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A review by lekhoury
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
5.0
Travelers Along the Way is the Muslim, gender-swapped Robin Hood remix that we all needed. It transplants all of your beloved characters and their iconic escapades into the Third Crusade, pitting them instead against Richard the Lionheart and his opponents as they vie for control of the City of Jerusalem. Rahma al-Hud and her merry band are still the fantastically clever thieves we all love and the fair maid Marian is replaced with the dashing Majid. The story is action-packed, funny, and deeply human despite its brutal backdrop.
The characters, heroes and villains alike, were masterfully crafted, and I thoroughly enjoyed the POV dips into the minds of the opposing rulers. Travelers Along the Way does a fantastic job of preserving the unique facets of each character throughout the length of the story. I've been finding that characters can sometimes lose their unique traits during the climax of the adventure, everyone so focused on their goal that they become robotic. But these characters felt so human and so real. I loved constantly rolling my eyes at Zeena and cackling at Viva being predictably unpredictable.
Thank you to Macmillan and Amina Mae Safi for giving me an eARC of Travelers Along the Way in exchange for an honest review.
The characters, heroes and villains alike, were masterfully crafted, and I thoroughly enjoyed the POV dips into the minds of the opposing rulers. Travelers Along the Way does a fantastic job of preserving the unique facets of each character throughout the length of the story. I've been finding that characters can sometimes lose their unique traits during the climax of the adventure, everyone so focused on their goal that they become robotic. But these characters felt so human and so real. I loved constantly rolling my eyes at Zeena and cackling at Viva being predictably unpredictable.
Thank you to Macmillan and Amina Mae Safi for giving me an eARC of Travelers Along the Way in exchange for an honest review.