Hood is a very readable story, the main character’s voice and the beats flow very naturally making the story a quick read. The other great parts about this book outside of the adventure is the portrayal of family dynamics. Robin’s love for her is completely selfless. He is quirky and goofy and Marian is loving while being stern, and a lot of her strength comes from her beliefs and devotion to helping anyone. This is exactly how I imagined they would be.

Now, Isabelle on the other hand I’m not too thrilled with. I don’t hate her and I don’t love her. I found her to be predictable. She’s a natural born great shot and she blushes excessively. There are other physical ways to show embarrassment, anger, etc other than blushing. It became distracting.
And there was unnecessary drama with the secret keeping. There wasn’t any real deep wounds where I could support why a secret was being kept. And then everything was quickly forgiven. The romance was also not appealing. You can easily figure out who it will be from the first second they meet. There was no push/pull that was internal where you were rooting for them. Everything that got in the way was trivial. And the instant attraction felt forced because the chemistry wasn’t there, as if the author was putting a relationship into the story because they felt it needed to be there.

Overall, I was hoping for better especially since Robin Hood is one of my all-time favorite stories. But Hood just didn’t deliver.

ARC provided by Netgalley.

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This book was a fun continuation of the Robin Hood tale through the eyes of his daughter. She grows up in a priory with her mother (Marien, of course). She's good with a bow and is just a little rebellious. An incident occurs and her mother sends her on the run with a message that she soon finds out is for the then-mythical Robin Hood. She learns that he's her father and she wants to become one of the Merry Men. Setting off on an adventure through the countryside to find Robin with a team of teens, she learns about herself and what she's able to do. Lovely book from start to finish.

Had I started the book an hour earlier I could have said I devoured it in a single day, instead of staying up just past midnight to glimpse the ending of Isabelle's story. We can only hope that there will be more story to tell. Characters that will steal hearts and sear imprints that last long after the final page are waiting in the forests of Sherwood.

This book is a wonderful example of the story that happens after the classic story ends; in this case, what happens after the end of the classic tale of Robin Hood? What happens to Marien, Robin, Little John, Friar Tuck, and all the rest? Told from the point of view of Marien's daughter, find out what happens when Robin Hood ends - what happens to the original Merry Men? Who steps in after them? This is also a great coming of age story, especially for teens who grow up in a broken home - Isabelle grows up with her mother, Marien, but has no idea who her father is, and has never met him. Her mother, now prioress of an abbey, will not give her any information, and tries to curb her adventurous spirit - but that doesn't work, because she is, after all, the daughter of Maid Marien of the Merry Men! When yet another misadventure brings trouble down on Isabelle and the abbey, Marien sends her off to seek help from Thomas, who will take her further along her adventure. Along the way, Isabelle meets the Merry Men and discovers who her family really is. An enjoyable read that follows from its parent story, with characters whose adventure make me hope that Ms. Moke will write another book to follow this one.

*I WAS PROVIDED AN e-ARC BY THE PUBLISHER IN RETURN FOR MY HONEST OPINION. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT MY REVIEW*

I was really hyped up for this novel. As soon as I saw Robin Hood retelling with an MC named Isabelle, my fangirl heart exploded, and I immediately rushed to ask for a copy. However, I was deeply let down by what I was given in this novel.

For one, the writing style just seemed very... off. It was quick to the point, and there wasn't much room for any build-up or "good" tension. This especially happened in the first couple of chapters. It really threw me for a loop.

Secondly, everything was just way too predictable. From what was given, I'm assuming this story was focused more on the younger side of YA readers and not the slightly older one. It was really a letdown to come to this realization because the story in itself seemed really interesting and enthralling.

Lastly, character development really just killed me. It was like there was barely any focus on anyone but the MC, and even then, Isabelle was lacking in major sections. You can't have the main character be perfect. It's not realistic, and that's what I saw was attempting to happen in this novel.

All in all, I was really let down by this book. It didn't turn out how I'd hoped it would, and I don't think I'll be looking to read anything by this author unless there's some type of improvement in the future. For that, I rate it 1 star.

