Book profile
The Never King
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2022-06-16
- Rating
- ★ 3.4 · 239 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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This dark reimagining of Peter Pan centers on the Darling women, who have vanished on their 18th birthday for two centuries and always return broken. On the day of her own 18th birthday, the protagonist's mother bars the windows, but to no avail—the Never King (an aged-up Hook reimagined from villain to morally gray anti-hero) comes for her, and the Lost Boys refuse to release her. An enemies-to-lovers dynamic unfolds between the captive heroine and the ruthless Never King, with hate-kissing, bickering, and protective 'touch her' intensity. The novel is a darker, grittier fantasy romance and concludes on a cliffhanger.
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- Captive Romance: “the Never King and the Lost Boys aren't willing to let me go.” source
- Curse: “For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their 18th birthday” source
- Enemies to Lovers: “Hook was never the villain.” source
- Forced Proximity: “the Never King and the Lost Boys aren't willing to let me go” source
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Content notes
- kidnapping
Heat and content-note sources
kidnapping: “Because when night falls, he comes for me. And this time, the Never King and the Lost Boys aren't willing to let me go.” Source
