I read the dark romantasy peter pan retelling "The Never King" by Nikki St. Crowe.

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  • @dontfretreadbooks
    @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +29

    Hi, several people have explained what a brownie is. You don’t need to anymore thanks.

    • @jessicadoneganreads
      @jessicadoneganreads 4 місяці тому +5

      It still is really lazy to name the character what they are, especially since it doesn't sound like the character acts much like a brownie from folklore. I really appreciated you commentary on the name though, as a pale life-long Girl Scout (brownie as in the dessert is also the name of 3 years of scouting XD) I always thought of it as a cute name for a pet or maybe a sweet nick name and then I saw your face and when you stumbled across it in a book and was like "oh shit, not cute for obvious reasons." And this is why I love watching a lot of reviews cause everyones got something obvious to them and new to me to bring up.

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +8

      lol yeah people were sending me paragraphs explaining the folklore of brownies and I was like “this dude just tried to kill people…no milk no chores just failed assassin”. And yeah I don’t vibe with the name aside from the baked good (even then I dunno). I dated a girl who named her dog brownie and I was like 🤨

  • @weirdandproudofit1
    @weirdandproudofit1 4 місяці тому +35

    It's the Peter pan girlies vs the Persephone and Hades girlies at this point

    • @MyBlackPumpkinSoup
      @MyBlackPumpkinSoup 4 місяці тому +8

      Don't forget the Beuty and the Beast girlies, they are a manace

  • @xTheRainFallsx
    @xTheRainFallsx 4 місяці тому +36

    these peter pan retelling authors need to be STOPPED

  • @annikajohnson1
    @annikajohnson1 4 місяці тому +26

    A brownie is a type of Scottish fairy. It lives in people's houses.

  • @MyBlackPumpkinSoup
    @MyBlackPumpkinSoup 4 місяці тому +19

    At this point we can all admit that the 'dark romance' gente became trauma-dump-erotica, right? 'Cause this kidnapping or stalking stories are becoming worse...

  • @sourcandyspite
    @sourcandyspite 4 місяці тому +16

    Natalie of Weirdo Book Club did a good job in one of her recent videos about describing the difference between "Dark Romance" and "Erotica", and ive realized how few other readers and writers seem to understand that

  • @AnitaSleap1080z
    @AnitaSleap1080z 4 місяці тому +12

    There are brownie types of fae, I _think_ the one in Spiderwick played by Martin Short. A brownie is sweet & kind, but when he gets angry, he turns into a boggart---more gremlin-like

  • @Gilli_
    @Gilli_ 4 місяці тому +9

    I dont think I've ever seen someone eat sexily because im too busy scrafing down my food across from them 😂
    As for the least sexy food
    Probably sloopy joe
    Or a bowl of Okra and rice (I love okra but the texture is not everyones cup of tea)

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому

      You have your priorities right tho. If you’re checking somebody out while they eat, your food isn’t that good.

  • @monster-enthusiast
    @monster-enthusiast 4 місяці тому +7

    I saw the title and I was like "oh no."

  • @themazeballet
    @themazeballet 4 місяці тому +7

    These new musical intros are a huge reason I signed up for your Patreon, although your reviews are fucking stunningly funny as well.

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +2

      “Stunningly funny”?? WOW that’s the nicest thing I’ve heard all week

  • @Arrows-N-eyez
    @Arrows-N-eyez 3 місяці тому +1

    I'd argue that cheeseburgers are the MOST sexiest of foods. Meet me outside for a heated debate. I'll bring the podiums and the mandatory post-debate tea & cookies for us to share.

  • @tyghe_bright
    @tyghe_bright 4 місяці тому +3

    "Boys with the presence of men" is more gross PDF-file logic.

  • @bennie791
    @bennie791 4 місяці тому +4

    This is gonna be traumatizing

  • @internetsuchtixd747
    @internetsuchtixd747 3 місяці тому +1

    My traumatic backstory is that I read these books (yes, plural, I read the first 3) at 16 because I saw them on TikTok and everyone kept saying they were good. Yeah.

  • @arkkon2740
    @arkkon2740 4 місяці тому +5

    Idk if you saw any reviews or plan on reading the rest, but it took Nikki until like book 3 to mention that pan and the other guys are aged up. Besides the fact that it kinda defeats the point of peter pan, she never mentions how old these guys are physically. Could be 18, could be 28, we dont know that right now, and it sadly doesnt change how weird it is as you mention Winnie has the brain of a 30 year old despite being barely legal

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +1

      I don’t think imma read the rest. This video isn’t doing well enough to warrant that kind of torment.

