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Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)

Michael J. Sullivan

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

Why we're reading this: It "finally" won the 4th annual March Madness!…more
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Jul 18, 2012 Deirdre rated it really liked it

I really, really enjoyed this story of a pair of thieves who take on a job that lands them in hot water. They're set up as being the murderers of a king in a kingdom and they have to work out a way of getting away from the death penalty. Meanwhile they get caught up in a more complicated plot for the future of the area.
I loved the two main characters, Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater, they're so much fun to read about, they banter and behave like two people who have been working together for ...more

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Apr 29, 2019 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, sword-and-laser

This was a light and fun read, although I picked three instead of four stars because I was expecting better women in the second half (because the sword and laser discussion hinted things got better in the second book) but I thought things were worse. The women had very little agency or common sense, and were constantly used as things for the men to rescue to demonstrate virtue. Even making one an ambassador was undermined by the ridiculous way it was handled (to make a funny scene involving a lo ...more

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