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- Content warnings: Suicidal ideation, Death, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Captivity, Child abuse (referenced), Memory loss, Manipulation
The Last Lost Girl
by Casey L. Bond
Book 1 in The Shadows of Neverland Duet
Peter Pan turns sharp here, and Hook gets the dangerous-love-interest treatment without sanding off the teeth. Come for the dark Neverland, stay for Ava trying to save her sister while everyone else wants leverage.
goodreads 4.08/5 765 ratings
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Length464 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Book hangover incoming
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- Pirate captain
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Adrenaline rush
- Anti-hero
- Touch her and die
- Longing glances
- Protective love interest
- Banter
- Tension
- Damaged survivor
- Push and pull
- Found family
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fairytale retelling
- Coastal / island / beach
- Portal fantasy
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Forced proximity
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- Ship / at sea
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Mermaids/sirens
- Only one bed
- Forest / wilderness
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Monsters
- Other
- Villain gets the girl
- Adventure romance
- Dark romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- High
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- Survivor
- Dangerous
- Protector
- Magical
- Witty
- Reluctant hero
- Suspenseful
- Fast-paced
- Deceptively deadly
- Angsty
- Cinematic
- Adventurous
- Emotional
- Cliffhanger warning
- Pirate seas
- Protect at all costs
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- Slow descent into darkness
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Book details
- Length
- 464 pages
- Publisher
- Casey L. Bond
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book