Straight on Until Morning by Liz Braswell
What if Wendy went to Neverland with Captain Hook, instead of Peter Pan? After Peter leaves his shadow at the Darling House and doesn't return for over 4 years, Wendy trades it to Hook for passage to Neverland to escape her dreary life in London, where she feels like she doesn't fit in (especially with her parents, who want to send her to Ireland to knock out her habit of writing Peter Pan stories). But Hook has nasty plans that involve using the shadow to destroy Neverland, so Wendy is forced to escape and befriend a very begrudging Tinkerbell in over to save the world...
Not my favorite book. It just felt overall slow, despite the constant peril Wendy finds herself in.
Part of Your World by Liz Braswell
Six years after losing her father and Prince Eric to Ursula, Ariel is Queen Under The Ocean (a punishment from her sisters for being the reason Triton is gone). But Ariel discovers that their father might not actually be dead, as was assumed, but alive and still in Ursula/Princess Vanessa's clutches, so she is compelled to return to land and her lost love, only to find that Ursula is setting the kingdom up for war. Still, without her voice (still in Ursula's magical necklace, her chances of winning are slim....
This was a fun one. It was neat to see Ariel being unable to talk or sing (using a specialized mer-sign language and lots of inner monologues). It was also refreshing to only see her "winning" in small snatches here and there before being forced to retreat to regroup/wait out her waning trident power as the tides changed.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A middle aged man returns to home down the lane were he grew up, to a small pond dubbed "the ocean" and remembers long forgotten memories of ancient powers that once nearly consumed his life.
I've read a few Gaiman books and, for the most part, enjoyed them. (I couldn't get through American Gods though.) I liked this book. It was a super fast read, and although very bizarre at points, it was enjoyable.
