A review by merrrry
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

adventurous fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

There's a lot that I loved about this on paper, but I personally just didn't really connect with the style, rhythm of the story, nor the characters. I kept comparing this to Locke Lamora, which I much preferred in terms of characterizations, humour, tone, etc. etc. I think where this book excelled were its concepts in the world-building and magic system. I loved how the magical tattoos worked and general lore (

an entire stable of horses stored in the skin of a giantess as tattoos?? so cool

) I don't know if I'll be continuing this series though.