This story, in its early days so far, is doing a lovely job of blending reality and myth. A modern boy from Seattle interacts with three Lost Boys from Peter Pan’s Neverneverland aka the dreamland. Both the power and the limitations of the Lost Boys’ carefree mode of living in the moment are handled subtly and skillfully, while the modern boy is forced to be practical to help his new friends while navigating a magical world with unknown and arbitary rules and practices.

Using the Peter Pan mythos as a springboard for a youth fantasy adventure is a fresh approach compared with some more overused tropes in this genre, but to be really successful I feel it has to delicately balance going beyond a simple fan fiction of the JM Barrie books, adding something new and imaginative without losing this world’s original, unique, ephemeral essense. So far I am very pleased with the way the modern world is coexisting with the Lost Boys’ dreamworld. (Miles better than the latest cheesy Peter Pan movie, in case anyone is wondering).

Recommended for fantasy lovers both young and those of us refusing to grow up.

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