Res's review
The Magic Thief: Stolen (Magic Thief) by Sarah Prineas (Goodreads author!)
The one where young Conn learns what happens when you pick a wizard's pocket.
I didn't realize when I put this on hold at the library that it was a children's book rather than a YA, but I still enjoyed it. I liked Conn's unshakable confidence (he offers to teach the wizard to pick locks). I liked the other characters, too; naturally in a kids' book, it's pretty easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys at a glance, but I like the way these good guys can be ill-tempered or cowardly or utterly lacking in a sense of humor and still be good guys. The worldbuilding is nice, and the view of magic is intriguing.
There's one major revelation about Conn that I felt came out of nowhere, and it got annoying to have Conn know an important fact and Nevery refuse to listen to it over and over, but in general I enjoyed it.
I didn't realize when I put this on hold at the library that it was a children's book rather than a YA, but I still enjoyed it. I liked Conn's unshakable confidence (he offers to teach the wizard to pick locks). I liked the other characters, too; naturally in a kids' book, it's pretty easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys at a glance, but I like the way these good guys can be ill-tempered or cowardly or utterly lacking in a sense of humor and still be good guys. The worldbuilding is nice, and the view of magic is intriguing.
There's one major revelation about Conn that I felt came out of nowhere, and it got annoying to have Conn know an important fact and Nevery refuse to listen to it over and over, but in general I enjoyed it.
