Lady Thief is the sequel to Scarlet and follows Will Scarlet - Robin Hood’s right-hand man or woman - as she leads a secret life as an outlaw.

In this book, Scarlet is dealing with some new complications in her relationship with Robin Hood, and the evil Guy of Gisbourne is back but this time he has an offer, with a result that could make Scarlet and Rob’s life a lot easier.

I really enjoyed this one, and I must say it almost made me feel a bit tired. I couldn’t understand how Scarlet was still standing at the end of this book because everything that happened in a matter of days was just so…much, and traumatising!

I really liked the inclusion of Eleanor of Aquitaine (I always forget she was King Richard’s and Prince John’s mom). She always seems like a super badass woman in history. I thought some of the secrets revealed about Scarlet were very interesting, and I can’t wait to see more of these new developments in Lion Heart. I do wonder why more control wasn’t exerted by Eleanor over Scarlet when she was young because of these things.

I had a complicated relationship with Gisbourne in this book. I think it’s because in my head I imagine as the actor who played him in the BBC series (who very handsome) but I kept hoping for a redemption arc. He was obviously an evil git but now and again, there were flashes of the good man he could be and I was crying for that to come out and then he’d go and ruin it all.