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A review by margeauxgagnon
Hooking Peter: Escapism Book 1 by Brittany Montgomery
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
0.5
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!
The classic story of Peter Pan with a fun and dark twist.... or it was supposed to be. Unfortunately this one falls short of the mark. This book is so fast paced it difficult to keep up with what is happening. On top of that the timeline is so confusing. Its very unclear how much time passes throughout the book and while the general ages of the characters seem to be important and mentioned briefly its vey unclear exactly how old they are.
It feels at lot like the author had general ideas and plot points they wanted to hit but couldn't figure out how to connect the dots and weave together a well written story so we as the reader are kind of just thrown from scene to scene. It really stood out to me during the pivotal moment in the book when Wendy leaves Neverland without telling Peter goodbye. After that happens the story just flashes forward several weeks in time and we don't get to see Peter's reaction to the news like you would expect.
The romance scenes in the book also feel very bizarre and just like they were thrown in at the last minute because someone just wanted the characters to kiss.
Every chapter and scene in this book had me just questioning what was happening and how we got there and by the last quarter of it I kind of just had enough and decided to skim. In short, the idea for the story was there but the execution just wasn't.
The classic story of Peter Pan with a fun and dark twist.... or it was supposed to be. Unfortunately this one falls short of the mark. This book is so fast paced it difficult to keep up with what is happening. On top of that the timeline is so confusing. Its very unclear how much time passes throughout the book and while the general ages of the characters seem to be important and mentioned briefly its vey unclear exactly how old they are.
It feels at lot like the author had general ideas and plot points they wanted to hit but couldn't figure out how to connect the dots and weave together a well written story so we as the reader are kind of just thrown from scene to scene. It really stood out to me during the pivotal moment in the book when Wendy leaves Neverland without telling Peter goodbye. After that happens the story just flashes forward several weeks in time and we don't get to see Peter's reaction to the news like you would expect.
The romance scenes in the book also feel very bizarre and just like they were thrown in at the last minute because someone just wanted the characters to kiss.
Every chapter and scene in this book had me just questioning what was happening and how we got there and by the last quarter of it I kind of just had enough and decided to skim. In short, the idea for the story was there but the execution just wasn't.