The Neverland Wars by Audrey GreathouseMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I was looking forward to reading this book, but ended up very disappointed. The problems began early when the author was introducing the reader to the main character, Gwen. Too much time is spent telling the reader about how Gwen doesn't care about usual teenage things and isn't interested in being a grown up. We are told that she is indifferent about the fact that she doesn't quite fit in and only has two friends who she can't really relate to. And yet Gwen keeps thinking about how she doesn't care--to the point where it doesn't ring true at all.
Gwen's little sister is supposed to be eight but the author describes her as much younger. She comes across as though she should really be 5 or 6. She seems incredibly immature (as does Gwen).
Then when Gwen finds out that magic is real and that Peter Pan has abducted her sister, she accepts it rather easily--or maybe it wasn't described well enough and it seemed like the reader must accept it too easily. It seemed abrupt or like part of the story was missing. Also, the narration is in third-person from Gwen's point of view until about chapter 14 when all of a sudden we learn things about fairies that Gwen does not know. It takes the reader out of the story. And this happens after Gwen tells everyone her own story about eating stars that just seemed very boring.
I was not impressed with this book. There were too many little things wrong with it, which was too bad.
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