A really interesting historical adventure.
Not my usual choice but I’m glad I gave this a go.
Soooo much fighting and action I loved it!

My thanks to the Author publishers and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
An exciting entertaining start to this series, well researched and written with an atmospheric and authentic feel for time and place and characters who leap from the page. The action sequences are descriptive gruesome and there are plenty of them. Hereward is right up there with the 'Uhtred' series by Bernard Cornwell.
Quality page turner from first to last page, and I look forward to reading more in this series.

Hereward (the Wake) is an English hero that most of the British of today, are unaware of. I was vaguely aware of the name, but not of his amazing life story and heroic deeds.
The book covers a pivotal period in British history when William (the Bastard) successfully invaded and conquered England. Hereward was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who becomes the leader of the resistance against the barbaric and unjust Norman rule. He was truly a man for his time, intelligent, a battle-hardened warrior, an inspirational military leader who inspired fear in his enemies and great respect from his allies. To borrow a very apt quote ‘One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist’
Clearly James Wilde, the author, has undertaken some intense research into the protagonist. Most of the key moments and main characters described in the book are seemingly factual and are backed up by primary sources of the day. After reading the book I needed to understand more about this forgotten hero and undertook some basic research on Hereward – alway a good sign of a well written historical novel!
The characters fully come to life in the book, and even the heroes are skilfully shown to have many facets to their complex multi-layered personalities.
I can honestly say that I haven’t enjoyed a book quite so much in a long while, and I intend to read the other novels in the series. Congratulations to the author.

Before reading this I had never heard of Hereward but I am so glad I chose to read this. I am amazed to read that this was a debut novel, the writing is brilliant.

This is definitely not for the squeamish, there's a lot of fighting, blood and vivid injuries but I was sucked in to the story from the beginning and I loved it. The fighting scenes are incredible you can almost see the battles taking place.

For anyone who enjoys historical fiction and very vivid characters i would highly recommend this!

I have never read anything by James Wilde before, but I certainly will be reading the rest of his work going forward. Hereward is action-packed and brilliantly written. I found myself immersed in the story.

Where has this book been hiding for the last 9 years?! I absolutely loved it! James Wilde has, with one book, launched himself into my "authors I do not want to miss" list. The writing is so smooth, the imagery created is vivid, and the plot is intense - not to mention the characters are so solid they practically jump from the page. My jaw dropped at least 3 times during reading. Absolutely frickin' awesome!

My thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for a free copy to review. This review is entirely my own, unbiased, opinion.