Genre: YA Fantasy/ Fairytale Retelling
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Buy Links: Amazon│Barnes & Noble
Summary:
Magic can do a lot—give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and… solve the budget crisis? That's what the grown-ups will do with it if they ever make it to Neverland to steal its magic and bring their children home.
However, Gwen doesn't know this. She's just a sixteen-year-old girl with a place on the debate team and a powerful crush on Jay, the soon-to-be homecoming king. She doesn't know her little sister could actually run away with Peter Pan, or that she might have to chase after her to bring her home safe. Gwen will find out though—and when she does, she'll discover she's in the middle of a looming war between Neverland and reality.
She'll be out of place as a teenager in Neverland, but she won't be the only one. Peter Pan's constant treks back to the mainland have slowly aged him into adolescence as well. Soon, Gwen will have to decide whether she's going to join impish, playful Peter in his fight for eternal youth… or if she's going to scramble back to reality in time for the homecoming dance.
Excerpt:
Hey landed and moved slowly through the jungle for the last few hundred feet, giving Peter time to explain to Gwen as she walked at his side.
If you’ve never met a mermaid before, there are a few things you should know about them.ȑȐLike what?ȑȐLike they are the most cunning and conniving creatures you will ever cross paths with.ȑȐReally?ȑ Gwen asked, astounded.
I would have thought mermaids would be... I don’t know, beautiful and sweet.ȑȐSirens, all of them. They’ll do anything to get what they want. Mermaids have no qualms about the means to the end, so long as it’s their end they get to. Well, what do they want?"
It’s always some kind of trouble... not that they’ll ever tell you what they want.ȑPeter barreled through a clump of vines, hanging low in his way. Gwen followed after him, her curiosity compounding with every moment. ȐAre they dangerous then?ȑȐTerribly,ȑ Peter responded. ȐSo there are three rules for whenever you confront mermaids.
First, don’t get too near to them; second, don’t get too close to them; and third, don’t ever get in the water with them.ȑȐAlright. Easy enough,ȑ Gwen said, wondering if there was a working difference between the first and second rule.
"The best thing to remember,ȑ Peter continued, Ȑis that mermaids will never tell you what they’re after, and it’s best to assume it’s something dastardly. Whatever they want from you, whatever they want you to do, just don’t.ȑȐWell, if they’re so terrible, why are we going to meet with them?ȑ Gwen asked, not seeing what good could come of the encounter."
Because mermaids know things, and they can learn things you and I couldn’t ever possibly learn, even if someone spent a hundred years trying to teach us...and they have information right now that I need.ȑPeter caught sight of a papaya tree and reached up to pick its fruit.
It seemed impossible for Peter to pass up ripe fruit, so he beckoned to Gwen and filled her satchel with a few. He found a mango tree, and tossed Gwen a few of those fruits as well.ȐWill the mermaids tell you?ȑ Gwen asked. ȐIf you’re so bent on thwarting them, what’s to stop them from giving you misinformation to spite you?"
"They’re very easy to coerce,ȑ Peter said, his mouth full of mango, Ȑand the one good thing about mermaids is they can’t lie.ȑȐThey can’t?ȑȐNope. Not even a tiny white lie. Mermaids don’t go against their word, and they stick to the bargains they strike.
But that makes them even more dangerous, obviously.ȑGwen didn’t see how that was obvious at all. If anything, it seemed like that would make them less of a threat, but there wasn’t time to press the conversation further.
They broke the tree line and found themselves on the edge of a small cliff. Crude steps carved into the cliff's face led down to a rocky lagoon. Below, the beautiful bay of blue-green water was so clear and still that it was easy to make out the silhouettes of the slender, aquatic nymphs swimming beneath the surface
About the Author
Audrey Greathouse is a Seattle-based author of science-fiction and fantasy. Raised in the suburbs, she became a writer after being introduced to NaNoWriMo during her sophmore year of high school. Since then, she has drafted more than a dozen books, 100 sonnets, and 800 other poems, and a handful of short stories and one-act plays.
After dropping out of her university and beginning training as a circus performer on the aerial silks, she returned to school to study at Southern New Hampshire University College of Online and Continuing Education to earn her B.A. in English Language and Literature, with a minor in Computer Information Technologies.
Audrey Greathouse is a die-hard punk cabaret fan, and pianist of fourteen years. She's usually somewhere along the west coast, and she is always writing.
After dropping out of her university and beginning training as a circus performer on the aerial silks, she returned to school to study at Southern New Hampshire University College of Online and Continuing Education to earn her B.A. in English Language and Literature, with a minor in Computer Information Technologies.
Audrey Greathouse is a die-hard punk cabaret fan, and pianist of fourteen years. She's usually somewhere along the west coast, and she is always writing.
No comments:
Post a Comment
We always love to hear from readers so share your thoughts with us!