A new decade and a new year is here. Along with this comes a list of books I want to read that come out this year. I am sure that this list will just continue to grow throughout the year but here is my list so far with the release dates.
January
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim – January 7, 2020
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna – Marie McLemore – January 14, 2020
Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani – January 28, 2020
February
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland – February 4, 2020
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace – February 4, 2020
The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa De Cruze – February 4, 2020
Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal – February 11, 2020
Night Spinner by Addie Thorley – February 11, 2020
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller – February 25, 2020
March
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu – March 3, 2020
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski – March 3, 2020
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie – March 10, 2020
All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban – March 17, 2020
Thorn by Intisar Khanani – March 24, 2020
April
Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey – April 14, 2020
Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova – April 28, 2020
Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross – April 28, 2020
May
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust – May 12, 2020
House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess – May 12, 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins – May 19, 2020
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – May 26, 2020
June
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles – June 2, 2020
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown – June 2, 2020
The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell – June 16, 2020
The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae – June 16, 2020
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee – June 23, 2020
Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross – June 23, 2020
Hood by Jenny Elder Moke – June 2020
July
Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim – July 7, 2020
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal – July 7, 2020
The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning – July 7, 2020
Shielded by KayLynn Flanders – July 21, 2020
August
Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons – August 4, 2020
Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar – August 11, 2020
Reign by Cora Carmack – August 25, 2020
September
Fable by Adrienne Young – September 1, 2020
The Other Side of the Sky by Annie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner – September 8, 2020
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco – September 15, 2020
A Curse of Gold by Annie Sullivan – September 22, 2020
more…
Robin of Locksley is dead and Maid Marian doesn’t know how to continue but the people need a savior. Guy of Gisbourne wishes to step into Robin’s shoes as the Lord of Locksley and Marian’s fiance but he is the horrible right-hand man of the Sherriff of Nottingham. 
The characters are what created the tale for we all know the setting of Robin Hood and the world-building is practically set in stone. The main character, Marian was a noblewoman who could fight and shoot better than almost anybody including Robin. After Robin’s death, she sees a need in her world that she decides to fill by becoming the masked legend of Robin Hood. We see her struggle to decide what is right and what her path and purpose should be. Her anguish and yet internal strength called to the reader and I deeply felt her emotions and admired the raw determination of character it took to do what she did.
I would recommend reading the story. Don’t read it though if you still have another retelling of Robin Hood in your head because it will mess with you. But overall this was a phenomenal read that lives up to Spooner’s adept storytelling of bringing old characters and stories to life in a different and unique manner.
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