They are also both inexperienced teenagers when it comes to romance so it was very entertaining seeing them go through the awkwardness of a first kiss. Theirs is definitely an enemies to lovers romance and the two have a cat and mouse game going for most of the story with roles being constantly switched up. Emeric and Vanja are now officially one of my favorite couples. I loved all of them, but Ragne was my favorite, because of her incredible loyalty and insightfulness.Īnd of course I can’t end this review without talking about the romance. I also loved how well we got to know the rest of the characters in this story. The story itself felt fast paced taking place in the span of two weeks, but it never felt rushed. Vanja herself is an emotional roller coaster going from calculating to achingly vulnerable which makes her a narrator you can’t help but like despite some of her questionable choices. Main character Vanja will take you in a wild ride as she tries to undo a curse that will kill her if her bridegroom doesn’t get to her first. The only way to save herself is to make up for what she’s taken - starting with her first victim, Princess Gisele.Ī wicked retelling of “The Goose Girl", Little Thieves is a delightfully witty YA fantasy about the fickle hands of fate, and changing the cards we’re dealt.If you like dark fantasy re-imaginings and morally grey characters then this is a book that should be on your TBR.
Then, one heist away from funding an escape from her god-mothers, Vanja crosses the wrong god, and is cursed to turn into jewels herself.
As the glamorous princess, Vanja leads a double life, charming the nobility while ransacking their coffers as a jewel thief. When an opportunity rises to steal a string of enchanted pearls, Vanja seizes it, transforming herself into Gisele, the princess she’s served for years. But when they demand her lifelong servitude in exchange, Vanja decides that gifts not given freely.can always be stolen. Abandoned to Death and Fortune as a child, she has scraped by as a lowly maidservant with her quick wits and the ability to see her godmothers’ hands at work in the world. Vanja Schmidt knows no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love. The little thief steals gold, but the great one steals kingdoms 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.
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