A gender swap Robin Hood retelling. It dealt with some darker themes than I was expecting from a YA novel. Lots of strong female characters. I liked this one. 🏹 #FairytaleReadingChallenge @Charityann
A gender swap Robin Hood retelling. It dealt with some darker themes than I was expecting from a YA novel. Lots of strong female characters. I liked this one. 🏹 #FairytaleReadingChallenge @Charityann
4/5⭐ Robin Hood is one of my fav stories (who doesn't like defying corrupt authorities & defending freedom?), & this retelling does it justice while also standing solidly on its own. I was fully invested in how the characters gradually learned to love & trust each other. The birth scene is one of the best examples of friendship & support I've ever read. This book goes to some dark places, which makes the happier times that much more satisfying.
“We're not soldiers,” I said. “We're just trying to keep everyone alive, and fed, and free.”
Ghazia laughed. “What is that if not rebellion, when those who rule you want you hungry and indentured?”
[…]what was most important was asking her what she wanted, rather than telling her I felt I knew it.
A gender swapped retelling of Robin Hood. The world building was a little thin and the passage of time made the story seem a little missing?
This book was okay. Not the greatest retelling of Robin Hood ever told. There was some gender swapping that I felt didn't always work. Some characters were reimagined. Idk. I kept waiting for the story to dive into stealing from the rich to help the poor and that felt like a subplot. It mainly felt like it was about falling in love. Plus there was weird incest vibes. This one just didn't do it for me and makes me sad bcuz I was so excited for it.
Nothing special, really. I liked the beginning but then it dragged. I'm having that issue a lot lately.
I rarely get printed books from the library anymore because I have so many piled up but forgot this one was live in the queue. I‘m looking forward to reading this book. I love retelling of old stories.
The premise of this- a Robin Hood retelling featuring a female cast- certainly sounded promising! Unfortunately that‘s really all it is... it never felt fresh to me and instead reminded me more of the movie remakes that are doing the same things... I guess I just prefer new and original bad-ass women rather than redrawn copies based on men...
Wow, this was a showstopper! I‘m a sucker for gender-flipped retellings and this one was a spectacular female Robin Hood one. Filled with a lot of hard themes, I devoured this in one sitting. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A gender bent Robin Hood retelling that fell kind of short of my expectation. The first half was slow, and while things picked up in the second half I think I really just wanted more from this book. It was enjoyable enough, and I appreciated the nods to the original myth... but I thought it had a lot of potential to be something even better.
I am so glad they changed this cover. Original galleys had a cover that was reminiscent of The Hazel Wood. I like this much better. I really I want to read the book under this cover. Plus female Robin Hood. I'm in.
#coverlove #YAedition
August 7