This book does involve thievery, and I love that the author doesn’t try to overdo the plans or try to mislead you (because, again, this can go awry). And yet the characters held this story together and kept me enraptured the entire time.
There is no magic in this book except for the author’s writing and storytelling (another thing I didn’t expect). I honestly thought this was an adult historical fiction due to the writing style, gritty and, at times, gruesome details, and the unbelievably, truly morally grey main character (I say this because grey characters are hard to do and I don’t see them done well in YA all that often). I had not seen this book anywhere, never heard of the author, knew nothing about its contents. So I first requested this book on Netgalley purely for the cover. And it also forces Nina to make a terrible choice-protect Ettie and set off a brutal war between the guilds, or forever lose her sister to the Tiger.The one thing about reviewing a book early is having so few people to talk to about it! When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger-the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh-Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city's dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII.
Nina's life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father's fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of the French Revolution.
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