Monday, April 21, 2014

ARC Review: Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Second Star
By Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Format: eBook
Source: NetGalley
Publication Date: May 13, 2014








  1. This was a new one for me and I admit when I read the blurb and you mentioning it was a Peter Pan retelling had me curious. Not anymore though. This sounds like a very frustrating read. The whole premise sounds like it should have been about Wendy's brothers but it sounds more like it was about Wendy having fun and flirting with boys o.O Insta-love is bad enough on it's own without doubling it up - yikes!

    I'm sorry that this one was such a letdown. I'll definitely stay clear and I hope your next read is/was much improved :-) Great review ^^

    1. I definitely thought that Wendy got distracted too easily and then would suddenly remember she had something important to do. And the insta-love- it was really, really tough to deal with a double dose of it!

  2. Oh no! I was really curious about this one because of the retelling factor. Now I'm not so sure because of the things you mentioned. They would probably bug me too. Thanks for the honesty though.

    1. I think the story had a good deal of promise, but this was one of those times where the execution just wasn't there, which was too bad.

  3. Aw no, I really hate it when there's a love triangle and the MC is madly in love with whomever she can nearly literally see at the time. That happened in The Elite by Kiera Cass which drove me crazy. I think that if there's going to be a love triangle there has to be a good reason for it. In all honestly I have never witnessed, been apart of or known a love triangle to happen in real life. I just don't think it truly exists.

    As for the book I don't think I will be picking this up, a retelling of peter pan sounds interesting so its a shame this one didn't pan out!

    1. I think most "love" triangles are more attraction than love, and the same applies to insta-love- it's attraction rather than love at first sight. I was really frustrated with Wendy switching all of her affection to whichever guy she was hanging around with at the time. I mean, whatever happened to her love for the poor dude who was momentarily on the sidelines? That's not love to me, and I wanted so badly to tell her so!



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