Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Time, that is, to review the book that I finished listening to on the 15th. Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief is a Newbery Honor book that I’ve been not choosing for years now, because it’s not really my thing; this summer’s Goodreads Library challenge, however, is for fantasy, and since The Thief qualifies, here we are.

So. Still not my thing, but the blasted book’s denouement sucked me in so far that I’m contemplating the sequels. This is the story of a thief recruited to help steal a divinely gifted stone that will cement the power of the monarch who possesses it. Plucked out of prison by the king’s advisor, Gen travels with the Magus, his apprentices, and a soldier named Pol across rivers and mountains and into a maze from which he refuses to return without the object of his quest. The dynamics of the group kept me interested through a journey across a medieval-ish (they have guns), Greek-ish world, and the conclusion was so much more satisfying than I’d anticipated. The Thief is well worth your time, but be warned–the level of description and the importance of small details made this a less-than-ideal audio experience. You’ll want the hard copy for this one.