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Such a breath of fresh air blowing through the realm of fantasy. It has everything a girl could want: fantastic characters, brilliant dialogue, superb world building, and a completely unpredictable plot. The structure of the book, which alternates action with interlude flashbacks, is a wonderful to add more depth to the story without bogging down the action. I could not recommend this book more highly.
I could add a complete review, but what can I say that hasn't been already said about this book?
What I can say is that this has been the go-to book whenever I needed to recommend or give somebody something to read. At least 3 people got this book from me as a present, as it is a book every fantasy fan should read. ...more
What I can say is that this has been the go-to book whenever I needed to recommend or give somebody something to read. At least 3 people got this book from me as a present, as it is a book every fantasy fan should read. ...more
Entertaining enough. This comes across as an origins story, so there's lots of backwards and forwards between Locke and his team working a con in the present time and how they ended up as trainees of a thief.
Could have done with a bit of an edit, as I wasn't really into all the why's and wherefores of all the surrounding people and architecture.
So, now that character development and origins is out of the way I'm looking forward to reading the next one. I hope we get to meet Sabetha who's also p ...more
Could have done with a bit of an edit, as I wasn't really into all the why's and wherefores of all the surrounding people and architecture.
So, now that character development and origins is out of the way I'm looking forward to reading the next one. I hope we get to meet Sabetha who's also p ...more
Jul 31, 2012
Katey
rated it
it was amazing
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Update. This book was outstanding!
So I'm only halfway through the book. I read on an ereader and keep glancing down at how many pages are left.
I do not want it to end. ...more
So I'm only halfway through the book. I read on an ereader and keep glancing down at how many pages are left.
I do not want it to end. ...more
May 30, 2012
Periklis
marked it as to-read
