Title: Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)
Author: Margaret Owen
Pages: 512
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date: 19th October 2021
Blurb from Goodreads:
A scrappy maid must outsmart both
palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the
Merciful Crow series.
Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl...
Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not
even a mother's love?and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the
adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant
up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a
terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back... by
stealing Gisele's life for herself.
The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja
uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely
but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while
emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from
freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into
jewels, stone by stone, for her greed.
Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her
curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele's
sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja's tail, she'll have
to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest
review*
Vanja Schmidt is the goddaughter of Death and Fortune, both
of whom she is trying to escape from.
After years of being Princess Gisele's maid, Vanja took over
her life, and uses the princess's standing to steal from the nobility to fund
her escape.
But after a heist, Vanja finds herself cursed by a Low God,
with only two weeks to break the curse to stop herself being turned into jewels
because of her greed.
Can Vanja stop the curse?
Can she escape a future of serving either Death or Fortune?
The blurb for this book really intrigued me, and I decided
to give it a chance despite not loving the previous book I read by the author.
Vanja was a likeable, morally grey protagonist. I felt sorry
for her and enjoyed seeing how she reacted in different situations and with
other characters.
Ragne was my favourite character, but I also liked most of
the other characters such as Emeric, Vanja, Gisele, Death, and Fortune.
The romance was sweet and didn't feel rushed.
The concepts of the Low Gods, and things like the nightmares
and Vanja being able to see good and bad fortune were interesting.
The plot was enjoyable and held my attention throughout.
While I wasn't gripped, I did want to keep reading to find out what happened.
I really liked the writing style of Vanja's voice.
Overall, this was an enjoyable, unique read.
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