A review by monicalaurette
Sneakthief by J. R. Rainville

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

What to say about this book, it took me basically two whole months to read because I started the first few chapters early October and then didn’t touch the book again until the end of November (maybe I have something against starting a series?). And also to be honest, though this does not affect my review, this was written by my old high school fantasy literature teacher. It has been MANY a year since I was in high school and this book was released in 2023 so it’s not like she was handing them out to us in class to read - I paid for it myself because I wanted to support her!

This book has such a great concept and I think that it flowed well to help us get to know the different characters and their motivations and how it comes together at the end and will set up the next books. There was a diversity in the personalities of the characters that I enjoyed that helped me be able to determine who was who in the chapters without needing their names at the beginning and I liked when a chapter would switch between two people.

Was this my favorite book of the year? No. Was it a terrible book? Also no. I enjoyed my time reading it (when I did actually sit down to read it) and am more than happy to wait for the next books to come out - however J.R. Rainville if you’re reading this please release it sooner because I also hate waiting for books in a series to come out.

I’m giving Sneakthief 4 stars because I think it was a great first book and sets up amazingly for where the rest of the story will go and has so many questions that I still want answered.
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