Before
Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in
her hair. . . .
Fifteen-year-old
Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the
alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately
falls under his spell.
Peter is
unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and
enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's
inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking
everything—her family, her future—to be with him. When she is faced with
marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life
she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.
With
enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the
arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not,
that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside
even the most loyal and loving heart.
From the New York Times bestselling author of
Peaches comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless
heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.
First
line: “She stands on the cliffs, near the old crumbling stone house.”
Whoa, I completely loved this book. This book met my
expectations. Actually, Tiger Lily exceeded my expectations. I was just
expecting some new love story, except set in the world of Neverland. I was
wrong. It was so much more than that.
First, I really enjoyed the perspective. Most books that are
set in first person focus on that one person. Tiger Lily was told by
Tinkerbell. I didn’t really feel like she was the main character, though.
Obviously, Tiger Lily had a lot to do with the story. The book was really a
bunch of scenes told by Tink’s view. She had very little to do with the actual
plot. I thought this was a very unique way of telling the story.
The love was very genuine. It wasn’t corrupted by any of
society’s standards that we, in the real world, have to deal with. Peter and
Tiger Lily loved each other, and that is that. Sure, there were people opposed
to the relationship, but it was a really good retelling of a teenage love
story.
So, I went and watched Peter Pan after I read this. I hadn’t
seen it since I was, what? Five? I didn’t remember much of it. Especially how
racist it is! The book definitely got rid of that. If anything, it is more
judgmental towards the Englanders than the Indians. In Peter Pan, the kids are
so racist towards the Indians. I didn’t remember that Tiger Lily was even in
the movie. In the movie, she is the Indian princess on Neverland. She has a
similar role in the book. But after reading the book and going back and
watching the movie, I was amazed by all the similarities and how talented Jodi
Lynn Anderson has to be in order to, in my opinion, take a classic and make it
so much better.
Okay, conclusively, I feel like you all should read this
book. I don’t care what your preferred genre or if you liked the movie. This
book is deserving of your time and can be appealing to any audience.
Favorite
quotes:
Pg. 3
“Let me tell you something straight off. This is a love
story, but not like any you’ve heard.”
Pg. 80
“He (Nibs) picked up the baby, then held it out to Tiger
Lily. ‘This is Baby. Our baby. It seemed too much of a commitment to name him
anything else.’”
Pg. 102
“He
(Peter Pan) could have been talking about bananas, and the group would have
been just as enrapt.”
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