Hood was a feminist tale of Robin Hood following Robin Hoof's daughter Isabelle. I had high hopes for this one but it did fall a little short for me. Isabelle and the Merry Men were strong and fun characters but I still felt like they could have been more. There was definitely adventures in this book but I definitely didn't feel all too excited by them. This book was a good read but just lacked strength in excitement for me! Thank you to Disney publishing and NetGalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

There has been a spate of creative re-imaginings of old stories, so I was curious to see how Moke reinvented Robin Hood. What I found was not a re-telling or even a re-invention but a freshly drawn sequel answering the question "so what happened to Robin and Marien?"

There is plenty of action here, featuring both men and women, and some gore which pushes this firmly up into end-of-middle-school category. Moke's writing is crisp and lively, with memorable characters. Isabelle, daughter of Robin & Marien, sometimes is a little silly, but Moke successfully portrays her as the sheltered-girl-finding-her-spine. The climax was unexpected and sad, but Moke brings everything full-circle and sets the stage for what could be a really cool series. Well done.

A fun imagining of the Robin Hood story! I really like this girl. Not too sweet, not too boy crazy, Smart and strong for being so young. I could see my younger self in her story, loving the woods, not being sure about much in her life (I guess that’s typical of that age). Like how she had her little treasures from the trinket man hidden in a tree. ☺️ I would gladly read her further adventures!

I am sucker for a good retelling, and this one featuring Robin Hood and Marian’s daughter Isabelle was a cute action packed adventure for the YA crowd. It told the story and the history of Robin Hood and Marian’s family without being tedious and I found myself enjoying the quick paced tale more than I imagined I would. It’s a fresh take on an original, would definitely recommend for a quick fun read!

"Hood" is a fantastic YA book based on Robin Hood and his family, specifically his daughter, Isabelle. This compelling story takes you along the journey as Isabelle must defend her parents' lives, learn how to be courageous, and perhaps fall in love along the way. Fans of Brigid Kemmerer's books will enjoy "Hood" as well. I highly recommend it!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

I think I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. At times it feels YA and at other times it feels middle grade, and I did find that the dialogue often felt very awkward and stiff, enough to jar me out of the story.

Isabelle is an okay heroine, afraid of breaking out of her comfort zone but willing to do it for her family, bravely putting herself in unfamiliar and dangerous situations. However, she is also REALLY GOOD at EVERYTHING she does and the Merry Men fall all over themselves about how amazing she is, which is so cliched for a teenaged girl that I have to admit it started to wear on me. The way she falls immediately in love with the first non-villager male she meets was not my favourite, either, and the romance was lackluster.

Overall, I expected more from this book and my feelings upon finishing it (watching every percentage go by slowly as I flipped pages) were that it was fairly predictable and the characters were mostly cliches. If this book was marketed as middle grade I feel like I wouldn't be so hard on it, as I expected a lot more from a YA book.

An incredibly engaging and entertaining book! Jenny Elder Moke has crafted a strong female protagonist that readers will root for. Her twist on the Robin Hood legend is fascinating and keeps readers deep in the story. Fast-paced with lots of action and phenomenal characters, this title will appeal to a wide range of young readers. Highly recommended!

Hood by Jenny Elder Moke is a Robin Hood retelling but through Robin's daughter, yep a daughter! Isabella's mother Marian has hidden her away in a convent for the last 16 years and it has worked until she shoots a soilder while defending the local villagers. Isabelle is captured and placed in a cellar where her mother free's her and sends her with an important message to Robin Hood, her father, whom she didn't even knew existed. She is shocked and tries to find her self through the adventure that leads her to meet her romantic interest (however, the romance is very lacking), becoming a Merry Men, meeting her father (who was my favorite character in the whole book) and trying to outsmart The Wolf. This book had high points and low points for me and for this reason I'm giving it a 3 star.

While there is a lot to like in Moke's take on Robin Hood, the utterly predictable plot and characters let me down.

I will admit that Hood is very readable. Isabelle's voice is easy to read and the pace of the story clips along from one adventure to the next, making it a quick read. Isabelle is a likable main character and serves as a good vehicle to introduce us to this world.

