Review: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

On the island of Neverland - an island that is not that easy to find - the islanders live a different life than most. They don't age the same, they have simplistic rules, and they like their way of living.

When their lives get threatened by change, the villagers get very nervous and defensive. When Tiger Lily was first brought into the village, the people were uneasy with this different tradition. And even when Tiger Lily grew up, she was an odd little duckling - never wanting to do anything that the other women do, who can out hunt all of the men in the village, and is always roaming the forest that is dangerous and forbidden.

Tiger Lily got into too much trouble in one time, and now she is being forced to do something she doesn't want to do, but will because her father, Tik Tok, expects her to follow the tribes rules. So then Tiger Lily decides to go into the forest over and over, to see her new friends: Peter and the Lost Boys who are feared by her tribe. But they are just boys and Tiger Lily likes to hangout with them.

But her two lives are pulling her into two separate directions, and she needs to decide which one she will end up keeping in the end. When everything starts to fall apart around her, Tiger Lily needs to make a decision - one that might destroy everything she cares about...

This was a great book! I know the Peter Pan story, but I'm not a know it all about the story, so it was nice to get a different look at a substory of this fan favorite. I loved that it was through Tink's viewpoint - especially considering she can't speak but she can see and feel what everyone else was feeling.

Tiger Lily is my girl. Seriously. She is a bada$$, no drama, simple girl who only wants to live day to day. She is a girl of little words, and she doesn't show much emotion, because she doesn't want to be weak in any way. She is a survivor, and I respect that. When she starts hanging out with the Lost Boys, she starts to act like a girl - like her age - for once and let her guard down a little bit. That is her world, but she has responsibilities and duties in her village that she can't forget about.

The story with Hook and Peter and Wendy was a great twist and turn event. It was nice to see a different version of the popular story.

I'm very glad that I got a chance to read this book, and I definitely won't forget the very tragic and dark ending to this novel. It will definitely stick with me next time I watch Peter Pan in my future!

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