I enjoy the many adventures and close calls this story offers. The read is more of a historical fiction because men are “my Lord” and women are “my Lady”. Sherwood is very well written and developed. Robin recounts from when he first met Lady Marian and how they become fast friends. When Lady Marian was mistaken for Robin and how with the news of Robin coming back from the dead bring hope to the poor citizens of his land, she decided to continue her disguise as him because that’s the only way she can do to help his people. In a men’s world, in order for her to go out chasing in the woods, she would have to hide her femininity. As the story move forward, readers will follow Lady Marian’s mission to rescue her maid’s brother, Will Scarlet.

The story started with a prologue following Robin’s life and death during his battle at the King’s side. Lady Marian lives during the time when women should do embroidery with their time instead of out hunting or saving outlaws.

This book is told in the third person point of view following Lady Marian, as she deals with the grief of Robin’s death. Robin’s view is sweet and I devour every word. I like that this story include Robin’s views because it makes up for the lack of romance from Marian’s POV, in the beginning anyway. It’s interesting to learn about what noblewoman is all about back in the days. I like how Marian weighs the pros and cons to being a man. She takes matter into her own hands when she finds out someone is in danger. She likes to carry a sword and practice archery instead of doing the duty and expectation of a lady.

The main character, Marian is more of a tomboy. I started reading Sherwood on 9/3/18 and finished it on 9/15/18. In her spare time she plays guitar, plays video games, plays with her cat, and reads. She's the author of the award-winning Starbound trilogy (These Broken Stars, This Shattered World, Their Fractured Light) and the Skylark Trilogy (Skylark, Shadowlark, Lark Ascending) as well as the upcoming Beauty and the Beast retelling Hunted. She currently lives and writes in Asheville, North Carolina, but the siren call of travel is hard to resist, and there's no telling how long she'll stay there. She's traveled with her family all over the world to places like Egypt, South Africa, the Arctic, Greece, Antarctica, and the Galapagos, and there's a bit of every trip in every story she writes. She graduated from Hamilton College in New York with a degree in playwriting, and has spent several years since then living in Australia. New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day, while dreaming about life as an archaeologist, a marine biologist, an astronaut.

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