  • @RhapzodyCayneArchives
    @RhapzodyCayneArchives 4 місяці тому +3

    Least sexy food I think is any casserole -- especially tater tot hot dish

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +2

      I forget casseroles exist. That’s a good answer 😂

  • @AnitaSleap1080z
    @AnitaSleap1080z 4 місяці тому +2

    I assumed the sexy eating thing was that the guy imagines the girl's mouth full of something else. Eating is so not sexy to me lol

  • @ribbonquest
    @ribbonquest 4 місяці тому +1

    All the classic children's books I dislike end up on this Hot Topic to erotica pipeline.

  • @sardonisms
    @sardonisms 4 місяці тому +1

    That joke was terrible but then you stared at the camera going "get it?" and I almost spat out my coffee. (Yes I am having coffee at 7 : 30 in the evening. Because it's tasty and I get so tired I'll fall asleep anyway and I'm an adult so I do what I want.)

  • @Sinihome
    @Sinihome 8 днів тому

    My grandma accidentally bought me this book for my birthday... needless to we didn't order the sequel

  • @alisontheanimal4009
    @alisontheanimal4009 4 місяці тому +1

    Song choice was perfection.

  • @redroose531
    @redroose531 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh no- welcome to this journey 🫡

  • @ceceb6264
    @ceceb6264 2 місяці тому

    I’ve read the series, hated it when I gave it a one star and a review Amazon told me I could get kicked off.

  • @ashannaredwolf8485
    @ashannaredwolf8485 3 місяці тому

    1. I don’t know how I missed this one when it came out, sorry so late 😭
    2. Peter Pan has been one of my favorite stories for as long as I’ve been making memories. These retellings don’t offend me, but I find myself wondering…why? Most directors of visual Peter Pan media age Peter up and give the story an undertone of puppy love between him and Wendy, which makes sense to me. But I struggle to understand the desire to age up Pan and the boys and do stuff to them. I don’t know. Don’t wanna yuck anyone’s yum, but I definitely don’t understand it.
    3. When is your first album dropping? 😍

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  3 місяці тому +1

      1.) it’s all good! Better late than never ☺️ but also, please don’t feel obligated to watch my stuff if you’re busy or maybe not into whatever I’m talking about.
      2.) I’m not a fan of Peter Pan at all but yeah I also was like “why???”.
      3.) my EP will be complete in December (if everything goes according to plan).

  • @totalknightmare
    @totalknightmare 4 місяці тому

    I need you to read every book in the universe. So entertaining 😂

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +1

      You mean every book in this series, right? Not every book that’s ever been written?

    • @totalknightmare
      @totalknightmare 4 місяці тому +1

      @@dontfretreadbooks noo. i meant every book in the WORLD 🤣😭

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +1

      @@totalknightmare oh no 😬 I better get to work, there’s a lotta books out there.

  • @caitlincwch
    @caitlincwch 4 місяці тому

    Let's go intro💪🏼👏🏼

  • @Gilli_
    @Gilli_ 4 місяці тому +1

    So ready

  • @ceceb6264
    @ceceb6264 2 місяці тому +1

    Don’t forget tinker bell being a villain, so not cool

  • @christak18
    @christak18 4 місяці тому +4

    I think soup is pretty unsexy

  • @76kilosofshade81
    @76kilosofshade81 4 місяці тому +1

    There are just some books that have no reason for being in the world. Like these ones...

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +1

      That’s why we need YOUR books to exist 💕

    • @76kilosofshade81
      @76kilosofshade81 4 місяці тому

      @@dontfretreadbooks oh shit, gauntlet thrown 👀

  • @xoPotatoTreexo
    @xoPotatoTreexo 4 місяці тому +1

    Mac and cheese is definitely up there for least sexy food ever. When it's really moist and gooey, and stirring it is like wet mouth sounds turned up to 11... 🤢🤮

    • @dontfretreadbooks
      @dontfretreadbooks  4 місяці тому +1

      Wow good answer. You almost ruined Mac n Cheese for me 🤣

    • @xoPotatoTreexo
      @xoPotatoTreexo 4 місяці тому

      @dontfretreadbooks it's a superpower I choose to use for evil 😈

  • @janetclark8606
    @janetclark8606 4 місяці тому

    What do you LIKE to read?

  • @Heothbremel
    @Heothbremel 4 місяці тому

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