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Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

63 reviews

lindseyhall44's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

tinysierra's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Dance of Thieves plays very well into its tropes.

-Enemies to Lovers (knife to throat!!)
-Forced Proximity
-Reluctant Allies
-Fake Dating (kinda?)

Based on the TikTok hype and the sypnosis, I assumed that this would be a high stakes, fast paced adventure similar to Six of Crows and Guilded Wolves. While there was a bit of an adventure in the first few chapters, the book overall was slow paced, focused on characters, family, romance and politics. It was more akin to Graceling. 

The title was fitting. It felt like a dance or a game being played between the main characters. We get both Kazi and Jase’s POVs, which was a nice setup for the story. 

I have a soft spot for thieves with angsty backstories so I loved Kazi. I liked the way that she came up with riddles. 

The romance was well done. It felt like it developed a bit fast but it made sense considering the forced proximity, and they continue to develop their feelings over the rest of the book.

The fatal flaw of the book for me was the amount of telling instead of showing.

It ends on a cliffhanger but I personally will be ignoring the last chapter and will not be reading the next book. 

A bit confused on why Jase invited a stranger into his home and decided to trust her and tell her everything? Including telling her about the family vault?? Vaults are supposed to be a secret?? Like… what. But it’s not really even a vault… it’s a bunker? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Trafficking, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Miscarriage

veni_vidi_legi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The first 100 or so pages are a little slower, but after that it’s very gripping. Ends on a cliffhanger. I recommend you wait to read Chapter 62 (the last chapter, about 1 1/2 pages) until you have book 2 on hand. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Blood

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

I was pulled into this one from the start! I am a sucker for a good romance and I loved Kazi and Jase. Love a male main character who gets proved wrong by a woman over and over but takes it like a man and doesn’t let pride get in the way. I felt like at the end Jase could see why Kazi did what she did and was understanding and even grateful despite how angry he may have been at first. That type of maturity may only exist in books but I knew this was a fantasy going in and I LOVED. I also liked the female friendships in this book!

I will say I’m coming at this just focusing on the story, I really don’t pay close attention to how well the world building and lore and all that is so I can’t be critical about that. I was confused about certain details sometimes but likely my fault. Some plot lines were left open but there is a sequel so I will be reading that asap!!

Not spicy if that’s what you’re looking for (but u shouldn’t be bc this is young adult)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: War

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Trafficking

abibea's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Slavery and Injury/Injury detail

literatureandlattes2022's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Confinement

mia_123's review

adventurous dark tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

why does no one mention the remnant chronicles????? like i just finished this book and am just now finding out about those books i wish i would’ve known so i could have read those beforehand and would’ve made this story a little less confusing. anyways dance of thieves was such a good read, i was kind of bored for the first 40 or 50 pages and also the language was so complex that i was having a hard time following along, but it got really good after that and i couldn’t put the book down. i couldn’t predict anything that was going to happen which i loved, and i just had such a great time reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

This was a challenge to get through. It mostly felt slow and boring. The characters were pretty flat and forgettable, the plot was mediocre, and even after 16 hours of listening to the audiobook I still didn't really understand the world this story was set in. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

victoria_elaine's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

Loved this book! It was a perfect mix of romance and fantasy world building/politics kind of vibe. It starts out a little slow, but just give it a couple of chapters and you’ll be hooked! Love Jase and Kazi ❤️❤️ cute lil enemies to lovers moment but it’s predictable so I’m not spoiling dw. ALSO THE END???? (There’s a sequel btw)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment and Trafficking