Nikki St. Crowe

The Dark One has finally accepted me…just in time for everything to change. Because Vane’s brother, The Crocodile, has just arrived on Neverland soil and he’s not alone. He’s brought with him members of the royal Darkland family and they want Vane’s Death Shadow back at any cost.

Of course, Peter Pan, Vane, Kas and Bash, they’re all familiar with war. But war isn’t easy when love is on the line.

I know those vicious Lost Boys would do anything to protect me. But what if I’m not the one that needs saving?

As power shifts on the island and shadows are claimed, all five of us have to let go of who we were, if we have any chance of becoming who we are destined to be.

NOTE: Their Vicious Darling is book three in the Vicious Lost Boys series. It is a dark romantic reimagining of Peter and Wendy. All characters have been aged up. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you’ll enjoy Their Vicious Darling. You can expect an island with darkness and secrets and no true hero in sight, with a found family atmosphere, and ‘touch her and I’ll unalive you’ vibes. Their Vicious Darling ends on a cliffhanger.

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Vicious Lost Boys #3

Their Vicious Darling

Amanda Autumn Berrey

If you choose me, you choose him too. That’s what I told the shadow. “Vane, I think—” He turns around and meets my gaze. Even though his eyes are black, I can still sense him searching mine. I know he can feel it—we are sharing the Neverland Death Shadow. The shadow is split between us.

I am looking at her, but I can feel her seeing me too, and for the first time in my entire immortal life, I sense the shadows connecting, like two mirrors pointed at each other.

Tilly summoned the Crocodile. The Crocodile is from Darkland. The Darkland royals probably saw an opening to retrieve their dark shadow. Vane will give the shadow back, I’m sure of it.

“If you won’t choose,” I tell him, “I’ll make you choose.” “I clearly already have, Roc.”

“In the light, I will treat you like a queen, but in the dark, you will be my whore.”

It was always meant to be Vane. We will all have her, but Vane might get a part of her that the rest of us can never see.

“To Winnie, I am a blade and a predator with sharp teeth. If I don’t cut her as one, I will tear through her as the other and I don’t know what the fuck to do about that.”

The Seven Isles are home to so many creatures, so much magic, so many myths and legends, that it’s impossible to guess at what Vane might be. But now I have to wonder if it runs in the family.

"Darling knows what the cost is," I tell Vane. "Yes, but what is my cost? Have you considered that?"

Peter Pan, the infamous Never King, has been transformed by a Darling girl, a Dark One, and two fae princes.

Because royal families always travel in luxury. The Darkland royals are no different—they’re one of the richest in the Seven Isles and they spare no expense. But they’re shit for travel companions. Unless I’m fucking them. Then they’re all right.

“Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.”—J. M. BARRIE

Demi

“I still can’t believe any of this is real. When my mom told me about you and the Lost Boys growing up, I thought it was a story she read in a book. Now I’m in an alternate realm fucking a myth about to be served tomato syrup.”

No seriously, he didn’t even do ONE SINGLE villainous thing. He just brags about how dangerous he is 🙄 am I supposed to be attracted to that?

Stephanie 

“But I thought we were your villain or whatever?” 

“No, Darling.” I steal one of her fries. “I am the villain here.”

You just have to use it for your advantage 🐆

Women fascinate me. They are almost always underestimated, which makes them potentially some of the most lethal opponents. Like walking up to a jungle cat thinking you’re going to give its head a gentle little pat and instead it bites off your whole goddamn arm. 

“Once you know you can lose something, it’s hard to dismiss the fear that you could lose it again.”

These books are so quick and this dark Peter Pan retelling is so well done IMO 

Brittany Peterson

Anjorin Molayo 

the drama in this book was just funny to me. but the spice scenes????? it was crazy 😂😂

Léa

I liked it better than the second one, I felt like there was less smut and more plot (thank god) ! It was a bit slow in the beginning as I took a few days to start it but otherwise it was quite fast-paced

Madison Keiran

She’s so real for being obsessed with the only guy who was mean to her

Such an interesting and exciting ending & I can’t wait to dive into the final book of the series!! Such a huge cliff hanger and I can only imagine how much drama the next book will have!

Robyn Harley

another fabulous read! this series is so much fun!

This series is just made up of entirely too long smut scenes disguised as fantasy books.

The consent in these said smut scenes are rather questionable because the main character never seems to have a choice if she wants to participate or not, and nothing seems to be for her pleasure. The only character I might have liked was Vane, I would have enjoyed seeing some of his point of views

This book ended on a cliffhanger but I have no interest in reading the next book. If this book had been only about Hook and Roc I would have enjoyed it more, there is undeniable tension between them and I enjoyed reading their pov's 

June

This series is just made up of entirely too long smut scenes disguised as fantasy books.

