The Thief

I know a lot of trusted bookfriends have big love for this series, so I checked it out even though the description isn't quite my cup of tea. It was a little slow going for me but ultimately satisfying. I think this series would be great to hand to fans of [b:The False Prince 12432220 The False Prince (Ascendance, #1) Jennifer A. Nielsen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1585683740l/12432220.SX50.jpg 16221764].–I re-read this because I still keep meaning to read the rest of the series because it's so beloved but then I realized I'd forgotten most of the first one already. I feel like on 2nd read I'm bumping it up a star. I see that my first readthrough was in 2020 and my brain was uhhhhhh not optimized during that time