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A review by megs1328
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
I enjoyed the fairytale retelling in Little Thieves and the Russian folklore mixed in. I think if I hadn’t read The Bear and the Nightingale prior I wouldn’t have understood the house and hearth creatures as they weren’t really explained, so it was helpful to have that background.
Vanya had a lesson to learn and she seemed obtuse to the solution, not wanting to face the facts of her greed, but for a 16yo that seems pretty reasonable. It was funny how she wastricked into the solution by the forest goddess who cursed her in the first place.
Vanya had a lesson to learn and she seemed obtuse to the solution, not wanting to face the facts of her greed, but for a 16yo that seems pretty reasonable. It was funny how she was