The consent in these said smut scenes are rather questionable because the main character never seems to have a choice if she wants to participate or not, and nothing seems to be for her pleasure. The only character I might have liked was Vane, I would have enjoyed seeing some of his point of views

This book ended on a cliffhanger but I have no interest in reading the next book. If this book had been only about Hook and Roc I would have enjoyed it more, there is undeniable tension between them and I enjoyed reading their pov's 

In my opinion, this book was the worst of the first two books. I feel like they are stretching the story for no reason because there is not much more to tell. And there is still a fourth book!!! 

And I feel like there have been too many points of view in this book. Even a wolf has had a POV. Anyway, I'm going to read the last book to finish the saga.

Anita

In my opinion, this book was the worst of the first two books. I feel like they are stretching the story for no reason because there is not much more to tell. And there is still a fourth book!!! 

And I feel like there have been too many points of view in this book. Even a wolf has had a POV. Anyway, I'm going to read the last book to finish the saga.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨/5 • 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

This series never disappoints and are always a quick read that is enjoyable. The plot of this one I really enjoyed and it set up the last book so well. I can’t believe I always do this to myself but I don’t have the last book yet and will have to wait to read until I get it but just know already that I’m going to love it with the rest of the series. 

Priscilla Stanfield

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨/5 • 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

This series never disappoints and are always a quick read that is enjoyable. The plot of this one I really enjoyed and it set up the last book so well. I can’t believe I always do this to myself but I don’t have the last book yet and will have to wait to read until I get it but just know already that I’m going to love it with the rest of the series. 

This series is just made up of entirely too long smut scenes disguised as fantasy books. The consent in these said smut scenes are rather questionable because the main character never seems to have a choice if she wants to participate or not. Winnie having the Neverland death shadow never made much sense since she could control it perfectly while Vane who had magic all his life couldn't get a grip on his shadow. This book ended on a cliffhanger but I have no interest in reading the next book. If this book had been only about Hook and Roc I would have enjoyed it more, there is undeniable tension between them and I enjoyed reading their pov's 

I have some questions about Roc and Hook 

This book is somehow even better than the first two. Nikki definitely came into her craft. The story is fast paced and so, darkly smutty that I find myself envious that I don’t have 4 Lost Boys to dick me down 😂💀😩

Cass Paul

This book is simply just captivating! The characters start to learn and grow into the character they are destined to be. The book does end on a cliffhanger... 

Timiah Vather

Leah smith

This book was great I'm sad to say it wasn't as great as the the other two books but that's fine I still loved it and I read the whole this this whole series was to good to give this last book 4 stars just because I didn't like somethings about it

invested in the story but I did feel the need to skip some parts that were boring or seemingly unimportant. But not a bad read.

Cheyenne Willis

I don't know if I can ever watch any Peter Pan movie the same way again.

This book is slam packed with action and villains! I do feel like there was less horny sex in this one than the previous two books. It also feels like there was more development of the individual relationships and the group as a whole. They're definitely a solid family now.

I absolutely loved Winnie just going savage at points in the story. That just really satisfied me.

There are lots of POVs in this one and it can be little hard to keep up with but I didn't really mind.

It ended on a cliffhanger as usual so I'll be anxiously awaiting book #4 because I just need to know how it ends.

amidpages

I don't know if I can ever watch any Peter Pan movie the same way again.

This book is slam packed with action and villains! I do feel like there was less horny sex in this one than the previous two books. It also feels like there was more development of the individual relationships and the group as a whole. They're definitely a solid family now.

I absolutely loved Winnie just going savage at points in the story. That just really satisfied me.

There are lots of POVs in this one and it can be little hard to keep up with but I didn't really mind.

It ended on a cliffhanger as usual so I'll be anxiously awaiting book #4 because I just need to know how it ends.

Lianka Jordaan

Wren Elliott 

I will never get over how beautifully Nikki writes but also how easy it is to devour her books in a single sitting. That being said, I needed the next book like yesterday 😂 

I loved seeing more of the Lost Boys but Roc really stole the show for me this time. He’s cheeky and dangerous and has pockets full of peanuts, what more do you need? I’m so ready to see how he continues to fit into the story and how his relationship with other characters develop (especially a certain one in particular 👀). 

This third book was a lot more plot heavy than the first two but it just felt like it sucked you further into the world of Neverland, which is perfect because I am so not ready to leave.

i didn’t like this one quite as much as the first two, but i still liked it and read it in one sitting!

Lindsey Davis Blanchard 

The only good thing about this book is that it’s short.

Honestly I don’t know what I was expecting. The bar was incredible low and ‚their vicious darling‘ still decided to play limbo.

