Everland by Wendy Spinale

Everland by Wendy Spinale
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

A Peter Pan retelling, set in a steampunk universe? Yes please.

The whole concept and idea is a brilliant one. I mean, who doesn't like the idea of a steampunk world, destroyed by a German Captain Hook.

We start off by meeting Gwen and her two siblings, Mikey and Joanna. Before Gwen sets off in search of supplies through a blackened London, where with bombs, a deadly virus has spread throughout the city, maybe the world. Leaving behind only the Germans and children who hasn't caught the virus yet.

Written in first person, the book slowly starts to tell its story, I personally found it rather hard to get through each chapter, since it reminded me too much of a badly written fan-fiction, maybe if it had been written in third person, the book might of been more enjoyable to read.

It's a shame really, because the whole idea was really exciting and I couldn't wait to read it once I had gotten it through the OwlCrate subscription. There were some parts which I did enjoy reading, but others I struggled my way through and it made the whole experience rather disappointing if I am truly honest.
I also feel like there could've been a little more depth to the whole book, things seemed to happen so quickly and everything seems to be set within one day which seems a little rushed.

Although I didn't greatly enjoy the book, there was pieces and parts that I did, but sadly, I didn't enjoy it enough to want to keep it on my shelf, no matter how pretty the actual book and it's sleeve actually is. So I'm going to donate it to charity in hopes that someone else will enjoy it much more than I did.

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