Ellie Hudson is the front-runner on the road to gold for the U.S. Olympic archery team. All she has to do is qualify at the trials in jolly old England. When Ellie makes some kind of crazy wrong turn in the caverns under Nottingham Castle—yes, that Nottingham—she ends up in medieval England.
Ellie doesn't care how she got to the Middle Ages; she just wants to go home before she gets the plague. But people are suffering in Nottingham, and Ellie has the skills to make it better. What's an ace archer to do while she's stuck in Sherwood Forest but make like Robin Hood?
Pulled into a past life as an outlaw, Ellie feels her present fading away next to daring do-gooding and a devilishly handsome knight. Only, Ellie is on the brink of rewriting history, and when she picks up her bow and arrow, her next shot could save her past—or doom civilization's future.
My Review:
This book was really fantastic to read! It was a really fantastic retelling of Robin Hood, having Robin be female, and yeah, Ellie was a really great character to read about. I mean, right before she went to the past, she noted that besides the shoes, that she and Robin Hood had a similar style. And of course, she's iconic with the bow and arrow!
So the thing about time travel books, is there's not interfering with the past, and getting home. Those are usually the two main goals, and Ellie shares them. And it was really interesting to see her slide into the role of Robin Hood, that the legends were based of off her. That was fun to read!
I really enjoyed her adventures. Like her initial meeting with Will Scarlet and Little John was pretty unexpected, and yeah, they definitely got off on the wrong foot. But I enjoyed how she adapted to the times, learning how to sword fight (though hardly to the level of skill she has with the bow and arrow) and dodging the sheriff of Nottingham!
That ending, while the time travel isn't actually explained, it doesn't matter too much. I would've liked more of an explanation of what Ellie came back to, since it was only a couple of pages, and a few more details would've been nice, but overall a pretty great ending!
This was a really great book, and I enjoyed reading it a lot!
Author: Kara Connolly
Read: July 24th, 2020
Source: Bought/NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a 2020 Retelling Reading Challenge and a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: July 18th 2017
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