are highly affected for my rating… The ending was a lot to take in. I don’t even know how to functionally describe my feelings for the ending right now. I can’t…
A (loosely based) retelling of the Classic, Peter Pan following 17 year old Wendy who has just graduated high school. A few months ago her two brothers, John & Michael never came home. They loved to go surfing and were obsessed with it. Wendy wants to find them because she is convinced they are still alive. She meets Pete who loves surfing as well and is immediately drawn to him. She also meets Pete’s ememy, Jas. She is drawn to both boys and doesn’t know which one. Will she find her brothers? Will she decide who she wants?
This was such a great and short book to start my summer with! I loved how the author used Peter Pan but changed it to a contemporary summer read! I went into the book not expecting too much from the actual Peter Pan tale, so maybe that helped. If your wanting to read this, I suggest going into it not completely surrounded by Peter Pan.
Towards 75% of the book it started to confuse me. I didn’t know what was happening, but I guess that was how it was planned. But I kept thinking, is this real? What’s going on? I don’t want to give too much away though.
I did not however like Wendy’s best friend, Fiona. I felt in the beginning of the book that she was more worried about her boyfriend and being with him than being with her best friend who is trying to find her lost brothers. I don’t know, that just doesn’t seem like a great friend to me. Towards the end she started to warm up (just a little) but even at the end of the book, I still don’t really like her character.
If I had to pick between Pete (who is supposed to be Peter Pan by the way) or Jas- I would pick Jas. I have my reasons why I pick Jas and if you pick this book up (or have already read it) you probably know why I’m saying that. I did like Pete in the beginning, but Jas was a lot more supportive to Wendy and was willing to help her find her brothers.
I still can’t handle that ending….