The Thief’s Gamble by Juliet McKenna
The Thief’s Gamble is a difficult book to review. The difficulty arises primarily from the uneven, jam-packed narrative and the periodic confusion that it caused… To McKenna’s credit, Livak is an engaging protagonist, and her narrative (often filled with clever details of thieving) is usually fun to read. Just when things tend to get moving, though, the next chapter begins with a dense passage from a treatise… One bright note is that the author’s writing does seem to improve in both substance and style as The Thief’s Gamble progresses (although the final battle scene is still a mess). I don’t know whether the next books in the series benefit from tighter, cleaner plotting and description… Read the rest.
