The Child Thief (Hardcover) by Brom

from ViragoReads

There are a whole host of mythologies and faerie tales at play here. My first thought was that this was a dark retelling of Peter Pan, which is not all that far off the mark. This is a twisted gory ode to Peter Pan and Avalon and other faerie stories. If you really think about Peter Pan, even the...

from cameling

The darkness that is hinted at in James Barrie's 'Peter and Wendy' is given full reign here. Peter, the boy who never grew up, is part human part faerie but instead of hanging around nursery windows looking for children to play with, he haunts playgrounds and parks near ghettos, looking for runaw...

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: I was very interested in a retelling of Peter Pan from an author known previously for horror books. Summary: This is a modern re-telling of the Peter Pan story. If you've read the original you'll know that Peter is rather an arrogant, self-centered boy and the author takes tha...

from Bonnie_Ferrante

This novel is as deliciously wicked as Peter Pan. Never Never Land is beautiful or grotesque, dependeing on your point of view. After all the battles and betrayals, deceits and delights, The Child Thief shows us that we do make the world with our minds. Everyone judges the "enemy" as evil and the...

from krau0098

I like Brom a lot so I was very excited to get an ARC of "The Child Thief" to review. For those new to Brom, he started doing awesome artwork. Then he did a phenominal picture book called "Plucker" and then he did another pretty cool book called "The Devil's Rose". So when I heard he had a full l...