Review: The Ghosts of Sherwood

The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a short novella, first in a new series by popular genre fiction author Carrie Vaughn. Vaughn envisions Robin Hood's world almost two decades after Robin and Marian marry. They have three children, Mary, John, and Eleanor. At the start, Robin and Marian are fighting because Robin has tried to make a match for Mary's hand in marriage without consulting either Marian or Mary. Marian is worried for Mary, and also worried for their youngest, Eleanor, who is very attached to Mary and who appears to be mute. Robin is rather care-weary after years of dealing with safe-guarding his position after King Richard's death. John is now King and is apparently still resentful of Robin of Locksley's role in the past. So when the three children are kidnapped, Robin and Marian fear the worst. Joining forces with old allies like Will and Little John, they piece together what has happened and go in pursuit of their children. But it might just be that the children are more capable than they realize.

This was an enjoyable, though brief, story. I look forward to seeing where Vaughn goes from here in the series. If Mary, now archer of legend, is her principle protagonist, I'd be thrilled to keep reading. The second book in the series, The Heirs of Locksley , releases on August 4, 2020.



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