Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile, which drags him down to a watery grave. Who could guess that below the water, the great beast would spew me out with a belch and a wink of its horned, livid eye? It was not yet my time to die, not then nor any other time. It's my fate to be trapped here forever in a nightmare of childhood fancy with that infernal, eternal boy.
-Alias Hook, Lisa Jensen
From the very beginning, I was hooked (pun intended) by this villain-turned-protagonist Captain Hook. Lisa Jensen masterfully provides a unique (and adult) perspective on a familiar story, showing readers that all is not as it seems in the children’s dream world of Neverland. Fairies have wild parties, mermaids hold secrets in their grottos. Lost boys return as pirates to fight against their former leader. Peter Pan and Captain Hook are locked in eternal battle - Captain Hook never winning, never dying.
The story alternates between the battles of Neverland and Captain Hook’s former life as a nobleman turned pirate. A scorned lover - also a voodoo priestess - condemns him to the personal hell of Neverland with no means of escape. When a strange and unexpected being appears in the forests of Neverland, Captain Hook sees a glimmer of hope for escape. Will this mysterious individual be Captain Hook’s chance to return to the real world once again to live and die as a normal human being?
I highly recommend this book - especially to those who love adventure or fantasy novels.
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