Series Review - "Why I Stopped Reading the Queen's Thief Series

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I don't remember seeing this when it was posted back in May, but here is a terrific review of the series, or at least the part of the series blogger Natalie Zutter has read.

This phrase struck a chord: "On a reread, the brutality of the amputation itself—a point of no return for the rest of the series, mere pages into the second book—made my stomach drop in a way that was wholly familiar. A mix of sick dread and macabre excitement..."

That's exactly how that part made me feel.

I hope she *finally* read KoA and the other books.

Comments

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Very interesting. The connections to Tamora Pierce struck me as very coincidental, as I also grew up with those books (though about half a decade later than Zutter), and I had the great pleasure to see Pierce for the first time last night (this is a banner year for collecting authors for me - MWT in the summer, and Pierce last night!)

I think that King of Attolia definitely equals Queen of Attolia in power and consequences. I will admit that Sounis and Kamet are very loveable characters, but I don't have the same connection to them that I do to Gen, Costis, and especially Irene (though Kamet becoming Costis's best friend does help a lot).