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    The Ghosts of Sherwood
    The Ghosts of Sherwood
    The Ghosts of Sherwood
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    The Ghosts of Sherwood

    Written by Carrie Vaughn

    Narrated by Angele Masters

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    Carrie Vaughn's The Ghosts of Sherwood revisits the Robin Hood legend with a story of the famed archer's children.

    Everything about Father is stories.

    Robin of Locksley and his one true love, Marian, are married. It has been close on two decades since they beat the Sheriff of Nottingham with the help of a diverse band of talented friends. King John is now on the throne, and Robin has sworn fealty in order to further protect not just his family, but those of the lords and barons who look up to him – and, by extension, the villagers they protect.

    There is a truce. An uneasy one, to be sure, but a truce, nonetheless.

    But when the Locksley children are stolen away by persons unknown, Robin and Marian are going to need the help of everyone they’ve ever known, perhaps even the ghosts that are said to reside deep within Sherwood.

    And the Locksley children, despite appearances to the contrary, are not without tricks of their own…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 9, 2020
    ISBN9781980055266
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    Carrie Vaughn

    Carrie Vaughn survived her air force brat childhood and managed to put down roots in Colorado. Her first book, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, launched a popular series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk-radio advice show. She is also the author of Voices of Dragons, her debut novel for teen readers. Ms. Vaughn lives in Colorado.

