My main issue with Cemetery Boys was that the ending felt too easy and convenient. I like the kind of endings that leave space for the imagination. I also liked the resolution to the mystery and the explanation of Peter Pan’s work. I liked the cute relationship between Peter and Wendy and how Wendy’s struggles were dealt with. However, this seems to be very common in YA and it’s not particularly an issue with this book. Sometimes I felt that the messages were too explicit on the page and I prefer it to be more subtle and not spelled out. At times it seems the characters get distracted from their mission and I wonder if it is because of the child-like nature of Peter Pan and if being with him brings up the same in Wendy too.

The story moves slowly even though there is urgency when it comes to Peter finding those kids and going back to Neverland. This book has a mystery, but the focus is on Wendy and her mental health as well as her relationship with her parents and Peter. I also like mysterious, magical and dark stories and this one fits too. I am not the biggest fan of urban fantasy either, but I like fairy tale inspired stories and something like Peter Pan is close enough. However, this means that Wendy will have to go back into the woods she tried to avoid in years.

Wendy encounters a boy that claims to be Peter Pan and that has an idea of what they must do to find the kids. Now, more children have started to disappear and bringing back memories of the two missing boys from all those years ago. I am glad that Aiden Thomas ignored the aspects I hate about it and kept the ones I like.įive years before the start of the novel, Wendy Darling’s two brothers went missing.

I am not a fan of the original Peter Pan, but I like some of the ideas in that story. Avi Roque is such a good narrator! I really enjoyed this.

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas