Author: Margot McGovern
Published: 1 April 2018
Series: -
Rating: 5 stars
Synopsis:
Kit Learmonth would rather die than grow up and leave Neverland…
When she was twelve, Kit Learmonth watched her parents drown in a storm as their boat sailed over the Tranter Sink Hole. Now seventeen, Kit doesn’t remember the incident, and she doesn’t want to. In fact, her only clear memories from before her parents’ death are of the fantastical stories of pirates and mermaids that she and her dad invented about the small island where she grew up, a place she calls Neverland.
Following Kit’s parents’ deaths, her uncle and guardian, Doc, transformed the island into a boarding school for mentally ill teenagers and sent Kit away to school on the mainland. But when Kit tries and fails to end her life, Doc brings her home to the island and places her in the care of his colleague, Dr Hannah Ward.
Resisting her treatment, Kit instead pulls her friends deeper into her world of make-believe. It’s only when Kit and her new boyfriend, Rohan, take the fantasy too far and land themselves in very real danger that her faith in Neverland is shaken, and Kit must find a way back to reality.
Trigger Warning: self-harm, eating disorder, drugs
Strange how two people can look at the same thing and see such a difference.
I managed to go to a book launch for this one and even got it signed. Plus, she's an Aussie author, so A+ for that!
This is an amazing book, and it's also Margot's debut book. There are references towards Peter Pan (obviously), Game of Thrones, the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, and even the Illuminae Files series.
The cover is quite nice and includes things that we hear about in the book such as pirates, selkies, mermaids, and the seaside daisies.
There is some coarse language, so prepare yourself.
Doc called us 'les enfants terribles', which roughly translated, means 'precocious little shits'.
I thought that the book would might make me cry and I was right. So maybe I should have thought ahead and got the tissues ready just in case. There were mainly sad tears, but some of happiness towards the end too.
I'd have to say that I think Dr Ward is my favourite character out of the entire book, and that if I met her in reality then I'd probably try and befriend her.
I don't personally have a mental illness, but to me the characters who had one were portrayed very well. I do sort of hope that Rohan finally got well in the end though.
Nice try, but no. You messed up, you apologise.
Absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down!
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