Lionclaw
A Tale of Rowan Hood

Mixed thoughts on this book. It certainly a lot less fun than the first book. Lionel's self-esteem and self-image issues are relentless and uncomfortable read about as is his father's crusade to murder him or get someone else to do it for him. I was also bothered by the fact that Rowan is seemingly t......more

I wasn't expecting the series to shift POV every book, and I wasn't super excited at it being Lionel for the second book, but... It actually was better than I was expecting. I'm not a fan of weak, whiny characters, and Lionel comes across as mostly useless in this book, but his backstory helps to mak......more

Rowan Hood's band returns with a new point of view - that of self-professed coward Lionel who desperately wants to play his harp and never have to use his psychical advantages (like being 7 feet tall) to hurt anyone. Too bad for Lionel his father would prefer a dead son to a live non-warrior and put......more

This was good. Lionel, who joined Rowan Hood's band in the first book, must face his father. He plays his harp for his father in Robin Hood's camp while his father is held captive and suffering the jests and sport Robin inflicts on him, not least is the loss of some of his valuables. Sir (Roderick?)......more

The second book tied in well to where the the first book ended. Even though it has such few pages the author managed to bring in new characters and develops the old ones' in friendship and courage. There is no shying away from the reality of the hardship the outlaws lived with and the consequences o......more