Scarlet By Stephen Lawhead

Awhile back a posted a review on a book called "Hood" the first in the retelling of Robin Hood by Stephen Lawhead. Seeing that BBC's Robin Hood show is over forever I decided to finish up the second book Scarlet so I could write whether I liked it or not. I am happy to say that though it was a bit hard to get into it was a good story full of crazy twists and turns. There was more about Bran in it than I expected after realizing that most of it was told in the first person of a new character, Will Scarlet. Now that I have finished the book I can gladly add it to my list of books that I have actually finished willingly. I wanted to get to the end of the book because there was so much at stake for the characters and near the end I really believed that a happy ending was coming though I knew there was a third book, sadly that end was not to be mine as the book left me hanging off a cliff waiting for the paperback of the third book to be released. If you enjoy Medieval Robin Hood stories or the fantasy writings of Tolikein and Lewis you will enjoy this book.

-Kat