Unfortunately everything else let me down. I admit that perhaps young teens would have more tolerance for the writing than I would--I'm not quite the target audience--but I expect more from YA books. Isabelle, while likable, is so clichéd, I rolled my eyes a lot. Of course she's a perfect shot. Of course she's a strategist. To make it worse, the secondary characters are flat. Marian is perhaps the only character who gets more than a cardboard cutout of a personality. The rest fall into their respective tropes, which just isn't the style of story telling I like. And perhaps this would be forgivable if the plot were clever and I was so caught up in the action that I didn't care about the characters. Unfortunately, every beat of this story is so well-trodden there were zero surprises.

My last critique--and this is as nitpicky as nitpicks can get--but I never felt like I was in medieval England. I was in a Renaissance Faire version of it. And for note: Corsets. Were. Not. Outerwear. They weren't even a thing in this era. Stays. And stays were worn inside a dress.

Again. I am not really the audience for this book but I expect better from YA. I expect better from a middle grade book. I suppose someone less mature would enjoy it but there were too many flaws that ultimately let me down.

Isabelle's moth, Marien, hands her her cloak and tells her to find Thomas at the Blue Boar Inn with the urgent message that "the Wolf is back". After days of searching through the woods and hiding from soldiers, Isabelle comes upon the Blue Boar where Thomas helps her escape through a tunnel system into the Sherwood Forest.

In Sherwood, Isabelle is saved by two Merry Men before she discovers a whole group of them living in the trees of Sherwood, and is introduced to Little (Allan), Adam, Patrick, and Helena. Thomas finds her amongst them, telling her that Robin Hood is indeed still alive, and that he is her father. With the Merry Men about to leave to find him and deliver her message, Isabelle demands a place in the greens, forced to shoot against Helena, only second best to Robin.

Succeeding and keeping quiet about her relation to Robin Hood, Isabelle, Adam, Little, Patrick, and Helena set off to find him.

I'e only previously read one Robin Hood retelling, and what sets Hood apart from it and probably many others is that it's a legacy retelling. Set in the same world with no serious change to the settings or time of the story, Hood shows us what happened to Robin Hood late. It shows us his daughter, and what it means to be Robin Hood's daughter, and what it means to be a Merry Man (or woman!).

What sets Isabelle apart from many other female protagonists in this age is that she is timid and uncertain of just about everything she does. Though she grows into the role of being a Hood, there's something refreshing about being a part of her actually journey as a young woman without the sisters of her priory or her mother looking over her shoulder. I will say, sometimes the dialogue felt forced, and since a lot of it wasn't setting and time specific, it would have been nice to see some of it loosen up!

I honestly wasn't sure what to expect stepping into Hood, but I loved what came of it! I really wish we got more of this world, and I can only hope for a sequel in the future! It's set up so well to give us more, so I really hope she chooses to write a sequel or two!

What an amazing twist on such a classic tale. Isabella was incredible lovable and really was such a great heroine. I can’t to see this hit stands!

I'm unsure how I feel about this one. There were parts that were exciting and fun, and others that just drug on and on. The speech patterns were a little inconsistent as well. I'm just not sure how this is going to go over with the target audience.

“Hood” was better a retelling than I was originally expecting and despite some elements being changed around to draw in more of a YA audience with the focus of the story primarily on Robin Hood’s daughter Isabelle instead, this whirlwind adventure about the great legendary heroic outlaw left me wanting more.

If you haven’t already know, this novel based on the world renowned English Folklore that takes readers through a journey of epic proportions as we follow Isabelle, the newly discovered daughter of the notorious outlaw, find the father she's never known while dealing with wild thieves and mercenaries, handsome young outlaws (and possible romance), new enemies with old grudges, and a king who wants her entire family dead.

It has all the elements you would want in a story like this and would highly recommend it if you’re a fan of the childhood series or want to further explore what made Robin Hood so infamous.

This novel tells the story of the daughter of Robin Hood who at 16 years old finally realizes who her father is. When she has attacked by soldiers near the priory where she grew up with her mother she begins an adventure that she was surprisingly prepared for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Isabelle is a strong female character who is willing to do things for herself but also depend on those around her. She has well-developed emotions I found this book dialogue-heavy, but as I read, I found it more enjoyable as the characters parried back and forth with witty banter (please excuse the pun)!

I really enjoyed this coming of age story of Robin Hood's daughter. There is good character development and the story is fast paced. There is action, adventure, a some romance. It doesn't leave you with a cliffhanger but it does leave room for possible sequel.