A review by ninamartinez94
City of the Uncommon Thief by Lynne Bertrand

3.0

While I did find myself enjoying a lot about this book, ultimately I felt pretty confused throughout and still have some trouble describing what the book is actually about even after I’ve finished it. The style of the book was fun with Odd as “the bard” and telling both his story as well as his cousin’s, but I think a lot of the book just went over my head. Seeing as how this is aimed at teenagers, I’m not sure that the world was explained well enough for it to make much sense outside of the action portions of the book. It could be because I don’t have a lot of experience with the stories and myths this book takes inspiration from, but overall I felt frustrated throughout a lot of the book. It was definitely an entertaining read however, so I’m sure if you had that additional context it would be more enjoyable! Unfortunately I just don’t think this was the book for me.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @PenguinTeen for the #gifted eARC!