Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Title & Author:
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
Publisher:
Walker Children’s
Publication Date:
February 14, 2012
Pages:
292
Source:
NetGalley

Many readers know the tale of Robin Hood, but they will be swept away by this new version full of action, secrets, and romance.

Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only the Hood and his band know the truth: the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. Helping the people of Nottingham outwit the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham could cost Scarlet her life as Gisbourne closes in.

It’s only her fierce loyalty to Robin—whose quick smiles and sharp temper have the rare power to unsettle her—that keeps Scarlet going and makes this fight worth dying for. – Goodreads

Guys, Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen is SO FREAKING GOOD. I’m on a book high right now, I swear. I can’t stop smiling!

Scarlet has it all, seriously. It’s a story about Robin Hood & his bandits (clearly), it has slow burn romance, it’s got kings and sheriffs and taverns, it has some serious action scenes and majorly high stakes, and the protagonist, Scarlet, is such a freaking badass. Oh, and Robin.

Seriously. Robin is kind of the most amazing guy I’ve read in book in a while. And yeah, okay, he’s Robin Hood, but we’ve always sort of seen Robin Hood from Robin Hood’s eyes, right? But from Scarlet’s eyes? He’s like doubly and triply amazing.

And the slow burn romance (I have no idea who I stole that term from, sorry!). Sure, Scarlet thinks Robin is attractive from the beginning, but there is so much slow burn in this book it’s almost torturous. But so amazing.

A.C. Gaughen’s writing in general throughout Scarlet was basically amazing. She sure knows how to tell a story. I mean, writing action scenes with all the chaos and confusion and swords and daggers can’t be an easy task. But she did it and she did it well in Scarlet.

There have been a lot of series in the past few years. And sometimes it’s tiresome. But Scarlet is one of those books where I am seriously hoping so hard that it’s a series because I need to read more about Scarlet and Rob and their story. Or just more books from A.C. Gaughen in general.

Basically – go read Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen. It’s fabulously written with developed and awesome and brave and interesting characters, and has a story that’s familiar, but also very engrossing and action-packed and just all around awesome. Scarlet is one of those books that grips onto you and won’t let you go until you’ve finished – and then it leaves you wanting more.

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