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thereaderofbooks89 's review for:
The Wicked Prince
by Celeste Baxendell, Celeste Baxendell
Once again, Celeste Baxendell proves why she is one of my favorite authors.
If you know me, you know I love a good retelling, and when I heard about this series, I was excited.
12 different authors, 12 different fairy tales.
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This one is a Robin Hood retelling, while some things are the same, others are different.
The world this takes place in isn't England but a land created for this story. Richard isn't fighting in the Crusades but a war to protect his kingdom.
Robin Hood is actually a woman, Roberta of Locksley. She is always running, trying to evade both Prince John and her own past, until one day everything changes.
Prince John is the regent, cowardly, and selfish. His brother the King gives him a warning: He has six months to deal with Robin Hood, or he will be sent to the front lines and King Richard will come home and deal with the problem himself.
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I really enjoyed this story, and I thought it was a good retelling, I just had to remember that it was a retelling and not the original story at the beginning.
But I loved it regardless. The setting was fantastic, though I would have enjoyed more world building (I'm a sucker for good world building). The characters were very well written and I found myself squealing a few times out loud as I read the story.
It's a sweet story, nothing heavy spice wise, but I love that sometimes, not all stories need to be spice heavy to tell a good love story.
I wish it could have been longer, but honestly, this was enough to enjoy and want to read again and read the others in this series!
If you know me, you know I love a good retelling, and when I heard about this series, I was excited.
12 different authors, 12 different fairy tales.
~~
This one is a Robin Hood retelling, while some things are the same, others are different.
The world this takes place in isn't England but a land created for this story. Richard isn't fighting in the Crusades but a war to protect his kingdom.
Robin Hood is actually a woman, Roberta of Locksley. She is always running, trying to evade both Prince John and her own past, until one day everything changes.
Prince John is the regent, cowardly, and selfish. His brother the King gives him a warning: He has six months to deal with Robin Hood, or he will be sent to the front lines and King Richard will come home and deal with the problem himself.
~~
I really enjoyed this story, and I thought it was a good retelling, I just had to remember that it was a retelling and not the original story at the beginning.
But I loved it regardless. The setting was fantastic, though I would have enjoyed more world building (I'm a sucker for good world building). The characters were very well written and I found myself squealing a few times out loud as I read the story.
It's a sweet story, nothing heavy spice wise, but I love that sometimes, not all stories need to be spice heavy to tell a good love story.
I wish it could have been longer, but honestly, this was enough to enjoy and want to read again and read the others in this series!