I may have mentioned my first encounter with Christina Henry somewhere on my blog, but I never did a review because I DNF’ed her book The Mermaid. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can’t just do nothing. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. After all, the year before her father’s body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won’t find the killer. TITLE & AUTHOR: The Ghost Tree by Christina HenryįIRST PUBLISHED : September 8th 2020, by Berkley Books All the townsfolk had avoided that tree, for it wasn’t right that a tree seemed to whisper and stare and reach out when a person passed by.“ This is a fine addition to the shelves of any fan of children’s classics and their modern subversions.“ There was one particular tree…with branches that curled like sharp claws looking for skin to scrape. Through his perspective, Henry immerses the reader in Neverland and genuinely shocks with the meanings behind Peter’s secrets and the intentions of his adventures. Henry perfectly captures what it’s like to live on Peter’s island, and Jamie is a powerful character.
Multiple twists keep the reader guessing, and the fluid writing is enthralling. Jamie, like all the lost boys, endlessly craves Peter’s attention he believes himself to be special in Peter’s eyes, but a series of betrayals leads him to realize that his best friend is actually his worst enemy. He’s spent years at Peter’s side, going along with the other lost boys as they conduct raids, disrupt pirates, and fight each other for fun. Jamie was taken by Peter from the Other Place and has been in Neverland for longer than he can remember. Bestseller Henry ( Red Queen) will delight readers with this thrilling origin story, which reveals the true Peter Pan and the long road that led Jamie the lost boy to become pirate captain James Hook.
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