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Synopsis:
No king. No rules.
England, 1191. King Richard is half a world away, fighting for God and his own ambition. Back home, his country languishes, bankrupt and on the verge of anarchy. People with power are running unchecked. People without are growing angry. And in Nottingham, one of the largest shires in England, the sheriff seems intent on doing nothing about it.
As the leaves turn gold in the Sherwood Forest, the lives of six people–Arable, a servant girl with a secret, Robin and William, soldiers running from their pasts, Marion, a noblewoman working for change, Guy of Gisbourne, Nottingham’s beleaguered guard captain, and Elena Gamwell, a brash, ambitious thief–become intertwined.
And a strange story begins to spread . . .
Review:
Okay. Holy Hell.
This book was honestly amazing. This by far was the best retelling of the classic Robin Hood that I have ever read and probably will ever read.
Not only was this wonderfully written but I felt as though Nathan really nailed the characters on the head. Their mannerisms, personality and their character traits were brilliant and you could actually picture them in your head as the story played out.
You also get introduced to the politics of it all and how the characters to where they are. I also loved the fact that this book had Will Scarlet in it!! I mean the amount of retellings I read and they don’t include Will kills me. Will is the particle jokester of the story and definitely needs to be included.
This in depth tale of a classic tale was highly enlightening and entertaining, I found that as the story progressed, I was left sitting on the edge of my chair, dying to find out more.
There is no end to detail in this book, down to the last phrase. How the Sheriff got to where he was and how Robin got to be the man of Sherwood forest. It all become one and lined up perfectly and it was fricken epic.
Nottingham has easily become one of my favourite reads this year!
Rating: 5/5
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 9781250195609