Dance of Thieves: the sensational young adult fantasy from a New York Times bestselling author
£4.70
‘Mary E. Pearson is a fearless storyteller’ Stephanie Garber
A reformed thief and the young leader of an outlaw dynasty lock wits in a battle that may cost them their lives, and their hearts, in a new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Remnant Chronicles.
When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target of the dynasty’s resentment and anger.
At the same time, Kazi, a legendary former street thief, is sent by the queen to investigate transgressions against the new settlements. When Kazi arrives in the forbidding land of the Ballengers, she learns that there is more to Jase than she thought. As unexpected events spiral out of their control, bringing them intimately together, they continue to play a cat and mouse game of false moves and motives in order to fulfil their own secret missions.
PRAISE FOR MARY E. PEARSON
‘One of my favorite reads of the year’ Alyson Noël
‘Deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy’ Robin LaFevers
‘Breathtaking’ Booklist
‘Heart-pounding’ Cinda Williams Chima
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Additional information
| Publisher | Hodderscape (23 Jun. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2413 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 513 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | 1250159016 |
by Alka
This book completely swept me away. The characters and the world are beautifully written, and I can’t wait to read the sequel.
by Sydney L.
A great book. Mary Pearson has got to be one of my favourite authors at the moment. She really allows you to connect to the characters and feel included in their story. I am now reading the revenant series which takes place in the same kingdoms as dance of thieves and I love the connections between the duology and the tribology. Amazing!
by kadeja
Fall in love with the characters from first book and jump on the second book asap. I think I read it in two days. Or three. So good, cried lots.
by Shana
this is by far my favourite book i have read in a long time! i couldn’t put it down! i’ve just started the second one and it is amazing so far:)
by Julie
Convincing characters, well-crafted narrative and beautiful descriptive writing made this story a delightful journey. It’s a tale of love and survival.
by Sydney L.
Came 5 days late, but the book is very floppy so it’s worth it lol. I can’t wait to read this. 🙂
by Sophie
BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS PRODUCT LIVELG AND FLOPY (came a wee bit damaged but no more than after I’ve read it anyways) THE PLOT IS IMMACULATE
ENEMIES TO LOVERS TO ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS
BEAUTIFUL PLOT SET IN THIS FANTASY WORLD WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF DRAMA
now reading Vow of Thieves
Not AS good but it’s still beautiful
by Adina Kroll
The book itself, the premise, the idea sounded amazing!
And I had high hopes. While I liked the characters, their stories and the general storyline I felt that it fell a little flat.
Never at any point did I really care a lot about the characters. I liked them but, it’s hard to explain, not that much?
I sometimes felt the author spent too much time on lore and for you to have read other books of hers in the same universe (which I only found ont after) that for the first 200 pages I couldn’t imagine what the world looked like.
If I’m honest, I still don’t, I hoped to find images and fan art but no such luck.
And then where a lot of detail was used to explain more the characters kind of…well their backstory felt flat.
For instance, Yes we get kazi being through hardships and unspeakable odds – but…her reactions when she confessed them to jase felt…shallow.
All this time she kept it quiet and when she finally does share it’s done in two pages and …that’s it. All this build of emotion felt anti climactic. The love story which I looked forward to, felt like it was just a day one thing. Enjoyable, yes, but I felt like I wasn’t a hooked. But that’s personal preference.
So while the whole story is def enjoyable – i doubt I’ll be reading it again.