A review by 19wongfo2
Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

4.0

3.5*. I was so excited for this book that I went to Sherwood Forest to read it. Also, as one of the narrators, Clem, is a healer, I was interested to see how that would be depicted and I was pleasantly surprised at the accurate medical components of the story. Although it was fun and I did enjoy it, I felt it lacked some of the charm that Gwen and Art had and was underwhelmed. I definitely think this would have worked better as a middle grade novel.

This book followed the Merry Men after Robin Hood, and sadly I just didn't feel particularly connected to the story despite it being right up my alley. The queer friend group of characters were cute, but again I wasn't as attached to them as I wished. I felt that not enough time was given to explore each of the side characters, who I actually found more compelling than the narrators - the side couple was cute as hell as I kind of wished the book was about them instead.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for providing a copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.