A review by romancingthereader
Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Imagine me fist pumping into the air. Iโ€™m love this world Nikki St. Crowe has created and Iโ€™m so freaking excited to be back.

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: 

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: E-book ARC on Kindle. ๐Ÿ†“๏ธ on KU.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Fantasy romance 

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Dark romance, MMF, all the banter, kick butt FMC, second chance.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Captain James Hook and his nemesis, The Crocodile, team up to find Wendy Darling once they learn sheโ€™s still alive. But when they arrive in Everland, things are more more complicated than they thought - including their feelings for each other. 

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„:  I loved everything about the Vicious Lost Boys series - and when it ended it definitely felt like a loss. But here I am back in this world and engrossed in Nikki St. Crowโ€™s writing, and it feels like home.

I loved everything about this book - and I have to be honestโ€ฆ it kicked off with some a bang Iโ€™m convinced this is going to be better than VLB.  Roc is such a fun character, and Hook is like an onion of idiosyncrasies. Then we finally meet Wendy, and sheโ€™s such a powerful character already.

The world building, the lore, the plotโ€ฆ itโ€™s all there. Along with that spicy spice. I love how much she got into 225 pages, while at the same time hating how I flew through it.

Fair warning - she did it again. This ends on a heck of a cliffhanger. But I think we all need to get in the boat and head to Neverland together again.

๐Ÿช„ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ: Easy. Nikki St. Crowโ€™s writing feels understandable, and the world is magical yet completely understandable, even for a fantasy n00b like me.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 5/5 โญโญโญโญโญ  

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 3.5/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ

๐Ÿ“ ๐—” ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒโ€ฆ The synopsis says itโ€™s a standalone. I donโ€™t think so - youโ€™re best off reading VLB first.

๐‘ฐ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ช ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜.