false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255990171m/40158.jpg 40158 9 When his small mountainous country goes to war with the powerful nation of Attolia, Eugenides the thief is faced with his greatest challenge. He must steal a man, he must steal a queen, and he must steal peace. But his greatest triumph- as well as his greatest loss- can only come if he succeeds in capturing something the Queen of Attolia may have sacrificed long ago. 1124161 book 2000 The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #2) total:1531|5:742|4:556|3:188|2:40|1:5| 1531 6583 2087 264 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 09:50:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:07:04 -0800 2009
I liked the Thief, but wasn't amazed by it (I know, I know, I'm in...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 19:15:09 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 19:27:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 20:36:57 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 13:42:39 -0700 2007 Thief a while ago, and hadn't realized how much of the plot was important to reading this one, so there were parts I knew I wasn't understanding because I'd forgotten the earlier plot. The world, modeled on the ancient Mediterranean empir...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 25 14:35:33 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 17:45:18 -0700 2008
The Queen of Attolia is set in the three countries of Attolia, Eddis and Sounis, loose...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 21:02:16 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 07:08:10 -0700 2008 The Queen of Attolia, but not as much as the first installment in the series, The Thief. All of the characters were still really interesting, especially Gen, who's a little older and wiser in this tale, and the Queen of Attolia is definitely complex and captivating enough to deserve to be th...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 23:23:32 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 23:24:41 -0800 2009 The Queen of Attolia should be the standard textbook in a class entirely devoted to how to write a killer sequel. The kind of sequel that will leave your readers completely unable to contain their glee at how it was ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 13:31:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 13:36:34 -0800 2008 1 The Thief begins with an exciting chase as Eugenides seeks to elude the guards of the Queen of Attolia and escape from her palace. Things go terribly wrong, and Eugenides is captured. Execution would be the usual sentence, but not wanting to start a war with Eddis, the quee...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:14:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:16:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:16:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:25:12 -0700 2009 working on #2
The character development that occurs in this book is ASTOUNDING. One dimensional ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:32:43 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:44:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 20:53:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 00:23:33 -0700 2009
So why did I ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 11 22:49:11 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 22:51:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 04 08:48:18 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 12:32:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 11:34:30 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 15:23:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 13:12:40 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 13:19:45 -0800 2008 The Thief, and stayed up half the night reading it; again, the use of POV is very clever, making us slowly aware of the games Attolia is playing, and slowly sympathetic to her. I maybe cheered a little when she put in Gen's ruby earrings. Also, I really lov...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:05:02 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:08:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 17:31:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 02:15:02 -0700 2009 a conspiracy of kings was coming out sooner, but re-reading them is a good thing to do. they are twisted and dark and happy and make me happy.

this is, i think, my favorite in the series. it's brilliant. gen is one of the best characters ever, but eddis and attolia and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:48:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:50:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 23:21:53 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 23:30:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 10:42:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 10:45:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=40158