Sherwood

De: Meagan Spooner

Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham

Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times best-selling author Meagan Spooner’s next fierce fairy-tale-inspired story, which Illuminae author Amie Kaufman calls “a kick-ass, gender-flipped feminist retelling”.

Robin of Locksley is dead.

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. 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.

Who is there to stop them?

Marian never meant to tread in Robin’s footsteps - never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant return. 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.

©2019 Meagan Spooner (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Would recommend at a ‘meh’ on a scale of 1-10.

It’s not bad exactly... a little slow, but full of intrigue - I seriously had no idea how it was going to end! A lot of unexpected decisions were made and it’s more sad than I would have guessed. Still, worth the credit I spent on it for sure!

A hard book for me to get into, though maybe, as has happened before, I’ll reread it at some other time and experience it in a wholly different way, loving every minute!

At least the narration was good! Part of the reason I finally succumbed to my curiosity and bought this book was because I like Fiona Hardingham.

Excellent

I loved it! Couldn’t stop listening. Great story and characters and narrator. Thank you! Wonderful!

Loved this!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The tale was familiar but telling was so enjoyable. Very good performances well. Five stars!!

Good Story, Awkward Vocals

Sherwood is one of those stories that takes the reader through a rollercoaster of emotions. Initially, I wanted to DNF because Robin and Marian are one of my OTP, but Spooner did a great job reimagining the story. In this audiobook, though, the vocals for Guisburn we're distracting because there was no emotional/vocal change to match the characterization.

Loved it!

A twist to Robin Hood & it was so so good! Fiona is amazing as well..

My favorite version of Robin Hood thus far.

This tale made me giddy and proud to be a woman. I loved the twists and vivid language as well as the imagery. I loved the villian and hero as they changed depending on how you looked at things. This version made my heart happy and soul soar. I would listen again amd again.

Great book!

Great twist to a timeless story. I love it. Definitely a story I want to reread again and again.

Good book but some quibbles

This is a wonderful book! There are some flashbacks and it is kind of hard to tell at the start where they begin.

A New Turn in Every Chapter

I can usually predict the story before I read it, but this book kept me guessing. I love how the author teases the reader with little hints of possible directions the story is going. What a surprise ending.
This is the 2nd book I have read by Megan Spooner and I am going onto Audible to find my next book by the author.
Don't miss out on this book, you will be pleasantly surprised!

Solid story, but weak ending

I enjoyed this retelling of the Robin Hood legend, for the most part. Marian as a character was well developed with skills and shortcomings that made following her through this story very interesting. She is very much a warrior woman with a strong ability in archery. Despite these skills, she doesn't dominate her way through the story. She struggles, succeeds, makes mistakes, and corrects them where she can.

I also appreciate how the "not like the other girls" idea is addressed and thrown out the window with Marian having two female friends with very different personalities and skillsets than her who are sympathetic and competent as well. They both help in Marian's missions and one even saves her life.

The only reason this isn't a five star is the ending, particularly with the romance. Spoilers ahead! The romance was an enemies to lovers scenario with a slow burn. The trouble is that the burn was too slow for the length of the novel. Marian consistently hated this man through the course of novel while his interest in her was centered on gaining her father's lands. That's an OK start, but we never really got a journey away from that until they had an abrupt make out session and he professed his love. Then in the end, the story just ends with them agreeing that they'll face no consequences for everything that happened bc.... the author needed to end the book with no intention of a sequel and everything needed to be tied up neatly.

I liked this enough to wish it was more open ended and there were more books to come to fully tell this story.