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nhlikes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
While this book is slow paced and long, it didn’t really feel like a slog. Sometimes it was a little too slow, but that’s fine.
I loved Marian. She was so much a product of her time but fierce. A perfect balance.
I loved Marian. She was so much a product of her time but fierce. A perfect balance.
jbarr5's review against another edition
4.0
Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson
I wanted to read this series of book because I love the stories of Maid Marian and Robin Hood and their escapades.
this first one is at least 600 pages long as is the second one in the series.
Starts out with Marian's father dying and Robert was with him at the battle. She's a tough strong one and now the sheriff wants to marry her. She sticks up for those less fortunate and gains them a bit of freedom, sometimes.
This last time the sheriff had a plan to not kill the murderer of 4 but to let him fight Little John, who is the opposite of his name sake. If he survives then he won't be killed. But nobody saw what would happen-he escaped and kidnapped Marian.
Robert goes back to his castle for recruitment and meets up with his daughter Eleanor who he had attempted to get married but he found out she's slept with every male out there and she just wants Alan the minstrel. We are able to track Marian as she's thrust onto Will Scarlet's back as they track through the woods.
They never expected the tracker to find them and now the showdown...
Lots of action and back story to this tale, loving every minute of it.
Fascinating to learn of all the clothing the women wear and all the skills Marian has with weapons. Love she is able to show up the experts from time to time.
Within one chapter there are breaks between groups of people, at the same time while one is searching for the minstrel, there is a fight with the murderer while in another scene the castle receives a visitor.
Kinda interesting how after one thing is finished the people from that group spread out and turn up at other places with other skirmishes.
Like it's all gonna go full circle. Robin/Robert is still holding out and she loves to hear his laugh.
A lot of the problems arise from the political classes: the Normans and the Saxons.
Love how some assume something and it's no where near the truth. Love how she tells her story to Robin after he's saved her and now she's saving him...
Situation really heats up when Robin finds out the sheriff wants to wed Marian. Great to know and understand what happened between Robin and his father and the whole start of the merry band of men...
593 pages long and I can't wait to start book 2 of this saga.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
I wanted to read this series of book because I love the stories of Maid Marian and Robin Hood and their escapades.
this first one is at least 600 pages long as is the second one in the series.
Starts out with Marian's father dying and Robert was with him at the battle. She's a tough strong one and now the sheriff wants to marry her. She sticks up for those less fortunate and gains them a bit of freedom, sometimes.
This last time the sheriff had a plan to not kill the murderer of 4 but to let him fight Little John, who is the opposite of his name sake. If he survives then he won't be killed. But nobody saw what would happen-he escaped and kidnapped Marian.
Robert goes back to his castle for recruitment and meets up with his daughter Eleanor who he had attempted to get married but he found out she's slept with every male out there and she just wants Alan the minstrel. We are able to track Marian as she's thrust onto Will Scarlet's back as they track through the woods.
They never expected the tracker to find them and now the showdown...
Lots of action and back story to this tale, loving every minute of it.
Fascinating to learn of all the clothing the women wear and all the skills Marian has with weapons. Love she is able to show up the experts from time to time.
Within one chapter there are breaks between groups of people, at the same time while one is searching for the minstrel, there is a fight with the murderer while in another scene the castle receives a visitor.
Kinda interesting how after one thing is finished the people from that group spread out and turn up at other places with other skirmishes.
Like it's all gonna go full circle. Robin/Robert is still holding out and she loves to hear his laugh.
A lot of the problems arise from the political classes: the Normans and the Saxons.
Love how some assume something and it's no where near the truth. Love how she tells her story to Robin after he's saved her and now she's saving him...
Situation really heats up when Robin finds out the sheriff wants to wed Marian. Great to know and understand what happened between Robin and his father and the whole start of the merry band of men...
593 pages long and I can't wait to start book 2 of this saga.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
jbarr5's review against another edition
4.0
Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson
I wanted to read this series of book because I love the stories of Maid Marian and Robin Hood and their escapades.
this first one is at least 600 pages long as is the second one in the series.
Starts out with Marian's father dying and Robert was with him at the battle. She's a tough strong one and now the sheriff wants to marry her. She sticks up for those less fortunate and gains them a bit of freedom, sometimes.
