A review by fauna_n_fiction
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

fast-paced

5.0

I genuinely love this story. I believe it’s my favourite novella of 2022. Was it perfect? No. But rarely is anything perfect. But it was so close to perfect! I loved this whole story, the characters and the relationships. 

**Characters**
 Vanja – I LOVED Vanja and her entire journey. I love her intelligence and her independence. I loved being in her head and knowing what she is thinking and feeling; why she does what she does. Her entire story from start to finish. 

Emeric – I loved him and I loved the enemies to lovers. It was done so well. I loved his persona and his true character. I loved how much of a gentleman he was and his intelligence too. Emeric reminds me of a more robust version of Milo from Atlantis: The Lost City. 

Ragne – Y’all are gonna get sick of me saying I love the characters in this book. I am a sucker for the clueless-about-human-behaviour character who is oblivious and blunt and causes drama for laughs. She is loyal to a fault and I loved her so much. 

Gisele – I do wish we could have gotten a little more of Gisele but I loved her relationship with Vanja and with Ragne. 

** Writing**
 I usually don’t like present tense but I loved Owen’s writing. I was in it, I was engaged, I was involved and I loved it. I felt what the characters felt, I panicked and I loved and boy, did I laugh!!? Vanja is hilarious. Ragne is hilarious. 

There’s also a lot to say about abuse, and trauma and I loved how Owen dealt with Vanje and Gisele’s pain and trauma. 

During the main climax, it moved a bit too quickly for me but Owen brought it right back very quickly. 

**Plot** 

I was invested and intrigued from the beginning. Vanja is such an intriguing main character that genuinely pulls the reader right into her story. From the beginning I was asking questions, I was wanting more and I was in her story.