'Your Blood, My Bones' by Kelly Andrew - review

   ​"He had, lying dormant within him, a primal instinct that made him extremely adept at suffering in silence."

Imagine my surprise upon realizing this intriguing story was actually a Peter Pan retelling wrapped in uneasy shadows and hidden beneath renamed or severely retooled characters. If not for the name Slightly standing out so strangely to me.. though it was a character I hadn't paid much attention to in the source material.. I might never have known.

In that regard alone, 'Your Blood, My Bones' is probably the most creative retelling of the Neverland story that I've ever come across. The tale is inherently dark and so removed from any familiar setting, that even with Peter in the forefront, I didn't immediately recall Hook's actual first name and Wyatt threw me off completely. 

Peter's story here is a tragic one. He's a brooding character for very good reasons and when Wyatt arrives home to deal with her father's legacy, I was completely caught up in the mystery of the farm as well as Peter's very unusual situation. The strange happenings amidst the isolated landscape kept me enthralled and when the truth began to come to light, I was devastated for him. 

That being said, like many.. Peter is really the draw for me here. I found Wyatt to be passable at best, but annoying much of the time. Her actions, right up through the end came across as petulant and selfish, despite the whole 'chosen one' premise. I won't go into detail and ruin anything, but the ending really cheapened Peter's experience, in my opinion.

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