Any follower of my blog with have heard the name Steven A. McKay, the brilliant author of the fantastic Forest Lord series. The series follows one of my favourite characters ever.. Robin Hood!
What really sucked me into the series is it felt real and fresh and that mainly came from the change in setting for the series, namely Barnsdale. I asked the author about this and this is what he had to say
When I started researching the Robin Hood legend I realised the original ballads were actually set in Yorkshire, not Nottingham. I knew I had to stick pretty closely to the well-known tales, but somehow stand out from all the other modern retellings – moving the setting away from Sherwood was the ideal way to do that while still remaining faithful to the earliest ballads.
McKay continue..
I wanted The Forest Lord series to be familiar to fans of Robin Hood, yet, at the same time, new and fresh and exciting and not just another rehash of the same old story.
I’ve previously reviewed the books separately but now the box set is out I thought it high time to update/combine my reviews 🙂
Here we go..




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Interesting review of the new Forest Lord Collection, take a look!
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You know, I do believe I have the first 2 books ready and waiting on my Kindle- I just need to get a grip and start getting through the backlog of books I must still read! 🙂 Glad you reminded me of those!
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