With all that said there are two things that didn’t allow me to rate this novel higher. It was a slow burn in terms of them learning they were following a woman’s lead, but when they all found out they didn’t change the way they treated her, and it was nice to see that none of them tried to take the reigns from her.

However, Marian’s relationship with her band of merry men was probably my favourite. He knew his daughter was different, but didn’t turn away when her secret identity threatened his own life. Marian’s relationship with her father was perfect. I also couldn’t get over her relationships with secondary characters. She was stubborn but also flowed into the expectations of a women of the time period. I loved Marian, loved how she went through the stages of grief when she lost Robin, but also that she was able to rise above the loss to do what was right. I have to hand it to Spooner, she writes a great main character. But with a sweep of his green cloak and the flash of her sword, Marian makes the choice to become her own hero: Robin Hood.Ī gender bent retelling of the classic Robin Hood, Sherwood is a novel that explores how a person can rise above tragedy, and the morally grey areas they can go in order to succeed.

Marian never meant to tread in Robin’s footsteps-never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant return. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff’s right hand, wishes to step into Robin’s shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian’s fiancé.

Maid Marian doesn’t know how she’ll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector.

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