Second to the Right: The Neverland Chronicles, Book 1
by T.S. KinleyCategory
About this book
Gwendolyn Mary Darling Carlisle's young life has been a saga of misfortune. After a tragic accident unexpectedly took her parents, Gwen found herself the sole caregiver for her ailing sister. It's her eighteenth birthday, but with responsibilities weighing heavy, she struggles to find something worth celebrating. Everything in her life has fallen apart. That is until she finds a mysterious man in her bedroom. Peter Pan has returned to the Darling estate. The boy from Neverland, who refused to grow up, has, in fact, grown into an alluring man. It's time for spring cleaning, and he's determined to bring a descendant of Wendy's back to Neverland with him. Gwen is swept off her feet and across the veil to be engulfed in a fantastical world of mermaids, Fae, and Peter's new band of Lost Boys. As she gives herself over to the wonder of Neverland and the affections of Peter and his Lost Boys, she finds herself living out hedonistic fantasies that she could have only ever dreamed about. But not everything is as it seems in Neverland. Her memories of home and her beloved sister are fading. A treasured family heirloom, a locket with its own ties to Neverland, is the only tether to the sister she left behind and the life she is obligated to return to. The fairytales she'd heard as a child only hinted at the truth. Neverland bears some dark secrets.
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Alyssa ZaifertObsessed to put it lightly!
"I absolutely ate this book up! Ever since I was a little girl l've loved Peter Pan. I've dreamed of going to Neverland and being with the lost boys. This story is the version my adult heart has wanted and needed!!! I was emerged into the world that my childhood knew and loved so quickly and easily. I almost instantly fell hard for Pan and his Lost Boys. (Tripp and Ryder are my favorite if you know you know) From mermaids to pirates I thought I knew everything to expect but holy crap was I wrong! I was hot and feeling emotions in all the best ways possible. And then absolutely shocked, and confused, and hanging on every last page to find out what, why, how?! - - Because I can't spoil anything but it was that good! And now why am I craving Hook in so many amazing new ways!? This is a series I found randomly via a reel and I know it will now live rent free in my head…and I am not mad about it. I cannot get enough of this story and I am eager to go on to the next book! I actually begged my husband just to buy me the collectors edition right off the bat because I couldn't not have it with how much I fell in love with book one! This has endless out of 5 stars from me!!!! ["
July 6, 2024 Verified Purchase
Amazon Customer3 stars
"This was a nice story but the pacing was to fast. I did enjoy the twists one the original lore. If your looking for a quick burn then this is your book. ["
January 23, 2026 Verified Purchase