A review by thebrowse
Never by Jessa Hastings

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

NEVER BY JESSA HASTINGS

When an inexplicably fully grown Peter doesn't show for Daphne until she's seventeen, Daphne doesn't know what to think. Still, it's beyond choice to take his hand and leap into the stars, no matter what comes next.

But in Neverland, Peter's true colors begin to show. One moment, he's making Daphne's heart flutter, and the next, he's forgotten her entirely. So when Daphne stumbles into the path of Jamison Hook, the pirate son of Peter's nemesis, she lets herself get swept up in his vulgar charm, despite the warning signs.

For me, no one comes close to writing toxically beautiful, heart-rending romance like Jessa Hastings.  Never is a portal fantasy romance/Peter Pan re-telling that will sweet you away on a dream-like journey. For Daphne, she cannot break surface long enough to tell if she’s in a dream or a nightmare. 

Jessa has set the groundwork in this first book to create series that has the potential to be on the level of other popular Romantic Fantasy series like A Court of Thorns and Roses or Throne of Glass and I am already absolutely dying for the next book.