Little Thieves
"Gorgeous prose, delicious magic." - V.E. Schwab
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
Kids' Indie Next Pick
Amazon Best Book
A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.
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Merciful Crow is one of my favorite YA Fantasy reads and so I was excited to get the chance to read and review Little Thieves.
Vanja is living a life not her own. For a year she has been posing as Princess Gisele and a servant while she works her way through thieving from them in order to make her escape from her Godmother’s before her 17th birthday when she’ll finally be deemed independent.
This book was fast-paced and I enjoyed the relationships Vanja built despite trying her best to keep them at a distance. Her end goal is to getaway and if she builds relationships that will only make it more difficult for her. When she’s cursed and only has two weeks to figure out how to break it, she is forced to rely on others to help her see that the choices she made in the past may be catching up to her now.
This book has adventure, friendship, and even a bit of romance. It isn’t as dark as Merciless Crow but it is still a unique story. I would recommend it to other YA fantasy readers because it’s got all the good parts of those kinds of stories. I can’t wait to read more from Margaret Owen in the future!
Vanja is living a life not her own. For a year she has been posing as Princess Gisele and a servant while she works her way through thieving from them in order to make her escape from her Godmother’s before her 17th birthday when she’ll finally be deemed independent.
This book was fast-paced and I enjoyed the relationships Vanja built despite trying her best to keep them at a distance. Her end goal is to getaway and if she builds relationships that will only make it more difficult for her. When she’s cursed and only has two weeks to figure out how to break it, she is forced to rely on others to help her see that the choices she made in the past may be catching up to her now.
This book has adventure, friendship, and even a bit of romance. It isn’t as dark as Merciless Crow but it is still a unique story. I would recommend it to other YA fantasy readers because it’s got all the good parts of those kinds of stories. I can’t wait to read more from Margaret Owen in the future!
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