Lilibet Bombshell's Reviews > Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix

What a clever book! I went into this with some trepidation, considering how much I’ve disliked a lot of the remixes and retellings that have been published in the last few years. In all honesty, the only reason I made an exception to read this one is because of how much I’ve always been a fan of everything Robin Hood. From Erroll Flynn to a cartoon fox to Kevin Costner in a really bad accent, I’ve always unabashedly loved the story of Robin Hood.

So this book was a lot better than I expected, even though it wasn’t perfect.

It’s such a witty book, with chapter titles that made me laugh and a good sense of humor. The book didn’t take itself too seriously, which is always a plus when it comes to a topic as heavy as the Crusades. The characters were absolutely some of the coolest when it comes to gender-bending such a classic story.

It’s a very, very well-researched book too! It’s obvious the author did their due diligence when it came to researching the Crusades and the Middle East of close to a millennium ago. I was impressed by the accurate geographical knowledge employed and how devoted to getting the religious components of the war as correct as possible on both sides. It was a holy war, after all, and we all know how messy things can get when religion gets involved.

Now, I do have a pretty hefty complaint with the narrator, our “Robin Hood”, breaking the literary fourth wall to talk to us readers directly. The book may be in first-person POV, but when the narrator all of a sudden takes to talking to us readers in little asides it jars you a bit out of the story.

All in all, it was a difficult job well done.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for early access to this title in exchange for a fair and honest review.