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    • 4/5
      This short novella is about Robin and Marion later in life, I expected something like the Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn's film "Robin and Marian" but was given something quite different a look at their lifes after Richard's death.
    • 4/5
      This novella about Robin Hood’s children is exactly what I wanted. It alternates between Robin and Marian’s eldest daughter Mary and Marian herself. I liked seeing Robin and Marian as a long-married couple, who still love each other and still have disagreements. And the dynamic between their children gave me a zing of recognition, because it reminded me of my siblings and I when we were growing up. I don’t expect that, but it was lovely to find. “You’re risking much, making your camp here,” [Mary] said. “These woods are haunted.” “Then why aren’t you afraid?” Edmund asked, chuckling. “Sherwood knows who we are. It knows our blood, and we have its sap in our bones. We’re safe.” She smiled. Her father’s wicked smile. “But you’re outsiders, and you know the stories.”
    • 3/5
      I grew up with the traditional story: The Merrie Adventures of Robin Hood, based on Howard Pyle's adaptation of the legend. In Pyle's version, the story reflects the 15-century ballads, relating that Robin Hood was a yeoman (not an aristocrat). As he lays dying, Robin asked Little John to help him to the Priory window, so he could to shoot an arrow. Where the arrow landed was to be the site of his grave. In this version of the legend, Marian subsequently went into seclusion in a convent.Reading Carrie Vaughn's novel was tough to comprehend, seeing that Robin and Marian were married with kids in the backstory to the action. This development took on a sense of unreality for me, since I expected the "ghosts" to be Robin and his band of outlaws. So going with the idea that a new author can retell the story, the subsequent events involving the 3 children were very beguiling. The author made good use of these children's abilities to outsmart their abductors. Too bad that the tale was told at such a break-neck speed. The rapid pace actually took away from the adventure and reduced the novel to such a degree that it defeated its purpose (storytelling). There was no engagement, no sense of taking time with the narrative to draw the reader into the world these children inhabited. Ultimately, the main feeling was one of waste and boredom. Waste of a great plot; boredom because the story lacked depth. Three stars because the author shows great promise and might be able to develop stronger characterisations in her sequel(s).
    • 5/5
      Most legends finish either with death or with a wedding. In the first case, you know that the story is finished. But in the second, the story usually just begins. And yet, we never get to hear what happens after the hero gets the girl. Carrie Vaughn decided to correct that and to show us what happened to Robin Hood and Lady Marian after the last page of the usual books. Almost 20 years had passed, the merry band had disbanded, Richard the Lionheart had died and John had taken the throne - the same John who caused that many problems before. And that sets the scene for the story - we learn most of the details of these intervening decades throughout the story.Robin and Marian are away from home when we meet the 3 children they have together: Mary, the oldest, uses every opportunity to hide in the woods; John, the only son and a middle child, always tries to follow her (and when he fails, he tends to get lost in the woods) and Eleanor, the youngest, is non-verbal (autistic?) and can be annoying to her older siblings but despite all the rumors about her, she is the baby of the family and everyone dots on her. And somewhere in Sherwood, there is a ghost -- or so it appears anyway. Before long, the kids will get abducted and the old flame in Robin's eye which had almost died will alight again. And his merry band will be there with him. Maybe the kidnappers should have thought again before grabbing these 3 kids - and not only because of their parents. It is a delightful novella which spends most of the story on building the world (although the abduction is the center of the story, we need the details that led to it to be told first -- and Vaughn manages to do it without making it sound like it does not belong). If you had not read Robin Hood or barely remember it, read it before you touch this one (or at least skim the contents of the legend) -- part of the magic is recognizing everyone from the other story. And despite the years that had passed, they are recognizable without being the same.
    • 3/5
      Many thanks to NetGalley, Carrie Vaughn, and Macmillan-Tor/Forge for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of The Ghosts of Sherwood. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.Robin is all grown up and married to Marion. They have three children and life is busy. The king is dead and in his place is King John. Although they were enemies, Robin has sworn fealty to him in order to keep his men, the villagers, and anyone else who was loyal to him safe. Peace is precarious at best. Mary, his eldest child, is growing and at an age to be married. She is more like Robin every day, headstrong, brave, and an excellent shot with a bow and arrow. She loves to wander the woods. She is aware of a strange ghost that appears when she wanders the woods but she never feels danger from him, but rather a protective spirit. On one of her journeys into the woods, her younger brother and sister follow her. They are captured by bandits who want to use the children as leverage to get Robin’s allegiance and obedience. The children are in grave danger to be sure. Robin and Marion have no idea where they could be. Does the band of merry men get back together to help find them? Or will Robin be forced to trade his allegiance for his children’s lives?This is a short novella that hopefully will set up a series of adventures for Robin’s children. Robin and Marion are still deeply in love so that was very satisfying. They are now bound by grown-up things and can’t wander the way they used to. The children have forced them to settle down in ways that having children do. Mary was an excellent character and would be able to take the lead in a new story. The youngest child doesn’t speak but proves to have wit, character, and bravery so I would love to know more about her. The least interesting child was John, although I’m not sure if he is just young, didn’t have a chance to develop in this story, or is just uninteresting, although that would be a shame.We get to catch up with a few of the men from the original group. It was just enough of a tease of what they are doing to keep me interested in finding out more. Just because they are older, doesn’t mean they can’t be interesting. I would love for them to be included in future books. Of course, the villains are still around and they have even more power now.Hopefully, there will be more. If not, this is a wonderful glimpse into the life that Robin and Marion have made for themselves. It is a bit of nostalgia and makes me want to go back and read the original “Merry Adventures of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle. Many thanks to NetGalley, Carrie Vaughn, and Macmillan-Tor/Forge for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of The Ghosts of Sherwood. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.Robin is all grown up and married to Marion. They have three children and life is busy. The king is dead and in his place is King John. Although they were enemies, Robin has sworn fealty to him in order to keep his men, the villagers, and anyone else who was loyal to him safe. Peace is precarious at best. Mary, his eldest child, is growing and at an age to be married. She is more like Robin every day, headstrong, brave, and an excellent shot with a bow and arrow. She loves to wander the woods. She is aware of a strange ghost that appears when she wanders the woods but she never feels danger from him, but rather a protective spirit. On one of her journeys into the woods, her younger brother and sister follow her. They are captured by bandits who want to use the children as leverage to get Robin’s allegiance and obedience. The children are in grave danger to be sure. Robin and Marion have no idea where they could be. Does the band of merry men get back together to help find them? Or will Robin be forced to trade his allegiance for his children’s lives?This is a short novella that hopefully will set up a series of adventures for Robin’s children. Robin and Marion are still deeply in love so that was very satisfying. They are now bound by grown-up things and can’t wander the way they used to. The children have forced them to settle down in ways that having children do. Mary was an excellent character and would be able to take the lead in a new story. The youngest child doesn’t speak but proves to have wit, character, and bravery so I would love to know more about her. The least interesting child was John, although I’m not sure if he is just young, didn’t have a chance to develop in this story, or is just uninteresting, although that would be a shame.We get to catch up with a few of the men from the original group. It was just enough of a tease of what they are doing to keep me interested in finding out more. Just because they are older, doesn’t mean they can’t be interesting. I would love for them to be included in future books. Of course, the villains are still around and they have even more power now.Hopefully, there will be more. If not, this is a wonderful glimpse into the life that Robin and Marion have made for themselves. It is a bit of nostalgia and makes me want to go back and read the original “Merry Adventures of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle.
    • 4/5
      I received an advance copy of this book via NetGalley.The Ghosts of Sherwood is a fast, thoroughly enjoyable read that picks up on the adventures of an older Robin and Marian and their three children. I expected it to be novel-length and was surprised (but not unpleasantly so) to find it was a novella. This is only fantasy in that it re-imagines their lives. It's not a deep, heavily-researched historical fiction piece, either, but one very accessible to anyone familiar with the Robin Hood Legend.For me, the stars of the story were the children. The eldest, Mary, is a smart teenage girl. When she and her siblings are captured by enemies of her father, they must use their wits to stay alive and well as their parents come to the rescue. The youngest child, Eleanor, is depicted as autistic. As the parent of an autistic child, I loved seeing a realistic portrayal, especially within a loving, supportive family.I'm glad this is listed on book sites as Robin Hood Stories #1, because I would love to read more of Vaughn's take on the famous family.