

The quote that I opened this review with sets the stage for what’s to come. “The Never King” follows Winnie Darling, who is a descendant of the Wendy Darling. So naturally, I spent a good six or so hours binge-reading the two books together they’re only a little over 400 pages. My library (unsurprisingly) didn’t have eBook copies of these, but fortunately Kindle Unlimited does. I’ve always been a sucker for retellings, there’s just something about seeing someone else’s version of a beloved story that is always so enticing, and boy does this series deliver. But they always return broken, with varying degrees of sanity intact.” – Winnie Darling, Ch. Some are gone a day, others a week or a month. “Today is my 18th birthday and every Darling woman that has come before me has disappeared on this day.

There is a lot of sex in both books, so if reading that isn’t your thing, you should probably pass on these. For those not already aware (like me), this is a dark reverse harem fairytale retelling, meaning that this is a smutty, smutty series that is not for everyone.

Crowe “ The Never King” and “ The Dark One“. This is going to be a double review for the first two books in the Vicious Lost Boys series by Nikki St.