This last time the sheriff had a plan to not kill the murderer of 4 but to let him fight Little John, who is the opposite of his name sake. If he survives then he won't be killed. But nobody saw what would happen-he escaped and kidnapped Marian.
Robert goes back to his castle for recruitment and meets up with his daughter Eleanor who he had attempted to get married but he found out she's slept with every male out there and she just wants Alan the minstrel. We are able to track Marian as she's thrust onto Will Scarlet's back as they track through the woods.
They never expected the tracker to find them and now the showdown...
Lots of action and back story to this tale, loving every minute of it.
Fascinating to learn of all the clothing the women wear and all the skills Marian has with weapons. Love she is able to show up the experts from time to time.
Within one chapter there are breaks between groups of people, at the same time while one is searching for the minstrel, there is a fight with the murderer while in another scene the castle receives a visitor.
Kinda interesting how after one thing is finished the people from that group spread out and turn up at other places with other skirmishes.
Like it's all gonna go full circle. Robin/Robert is still holding out and she loves to hear his laugh.
A lot of the problems arise from the political classes: the Normans and the Saxons.
Love how some assume something and it's no where near the truth. Love how she tells her story to Robin after he's saved her and now she's saving him...
Situation really heats up when Robin finds out the sheriff wants to wed Marian. Great to know and understand what happened between Robin and his father and the whole start of the merry band of men...
593 pages long and I can't wait to start book 2 of this saga.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
I wanted to read this series of book because I love the stories of Maid Marian and Robin Hood and their escapades.
this first one is at least 600 pages long as is the second one in the series.
Starts out with Marian's father dying and Robert was with him at the battle. She's a tough strong one and now the sheriff wants to marry her. She sticks up for those less fortunate and gains them a bit of freedom, sometimes.
This last time the sheriff had a plan to not kill the murderer of 4 but to let him fight Little John, who is the opposite of his name sake. If he survives then he won't be killed. But nobody saw what would happen-he escaped and kidnapped Marian.
Robert goes back to his castle for recruitment and meets up with his daughter Eleanor who he had attempted to get married but he found out she's slept with every male out there and she just wants Alan the minstrel. We are able to track Marian as she's thrust onto Will Scarlet's back as they track through the woods.
They never expected the tracker to find them and now the showdown...
Lots of action and back story to this tale, loving every minute of it.
Fascinating to learn of all the clothing the women wear and all the skills Marian has with weapons. Love she is able to show up the experts from time to time.
Within one chapter there are breaks between groups of people, at the same time while one is searching for the minstrel, there is a fight with the murderer while in another scene the castle receives a visitor.
Kinda interesting how after one thing is finished the people from that group spread out and turn up at other places with other skirmishes.
Like it's all gonna go full circle. Robin/Robert is still holding out and she loves to hear his laugh.
A lot of the problems arise from the political classes: the Normans and the Saxons.
Love how some assume something and it's no where near the truth. Love how she tells her story to Robin after he's saved her and now she's saving him...
Situation really heats up when Robin finds out the sheriff wants to wed Marian. Great to know and understand what happened between Robin and his father and the whole start of the merry band of men...
593 pages long and I can't wait to start book 2 of this saga.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
rkiladitis's review against another edition
2.0
I just couldn't stick with this book; nothing really compelled me. I am a fan of the author's Sword Dancer series so I thought her take on the Robin Hood legend would be great, but the story and the characters dragged on until I realized that, after 50 pages, I wasn't absorbing anything. I highly recommend Ms. Roberson's Sword Dancer series, but cannot say the same for this one.
chelse34's review against another edition
3.0
This is a story about Robin Hood and Marian. It was a cute little story about how Robert came back from the Crusade and how he was able to get the Lady Marian when the Sheriff wanted her for himself. It explained how and why he ended up an outlaw when he had the title of knight. This is a fictional book, so I'm not sure how much is truth. The one thing I didn't like about it was how everyone expressed their desire "to bed" this person. It never went into detail, but they sure mentioned it a lot. It was a very long book, and the beginning took a while to get through, but the second half is much better.
kerryw78's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
impreader2023's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
my_faelady's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5