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A review by claudiaslibrarycard
The Queen of Thieves by Johan Rundberg
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
4.5
The Queen of Thieves is book two in the Moonwind Mysteries series, translated from Swedish. The first book, The Night Raven was an Amazon Prime Reads pick in October (that I actually read!) and I enjoyed it so much that I had already checked to see when book two would be released in English. I was trying to gear up for the months long wait when I saw The Queen of Thieves ARC and I'm here to say, it didn't disappoint!
This review will mostly cover a bit of book one to avoid spoilers. In book one, The Night Raven, Mika is an orphaned girl trying to get by during the most severe winter Sweden has seen in many years. The Night Raven is a sweet but dark middle grade story about how Mika ends up on the tail of a serial killer.
You're thinking, "How could that be sweet?" and I hear you. There are some amazing main and side characters here that shine through the dark, mysterious setting and plot. You'll just have to pick it up to discover the sweetest unlikely friendship I've read in a long time.
Now to speak to the second book, Mika is back along with some of the fantastic side characters of book one and she's ready to lay low for a bit, but of course that goes sideways. There is some crime in this book, that you'd guess from the title, but this time Mika's unlikely friend from the first book is less of a focus and we learn more about some of her fellow orphans.
I am completely pleased with the second book in this series and I will be recommending this to adult and middle grade readers alike!
This review will mostly cover a bit of book one to avoid spoilers. In book one, The Night Raven, Mika is an orphaned girl trying to get by during the most severe winter Sweden has seen in many years. The Night Raven is a sweet but dark middle grade story about how Mika ends up on the tail of a serial killer.
You're thinking, "How could that be sweet?" and I hear you. There are some amazing main and side characters here that shine through the dark, mysterious setting and plot. You'll just have to pick it up to discover the sweetest unlikely friendship I've read in a long time.
Now to speak to the second book, Mika is back along with some of the fantastic side characters of book one and she's ready to lay low for a bit, but of course that goes sideways. There is some crime in this book, that you'd guess from the title, but this time Mika's unlikely friend from the first book is less of a focus and we learn more about some of her fellow orphans.
I am completely pleased with the second book in this series and I will be recommending this to adult and middle grade readers alike!