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A brief Summary

‘You aren’t merry,’ said Clem to her captor. ‘And you aren’t all men. So there’s been some marketing confusion somewhere along the line.’

Mariel, perpetually grumpy captain of the Merry Men, is desperate to live up to the legacy of her grandfather, the legendary Robin Hood. Clem, too-perky backwoods healer known for her new-fangled cures, just wants to help people.
Then Mariel’s ramshackle band of bandits kidnap Clem as retribution for her guardian helping the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham. At first, everything seems to be going (sort of) to plan… until Mariel’s father and Commander of the Merry Men, Jack Hartley, is captured in a deadly ambush. Mariel sets off – determined to prove herself and get him back – with her annoyingly cheerful kidnappee in tow.
But the wood is at war. Many believe the Merry Men are no longer on the right side of history. Mariel begins to doubt the noble cause to which she has devoted her life as she watches Clem tend the party’s wounds and crack relentlessly terrible jokes.
As the two of them grow closer, forced by circumstances to share a single horse and bed, one thing is clear. They must prepare to fight for their lives and for those of everyone they’ve sworn to protect.

To describe this book and why it was an amazing read any further, would be to spoil its events for a potential reader. So, I will leave the description simple and spoiler free.

‘Not For The Faint Of Heart’ is a brilliant book based on the story of Robin Hood. I loved how this book kept the original story and takes place afterwards, following the story of Robin Hood’s granddaughter, a new character, and her friends. I got this book from the library and loved it, I would definitely read more of Lex Croucher’s books in the future. I would definitely recommend this books to anyone who loves retellings and Robin Hood.

“”I mean it. This isn’t a joke. This is too important. Whatever your guardian has been getting up to back at Oak Vale-“
“Giving the village chickens names,” Clem said. “And inventing large-scale dramas between them. Bethel is divorcing Eric.””
― Lex Croucher, Not for the Faint of Heart

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