It is a good way to get me interested in the series. So it did what it set out to do, which I find is important. I am a big fan of the story of Robin Hood I read as teen and I have been looking for retelling for a while. The movies never quite hit it right for me. And I couldn't find new books back then, I didn't look that actively tbh. Not sure if I found it with this Outlaws Series yet either. But i think it is certainly worthy to be checked out further.

The age of Robin was unclear to me so when the flashback came I was put off by "the girl" and how young she was described and how old Robin sounded in the narration. But he is in the same age as her, I guess? Which I wish was made more clear. Especially because I thought he was thinking of his daughter before the flashback and reveal came. That was a bit of a shock there until I pulled together what was happening. But it threw me for a loop and the age was only kind of cleared up after the flashback and I am still not sure how old Robin was during the flashback and it turns my brain into knots. I am not sure yet what to think of the characters as a whole. They all seem a bit all over the place and not very settled in who they are. I only managed to keep them all together because I know the originial Robin Hood and so they are all familiar to me. I wish more where more memorable like Tuck and Alis in this. John and Will especially are the ones I switch up constantly, which is not good.

The plot is a nice short story that explains how he got to the name Robin Hood. I find it funny. And it plays nicely into Winter and Christmas. It also sets up several of the other characters. And you get a glimpse at the start of the Book 1 with the end. All in all, it was a nice read and I will see about the first book in the series.