Hook & Jill
By Andrea Jones




Hook & Jill - a must read The main characters in Andrea Jones' Hook & Jill bear an outward likeness to those appearing in your childhood copy of Peter Pan. But Jones delves deeply into the personalities of them all, in particular Hook, Pan, and little Wendy Darling. And Wendy isn't little anymore. After Time in Neverland, she has become a grown-up young woman who, along with ultimately changing her name, changes her mind. She stops trusting the obvious, and learns that "good" can be deadly and "bad" can be... very, very enticing. A mother to all the boys on the island, she must protect them and herself from a lethal opponent, one she didn't expect. Read this engaging and well-written story about coming of age in a fairy-tale. Once you've succumbed to this one, you will demand "Other Oceans", Jones' sequel to "Hook & Jill." A fine spin on the classic Never growing up only sounds good until you grow up a little. "Hook & Jill" is an original take on the fairy tale of Peter Pan and Neverland. Taking place after the events of the classic fairytale, "Hook & Jill" has Wendy acting as a mother to the Lost Boys - but when Hook returns, Wendy is faced with the dark, more adult reality of growing up, and she is split between her childhood innocence and the joys of adulthood. "Hook & Jill" is a fine spin on the classic, and very much recommended. This is worth your read This is an excellent book. The Peter Pan fairy tale has been updated for us as adults. All the characters are there from the original, Peter, Wendy, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, the crocodile, the Indians, and, of course, Captain James Hook and the pirates. This story departs from the original because time does pass. The Lost Boys are aging and how does that conflict with Peter's inviolate rule that no one gets old? And, Wendy is turning into a young woman who catches the eye of both Peter and Captain Hook. Through all this conflict, alliances are made and attempted, in some cases from unexpected sources. The imagery places us in the midst of Neverland among all characters, just as the original story by Barrie, but Jones shows us a different story, one that we adults are now ready for.