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Sep 14, 2017 Bookish rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: highly-recommended, my-all-time-favourites, history, young-adult, fantasy, mystery-and-intrigue, great-reads, novel, fiction, indie-author

If I could give it more than five stars, I would.

Every now and then, as a reader, I experience an incredible moment of revelation when I take in an expression or image of something that is so powerful, it takes my breath away.

No sooner had I started reading this book than I had to stop and catch my breath. I had just read an extraordinarily beautiful sentence: "The forest clearing was a web of moonlight and shadows."

What perfect imagery! It is simple and direct, but powerfully evocative at the If I could give it more than five stars, I would.

Every now and then, as a reader, I experience an incredible moment of revelation when I take in an expression or image of something that is so powerful, it takes my breath away.

No sooner had I started reading this book than I had to stop and catch my breath. I had just read an extraordinarily beautiful sentence: "The forest clearing was a web of moonlight and shadows."

What perfect imagery! It is simple and direct, but powerfully evocative at the same time.

In that moment, I was there. I had been transported to that forest clearing and drawn into the world of the story, even before I knew anything else about it.

This is the magic a writer works when wielding the wand that is their pen.

Tanafon continues to cast these spells with magnificent imagery throughout this book. As tales are told and the various storylines develop, the author provides the reader with a feast of sensory morsels that both satisfy and delight the reader.

At times, such images can be consumed at speed. Others, like this one, demand more thoughtful digestion to fully appreciate the skill in Tanafon's craft:
"The autumn day had dawned softly, with light mists gathered around the sun like a veil. In the late morning the forest was still sweet and moist, haunted by the ghosts of decaying leaves."
As a writer, I lost count of the times I read a sentence or two and thought to myself, "I wish I had written that!"

Tanafon's genius in reinventing the story of Robin Hood as a paranormal adventure is equally as enchanting as his writing. The stories of Robin Hood, his band of followers and of their enemies are interwoven, not as a braid but as a rich tapestry. Thus the old stories are retold, stripping back the gloss of legend and hero worship and offering the reader a far more thought-provoking and deeply engaging retelling of the famous tales.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's not just a fantastic read: this is literature absolutely worthy of the top shelf. ...more

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