Can't-Wait Wednesday: Hood by Jenny Elder Moke

"Can’t-Wait Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Wishful Endings, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...

Hood

Jenny Elder Moke

Publication Date: June 9, 2020

Hardcover, 320 pages, Disney-Hyperion

Genres: YA, Historical Fiction, Retelling

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You have the blood of kings and rebels within you, love. Let it rise to meet the call.

Isabelle of Kirklees has only ever known a quiet life inside the sheltered walls of the convent, where she lives with her mother, Marien. But after she is arrested by royal soldiers for defending innocent villagers, Isabelle becomes the target of the Wolf, King John's ruthless right hand. Desperate to keep her daughter safe, Marien helps Isabelle escape and sends her on a mission to find the one person who can help: Isabelle's father, Robin Hood.

As Isabelle races to stay out of the Wolf's clutches and find the father she's never known, she is thrust into a world of thieves and mercenaries, handsome young outlaws, new enemies with old grudges, and a king who wants her entire family dead. As she joins forces with Robin and his Merry Men in a final battle against the Wolf, will Isabelle find the strength to defy the crown and save the lives of everyone she holds dear?

My Thoughts

A story about Robin Hood’s daughter? I’m intrigued. There aren’t a lot of Robin Hood retellings out there in the YA genre, so I’m cautiously optimistic about this one. I’m hoping it’ll be just as good or better than A.C. Gaughen’s Scarlet.

What book are you waiting for this Wednesday?