I picked this up for a possible comp for my work in progress, “The Never Hour,” my Peter Pan loosely reimagined with gender reversal. I really enjoyed the LGBTQ+ representation of Peter, Darling by Austin Chant.
Overall the writing felt a little flat for me, such as- a bit too much telling instead of showing and abrupt in nature. My favorite part was the details of setting the scene so I felt like I was in the environment.
Here’s the blurb:
Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is.
But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the Lost Boys have become men, and the war games they once played are now real and deadly. Even more shocking is the attraction Peter never knew he could feel for his old rival, Captain Hook—and the realization that he no longer knows which of them is the real villain.