Their Vicious Darling: Vicious Lost Boys, Book 3

'Their Vicious Darling' is the third book in the series of The Vicious Lost Boys by Nikki St Crowe. It is a great retelling of Peter Pan. It is absolutely dark and seductive and vengeful.This installment holds a candle to the influence that a certain darling holds over Peter Pan and his new family including the Dark One and the twin Rogue Princes. Winnie, here, is embracing her power. She, as the title says, is vicious. And I am absolutely intrigued by Roc and how he manoevers the royal family and everyone else.It is eventful, fast-paced and ties many loose ends but absolutely ends in a massive cliffhanger.It’s a 3.5⭐️ for me.

An okay read. Too much violence for my taste. The story carries forward with more havoc and blood shared but ends in a cliffhanger. Some parts were confusing, especially with who is the queen, on which island, whose the royal family, why is everyone after claiming the shadows if they are supposed to be Peter Pan's, and then the whole Darling history... it began to hurt my head after some time. It may make sense if you read all the books in one go.

The third book in Nikki’s St. Crowe’s Dark Peter Pan Retelling, Their Vicious Darling released at the beginning of September. I had been counting down to the day this book was released, especially after reading The Dark One and how Nikki St. Crowe left readers hanging with that crazy, dark cliffhanger. I needed to know what happened to Winnie, and I wanted to know how the Vicious Lost Boys were going to handle the new darling.Storyline/My Thoughts: Nikki St. Crowe opens up the third book with the Crocodile’s POV, and I was excited to meet Vane’s brother, Roc finally. He was mentioned in the last book, and I needed to know his character; I loved that Nikki gave us his POV. I thought Vane was scary. No, Roc takes the place of one to not mess with in this series. You may get devoured whole if his time runs out. Captain Hook is even petrified of him, and we all know why by the Disney original story, but Nikki gives us a twist with her dark retelling of Peter Pan. I’m all for Roc and Hook’s relationship maybe growing into something else, especially with the scenes that Nikki wrote with these two. Please, Nikki. I need this story to happen.Enough with talking about Roc, though. He was not the main focus of this book, or was he? 😉This book had a lot more drama, action, and violence. Not only with what happened to Winnie but with the royal Darkland family wanting Vane’s shadow again and Bash and Kas’s sister wanting to unalive Peter Pan. Why is everyone wants Peter Pain dead? Leave him alone in peace. He finally got his shadow back, and he is starting to show another side of himself, especially when it comes to his Winnie. I was all for reading that Peter Pan has a soft side that involves being romantic. I do prefer his alpha, protective, dark side, though. What can I say? I love the dark anti-heroes, and each one of the Vicious Lost Boys holds a piece of my heart. Vane first, Peter Pan second, and then the twins.There seemed to be less spice in this book from the previous books, but one particular scene held its own when I read it. Regarding spice with Nikki, it doesn’t matter how many spicy scenes are in the book, but how she can up what she did in the previous books between the characters. In the scene where Vane tells Winnie to run, he mentions that the first to get to her gets to choose the hole. Hotness overload, and Winnie got to experience it.Be prepared to be left hanging again when you read this book. I’m anxiously waiting again for the next book to release. I need more of these characters, and I need to know what happens next. I also need more of Roc and Hook. Hint, hint to the fabulous Nikki St. Crowe on giving us more POVs with them. I also need a lot more of my favorite, who happens to be Vane. What happened to him in this book had me on the edge of my seat, and I loved who saved him in the long run.Overall, I give the third installment 4.5 stars and can’t wait to read where Nikki takes us next in her dark Peter Pan retelling.Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the Vicious Lost Boys series, and I highly recommend reading in order.Trope(s)/Element(s): Reverse Harem. Why Choose. Peter Pan Dark Retelling. Touch Her and I’ll Unalive You. Touch Him and I’ll Unalive You Too.Would I recommend this book? Yes. I highly recommend this book to readers who love the classic tale of Peter Pan, but instead of the Disney version, you get a darker version where Winnie doesn’t need to choose because she can have all the morally grey MMCs in this retelling.Favorite Quote(s): “I’ve missed the light and I’m missed the warmth, but both pale in comparison to you, Darling.”Women fascinate me. They are almost always underestimated, which makes them potentially some of the most lethal opponents.

Their Vicious Darling introduces Roc, Vane's older brother, along with some new characters, and delivers an action-packed plot. As always, the ending leaves you eager to dive into the next book. Overall, I found the storyline to be well-rounded and thoroughly entertaining. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an engaging fast paced read, and I can't wait to see how the series concludes in the final installment!

I thought this was a trilogy but there’s more to come. As usual, an interesting cliffhanger.This one accumulated into the big battle and ends with Hook on a new adventure, Crocodile in a coma from overeating, dark shadows being displaced and doing things no one thought they could.There is a revelation about the Darling line, about Wendy Darling specifically. It was confusing at first because it still didn’t make sense until we talk to Smee. But even then, it’s confusing because ***Partial Spoiler* who did she live with after? Those who read it will hopefully understand who I’m speaking of.Cherry was something else, but I can understand her plight, not that I agree with her actions. It was still not explained how Winnie got to her own room. I’m confused on if the wolf was there, then left to meet the boys, then came back to her room…That entire scenario killed me because those men seemed to be the dumbest men ever during that time because Pan kept ignoring the fact that Cherry knew something even though he knew she was lying and wouldn’t let Vane question her, not directed the twins to. It was frustrating to say the least…Anyway, good and exciting read. See my notes, highlights and commentary on Goodreads. Happy reading!

Adult version of the Peter Pan story. There are some differences like Smee being a girl, the crocodile is a man, Wendys Darlings relatives/decendants having something happened to them, and Pan needs the Darlings help finding something. There is some blindfolding, crawling in the book and spice. There is a "vampire" character that eats shelled peanuts to help with the blood craving. The clock is mentioned "tick tock". These are a quick read and definitely not boring. I can't wait for the next book about The Crocodile and his adventure to come out. It's a short 4 book series unless you wait for the 5th book about the Crocodile to come out.

Well this one had me convinced it was the end. There was so much action I wasn’t sure what could possibly happen next. Trust me there’s always more. Book four I cannot wait