BOOKWORM REVIEW: The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This Neverland is a tangled web of complicated familial and platonic relationships. Mix in greed and power, and we get grudges and ill will that span more than our own mortal lifetimes.
The Dark One is the second book in The Vicious Lost Boys series, and the adrenaline rush picks up where the first book leaves off. The Lost Boys and Winnie Darling have found Peter's shadows. But these mystical silhouettes prove to be more slippery than they expected and have managed to escape their grasp. Now the Lost Boys must negotiate with enemies, such as Hook and Tilly, to regain possession of the shadows.
What I love about these series so far is that Nikki St. Crowe continues to build on this intricate world, introducing new intriguing characters and drawing us in with edge-of-your-seat suspense and super-spicy romance. The main Lost Boys might be crude anti-heroes, but each possesses one or two traits that endear them to this reader. I especially love that Winnie is the much-needed sub to these domineering personalities, and they cannot seem to process that well. ::cackle::
There is much to be explored in this world, and St. Crowe draws us into her tangled web and leaves us craving for more in the next book.
For those who are considering this series, you will need to start with The Never King, and check the trigger warnings. It is a dark and erotic read, but if that is your jam, this retelling of Peter Pan may be your next not-so-guilty pleasure.
** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Nikki St. Crowe and Peachy Keen Author Services for providing an ARC. **
ABOUT THE BOOK
I spent most of my life feeling dead inside -- until I met Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.
It wasn't until Pan and Neverland that I finally felt alive.
But things are not all full of magic and sunlight on the island. There's something darker and more sinister haunting the forest.
And worse, the fae queen and Captain Hook are ready to fight for control of Neverland and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. Including using the one thing Pan never thought he wanted or needed -- me. I'm a descendant of the Darling family and now I belong to him and the Lost Boys.
War is brewing -- can the Never King get his shadow back and assume his rightful throne? And if he does, where will I fit?
Or will all of Neverland be in jeopardy right along with my dark, twisted heart?
NOTE: The Dark One is book two in the Vicious Lost Boys series. It is a dark reimagining of Peter and Wendy. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you’ll enjoy The Dark One and the Lost Boys. You can expect hate kissing, fighting, bickering, and ‘touch her and I’ll unalive you’ vibes.
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MEET NIKKI ST. CROWE
Nikki St. Crowe writes paranormal romance where the villain gets the girl.
Ever since she was a child, Nikki has been obsessed with the morally gray characters, the anti-heroes and monsters in fiction. Now she spends her days writing books where the villains get the happily ever after with the women who drive them wild.
When Nikki isn’t writing or daydreaming about sinfully sexy bad guys, she can either be found on the beach or at home with her husband and daughter.
You can learn more about Nikki online at www.nikkistcrowe.com.