They're so different and yet they both had something the other needed. I also loved Claire and Peter's interactions with each other. Truly, I loved the handling of those themes and found them very touching. The story itself does have some darker overtones with the trauma from Claire's past (and Peter's past, for that matter) but I felt the author used this darkness to make the themes of hope and faith shine brighter than they would have if Claire's and Peter's paths in life had been totally smooth, rather than wallowing in the darkness. In fact, Peter is aging! I found the idea of all of this, as well as the idea of a girl with pixie blood who sheds pixie dust from her skin to be fun and interesting and the author did an amazing job giving the characters depth and distinct, unique voices. All the stuff with Wendy (and her daughter Jane, for that matter) happened in the past and this story happens in modern day.
I personally feel Dust leans more toward being a sequel for Peter Pan than a retelling. But I'm happy to say that I LOVE her style and I enjoyed the story itself very much, too. I'd also never read anything by Kara Swanson before this, so I had no idea if I'd like her style or not. Peter Pan was enjoyable enough as a movie, but it was never my most favorite story, and I wasn't actually all that into to original tale when I read it. This was SO GOOD! I'll be honest with you, I wasn't sure a Peter Pan retelling/sequel would be my cup of tea.
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