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Robin Hood gave up being a hero when he left Sherwood Forest, thirteen years ago. The old stories are already distorted and half forgotten. King John has made certain of that.
Struggling to keep his family and the remains of his pride in a world increasingly indifferent to his name, the one thing Robin doesn’t anticipate is a dangerous ghost from his past. The reappearance of his old enemy Guy de Gisborne represents not just mortal danger but the chance of heroism again, but at what cost?
When their renewed hostilities stir up the King’s suspicions, Robin finds himself on the run across Europe in the unwelcome company of the one man he does not understand and can never trust. Will Robin redeem the tarnished title of King of Sherwood, or will Gisborne’s slowly unravelling obsession lose him home, family and his reputation forever?
Struggling to keep his family and the remains of his pride in a world increasingly indifferent to his name, the one thing Robin doesn’t anticipate is a dangerous ghost from his past. The reappearance of his old enemy Guy de Gisborne represents not just mortal danger but the chance of heroism again, but at what cost?
When their renewed hostilities stir up the King’s suspicions, Robin finds himself on the run across Europe in the unwelcome company of the one man he does not understand and can never trust. Will Robin redeem the tarnished title of King of Sherwood, or will Gisborne’s slowly unravelling obsession lose him home, family and his reputation forever?
- GenresHistorical Fiction
298 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2013
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January 12, 2020
Rep: gay mc, bi mc
CWs: rape & dubiously consensual sex, intimate partner violence, mentions of incest
it's not like i didn't know this was going to be dark or whatever, but there's dark & then there's pretty much every sexual interaction between guy & robin is guy forcing himself on robin (when he got turned on by beating robin, dislocating his fucking arm & STILL forcing him to have sex - this is later mentioned as rape, but don't worry they can get past it, the way guy frames it as "provoking him [guy] into damaging him") & somehow it's supposed to be a happy ending that they are together.
not to mention guy kidnaps someone so he can get robin back, after robin has fled & almost killed guy just so he won't come after him. not to mention that at one point robin is on opium & someone else has sex with him (with guy's permission apparently, but robin thinks it is guy).
& all of this, it's clear, the author has no problem with.
CWs: rape & dubiously consensual sex, intimate partner violence, mentions of incest
it's not like i didn't know this was going to be dark or whatever, but there's dark & then there's pretty much every sexual interaction between guy & robin is guy forcing himself on robin (when he got turned on by beating robin, dislocating his fucking arm & STILL forcing him to have sex - this is later mentioned as rape, but don't worry they can get past it, the way guy frames it as "provoking him [guy] into damaging him") & somehow it's supposed to be a happy ending that they are together.
not to mention guy kidnaps someone so he can get robin back, after robin has fled & almost killed guy just so he won't come after him. not to mention that at one point robin is on opium & someone else has sex with him (with guy's permission apparently, but robin thinks it is guy).
& all of this, it's clear, the author has no problem with.
April 16, 2013
Very dark read with dubious consent, anger, punishment and enemies to lovers sort of book. Interesting take on the relationship between an aging Robin Hood and Guy Gisborne. Pretty creative
February 15, 2017
A great book. Full review over here: https://rickusbookshelf.wordpress.com...
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