A review by bedtimesandbooks
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’m going to be 100% honest with you.

The ONLY reason I picked up this book is because it was written by Aiden Thomas.

I LOVED Cemetery Boys. It is by far, one of my favorite reads this year.

I’m not a Peter Pan fan. But, I trusted Aiden and picked up this book anyways.

And as I was reading it I thought it was fine. It didn’t engage me in quite the same way that Cemetery Boys did. I know that this is a YA, and as I was reading it I definitely felt like this was made for a younger reader, which I didn’t feel like with Cemetery Boys. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’m not the intended reader. A book can be good and not my cup of tea all at the same time.

But then... as I got closer to the end I stayed up WAY too late finishing this, and ended up bawling my eyes out. So yeah. Maybe it is for me? I don’t 100% know where I stand yet, but any book that makes me ugly cry AUTOMATICALLY gets stars.

I will say that if you are even remotely familiar with the Peter Pan story, then you will probably be able to easily identify some of the upcoming twists and storylines. Aiden has described this as “basically fanfic”, and I agree with that descriptions (albeit with the racist stereotypes removed which made this much better than the original story)

Also, this cover is 💯

Will I read Aiden’s next book? 100%. I can’t wait.

This one was hard to rate, but I’m going with 4 Stars 
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