Lady of Sherwood

Lady of Sherwood opens five years later after the close of the traditional Robin Hood story, telling the fates of Marian, Robin Hood, and the once-outlaws after King Richard's pardon, something not often seen in literature. That in itself is an accomplishment. While the return to outlawry is so close to the original one that it gets boring, the writing is captivating and the conflicts real. An interesting aspect to this story is that at the end, the characters are bereft of everything, but somehow are as happy as they were before. Ms. Roberson displays this theme very well. I would suggest it to any fan of Robin Hood stories.

I have read the prequel to this book, and it is just a good as this one. I myself am a Robin Hood buff, and this book exceeded my standards for good reading by leaps and bounds! It is one of the hardest books to put down, and has realistic characters. It really draws you in, keeps you there, and makes you wanna run out immediately and buy up all of her other books out there. If all of her books are this way, she's defintely a favorite of mine now. Read her books! She's great!

I read Lady of the Forest last year and loved it. I wasn't certain I'd enjoy Lady of Sherwood as much because it didn't seem possible that I could like it as much as I did the first book. Am I glad to find I was wrong! It's beautifully written, the characters compelling, and the story riveting. Kudos to Ms Roberson for writing a sequel that's just as strong as the first book! By the way, I do feel that reading the first book is essential to understanding motivation of these characters, but not essential to the enjoyment of this book.

Ms. Roberson didn't develope the characters as much as she did in Forest, but the plot moves more quickly. Unfortunately, Sherwood is rather vauge about the fate of Prince (King) John and Sherrif William deLacey. Maybe their will be another book in the Lady series. For more info, go to the authors homepage.-Jessica Stone

I don't want to give away the plot, especially since the book just came out. I've been waiting for this book for such a long time and had to read it the moment I got it. Lady of Sherwood tells of the actual legend as we know of it, while Lady of the Forest was a prequel to the legend. Lady of Sherwood holds you until the end. Again, I wish deLacey was dead or worse. I'm also happy that this book doesn't strictly follow the politics, but focusing on the characters. You especially notice a change in Marian from the previous book.For those of you who loved Lady of the Forest, you'll be wanting to read this. For those of you who have not yet read lady of the Forest, I would not say it is essential to reading the first book before this, but you'd be missing a great book.