The Smoke Thieves (The Smoke Thieves #1)
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A princess, a traitor, a hunter and a thief. Four teenagers with the fate of the world in their hands. Four nations destined for conflict.
In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares for a loveless political marriage arranged by her brutal and ambitious father. In Calidor, downtrodden servant March seeks revenge on the prince who betrayed his people. In Pitoria, feckless Edyon steals cheap baubles for cheaper thrills as he drifts from town to town. And in the barren northern territories, thirteen-year-old Tash is running for her life as she plays bait for the gruff demon hunter Gravell.
As alliances shift and shatter, and old certainties are overturned, our four heroes find their past lives transformed and their futures inextricably linked by the unpredictable tides of magic and war. Who will rise and who will fall? And who will claim the ultimate prize?
In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares for a loveless political marriage arranged by her brutal and ambitious father. In Calidor, downtrodden servant March seeks revenge on the prince who betrayed his people. In Pitoria, feckless Edyon steals cheap baubles for cheaper thrills as he drifts from town to town. And in the barren northern territories, thirteen-year-old Tash is running for her life as she plays bait for the gruff demon hunter Gravell.
As alliances shift and shatter, and old certainties are overturned, our four heroes find their past lives transformed and their futures inextricably linked by the unpredictable tides of magic and war. Who will rise and who will fall? And who will claim the ultimate prize?
What I thought:
Buy it for the cover? I don't know, if you like pretty covers and have money to throw away.
I couldn't get into this book at all. It's long. Over 500 pages, and I'm all for big books, but a whole lot of those pages weren't necessary in my opinion. It's told in multiple POVs, and, really, out of the 5, I only liked one.
If this was Tash's story I might've been able to get on board. I liked her. She's feisty and she likes boots. What's not to like? The first chapter hooked me but then the POV switched and switched and switched. To get to the good parts I kept getting forced to read page after page of Catherine pining over Ambrose and Ambrose pining over Catherine, to the point where everything just felt repetitive. There was so much fluff in the middle that I found myself not caring about anything that happened.
In the end, this one wasn't for me.
Rating: ** (2 stars)
Happy reading,
Chelly
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RATING SCALE:
5* = OMFG loved it. Will read it again. Touch my book and I will cut you.
4* = Really good. Highly recommend. Miiiight reread. Maybe. Don't touch my book.
3* = Good. I liked it. Go ahead and touch it.
2* = Not for me, finished but struggled. Didn't connect. Here, have a book.
1* = DNF. Couldn't do it.
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