Megan Whalen Turner – Cannonball Read 17

So I’ll tell you all the story about the joker and the thief in the night

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

January 28, 2025 by NatalieH 4 Comments

Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief has been on my TBR for years, I’ve had multiple people recommend it, but I’ve only recently gotten around to reading it. Gen is a young thief in an Ancient-Greece-like world. At the beginning of the novel, he’s imprisoned, as a result of him publicly bragging that he can steal anything (and causing him to get caught after successfully stealing the king’s seal). The king’s magus (sort of a scholarly advisor) releases him from prison, with an agreement that he […]

I read the first book in this series back in 2012

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

October 30, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR13 Bingo: Old Series (the first book in the series came out in 1996. The first book in this review came out in 2010 – it’s taken a long time for Whalen Turner to complete it) A Conspiracy of Kings Rating: 3.5 stars Sophos, the heir to Sounis, is rusticating with his mother and sisters, having been sent away from his uncle’s court for generally being considered a disappointment. He keeps ignoring his tutors and weapons training, which turns out to be a problem when […]

“No one would mistake you for anything but a tool, Gen.”

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

October 28, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

CBR13Bingo: Old Series I started reading this book as a teen when I ducked into a Barnes & Noble during a rainy visit to New York City. I remember sitting spellbound in front of the shelf, highly amused at Gen’s antics, and spent much longer there than I’d intended. And of course I went home with that book! When someone on one of the discords I’m on mentioned reading it for the first time, I realized I still needed something for my pre-2011 series for […]

Things are not always what they seem (Double Bingo)

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

October 22, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Landscape Costis is one of the Attolian guards, fiercely loyal to his beloved (if fearsome) queen and skeptical and disdainful of his so-called king, the former Thief of Eddis, who through trickery and guile ended up married to their queen. Nevertheless, when he foolishly loses his temper and ends up striking the king in the face, he’s mortified and expects to be sent home in disgrace if he’s lucky, executed if he’s unlucky. Yet the strange, new young king surprises everyone, […]

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