„He’s shirtless because he always is.“

The plot is still poorly executed, inconsistent and made up on the go. I’m mad about the wasted potential - but I won’t rant about that because I already did in my last two reviews for the previous books.

“Whoever finds her first gets to pick a hole.”

But what I will rant about - because it became unbearable for me - is the misogynism in this book. And it’s even worse that it’s written BY a women FOR other women. Let’s be honest it’s mostly disgusting male gaze 🌽  fantasies. I‘m gonna share some gems.

“Yes, fuck me, Dark One. Make me your cum slut.

The FMC likes sex. And I really like that about her. Because I grew up with stupid societal beliefs like ‚men who enjoy themselves have the master key and women who do the same have a weak lock‘ teaching me to be ashamed of myself and hide - so it’s great to see the opposite and get an empowering FMC, right?

“Our Darling wants to act like a whore,” Vane says, “shall we fuck her like one?”

Wrong. Winnie’s purpose is not promoting female empowerment. The only purpose of her sexuality is to satisfy four constantly horny men and their desires. We’re told that we shouldn’t shame her for enjoying herself and then she’s constanly called a ‚whore‘. Yeah, well, thank you for pointing it out and then using words who implicitly contain judgement (Quoting the dictionary: whore = insulting word for a women who has sex with a lot of different partners and whose behavior in her sexual relationships is considered immoral) and even enforce that by obviously implying, whores don’t have to be treated respectfully. Nevermind 🙄

Pan gets in close at my backside. “Let’s fuck her at the same time.” “You think she can take it?” “I think she doesn’t have a choice.”

And even though she enjoys sex, she unfortunately doesn’t participate acitvely. Instead she’s constantly objectified, used and degraded. If that’s a kink, fine, it’s definitely not my kink. Consent is a difficult topic as well. She often has no option to voice her disconsent and if she does, it’s either ignored or disrespected and sexual actions become ‚punishment‘ (No joke, it actually happened that way).

[…] she pulls up just enough to breathe out roughly around my 

 . “She likes that,” I tell him. “I fucking love that,” she says.

But in order to prevent that it could be interpreted as r@pe, she never fails to state at least one time per interaction how much she likes it. So don’t worry, everything’s fine 🙃

Ugh. What kind of message does the author want to send with all of that? 


The only good thing about this book is that it’s short.

Honestly I don’t know what I was expecting. The bar was incredible low and ‚their vicious darling‘ still decided to play limbo.

„He’s shirtless because he always is.“

The plot is still poorly executed, inconsistent and made up on the go. I’m mad about the wasted potential - but I won’t rant about that because I already did in my last two reviews for the previous books.

“Whoever finds her first gets to pick a hole.”

But what I will rant about - because it became unbearable for me - is the misogynism in this book. And it’s even worse that it’s written BY a women FOR other women. Let’s be honest it’s mostly disgusting male gaze 🌽  fantasies. I‘m gonna share some gems.

“Yes, fuck me, Dark One. Make me your cum slut.”

The FMC likes sex. And I really like that about her. Because I grew up with stupid societal beliefs like ‚men who enjoy themselves have the master key and women who do the same have a weak lock‘ teaching me to be ashamed of myself and hide - so it’s great to see the opposite and get an empowering FMC, right?

“Our Darling wants to act like a whore,” Vane says, “shall we fuck her like one?”

Wrong. Winnie’s purpose is not promoting female empowerment. The only purpose of her sexuality is to satisfy four constantly horny men and their desires. We’re told that we shouldn’t shame her for enjoying herself and then she’s constanly called a ‚whore‘. Yeah, well, thank you for pointing it out and then using words who implicitly contain judgement (Quoting the dictionary: whore = insulting word for a women who has sex with a lot of different partners and whose behavior in her sexual relationships is considered immoral) and even enforce that by obviously implying, whores don’t have to be treated respectfully. Nevermind 🙄

Pan gets in close at my backside. “Let’s fuck her at the same time.” “You think she can take it?” “I think she doesn’t have a choice.”

And even though she enjoys sex, she unfortunately doesn’t participate acitvely. Instead she’s constantly objectified, used and degraded. If that’s a kink, fine, it’s definitely not my kink. Consent is a difficult topic as well. She often has no option to voice her disconsent and if she does, it’s either ignored or disrespected and sexual actions become ‚punishment‘ (No joke, it actually happened that way).

[…] she pulls up just enough to breathe out roughly around my 🍆 . “She likes that,” I tell him. “I fucking love that,” she says.

But in order to prevent that it could be interpreted as r@pe, she never fails to state at least one time per interaction how much she likes it. So don’t worry, everything’s fine 🙃

Ugh. What kind of message does the author want to send with all of that? 

Bummed, enjoyed the other two so much but this one wasn't it for me. 

Their Vicious Darling Vicious Lost Boys #3

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