Review: New Take on an Old Favorite
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2013
I really liked Dana Taylor's retelling of the classic Robin Hood.  It was interesting to have Robin be a female and juggle a different set of problems (everything the orginal Robin Hood had plus the issue of being a female leading men. gaining their respoect etc).  I really enjoyed the interaction between Robin and the male lead Simon.  The book was funny and romantic.  I liked how the author made Robin independant but flawed.  She often didn't think about what she was doing or the outcome when she jumped from what problem to the next.  Simon was a great balance to clean up her messes, but at the same time he was arrogant and rude, which just made their interaction more interesting to read about.I will disagree with the other reviews who say this book is not meant for teen readers.  Yes there is a sex scene(s), but that is pretty typically for YA.  I would place it as graphic as the sex scenes in the Graceling series.  Would I let my 11 year old read this...probably not.  But I think 14 and up is fine.Overall a very cute book.  The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because I personally didn't like how Richard changed his idea at the end of the book for no reason.