Darling Girl
Summary: In this beautiful dive into the world of J. M. Barrie’s classic, one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan—who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be—to save her daughter’s life. . . .
Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy—yes, that Wendy. That is, until she gets a call that her daughter, Eden, who has been in a coma for nearly a decade, has gone missing from the estate where she’s been long tucked away. And, worst of all, Holly knows who must be Peter Pan, who is not only very real, but very dangerous.
Holly is desperate to find Eden and protect her son, Jack, from a terrible web of family secrets before she loses both her children. And yet she has no one to turn to—her mother, Jane, is the only other person in the world who knows that Peter is more than a story, but she refuses to accept that he is not the hero she’s always imagined.
Darling Girl brings all the magic of the classic Peter Pan story to the present, while also exploring the dark underpinnings of fairy tales, grief, aging, sacrifice, motherhood, and just how far we will go to protect those we love.
My thoughts: This is not your childhood Peter Pan story. Michalski gives readers a dark and sinister imagining of what could have happened should the story have gone in another direction. Wendy, Jane, Holly, Eden- four generations of Darling women. There was something about the Darling women that appealed to Peter. There was something about the Darling women that wasn't quite "normal". Michalski posed a lot of questions with this book and didn't exactly provide adequate opportunities for answers to be granted. Wendy started it all but then said no. Jane was never privy to an opportunity. Holly got more than she bargained for. By opening the window, Holly set her life on a track that had profound consequences for her entire family. Eden was the best of them all. Full of tragedy, despair, grief, sacrifice, and desire, this book was a whirlwind.
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