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Overall I am giving it a high 3, low 4 stars as I did really enjoy the story of the book if not some aspects (see below for more issues), An aggressive debt collector banished from the kingdom. Now his life depends on his ability to help the less fortunate.... What's the story about: A Forest of Vanity and Valour is a fairytale retelling of Robin Hood mixed with some aspects of another English folklorian figure. The main characters are two men trying to make the best of their bad situations: a kingdom at war and a love triangle that divides them. While it may seem straightforward in that one is the good guy, one is bad, there is more gray to it.Admission of guilt: Bought Forest of Vanity and the following three books mostly based on the covers and the fun Tiktoks from the author. It's some wonderful imagery and AP is a fun person to watch. I do like the book it’s a mix of Arthurian Legend and Robin Hood that comes across really well with a good mix of medieval themes in the book and it’s a good interpretation. That said I was a fool. The story is absolutely captivating and each moment that passed I wanted to know more. The over all change in the main character was beautiful and compelling to see. Watching the antagonist fall deeper and deeper into madness was like watching a well preformed play.

And where did Morgana come from? She was creepy as hell. I got r/menwritingwomen vibes from her due to the way that she was described. It's one thing to have Jareb view her in such a way but then Vireo immediately described her as a woman in a skintight dress. Sir, you have more pressing things to worry about. Your friends are dying. The book had a few typos where the good mage and the villain’s names are swapped - so the book could just use another run through. There were some loose ends that I felt could have been wrapped up nicely if an epilogue was given and I definitely would have enjoyed a bit of a longer book to be honest as I felt that there is so much more that could have gone in to make the book more fleshed out. This book was sold as a Robin Hood retelling and I can see where the author tried to incorporate certain aspects of the tale within his book, but it felt more like the beginning of the story instead of the actual story. Like this story was to tell the audience not a retelling of Robin Hood, but how he came to be within the forests that protected him and his "merry men (and women)." It didn't really feel complete either as there were was no real wrap up in the end, and I know that this is supposed to be a first book in the series, but the next books don't seem to have anything to do with these characters anymore so I felt that there should have been at least some wrap up instead of it just ending like it did. I found the execution wanting. I felt the pacing really slowed me down and only being on a plane with nothing else to read could dedicate my attention to it. The dialogue at times felt jarring and unnatural, or like the author didn't trust the reader to understand what was going on and then made a joke about it. Spelling errors didn't help either. The first person perspective switching between different characters threw me for a loop too. He fridges the main character's romantic interest, I felt the characterizations were inconsistent towards the end, and he didn't wrap up the ending with any sort of explanations regarding these questionable character actions.I saw the authors TikTok for this book and was immediately intrigued by a darker robin hood retelling.