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Book Review: The Thief

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One of the things I love about homeschooling is that I still get to read!  When my children take their 20-30 minutes of reading, so do I.  And, I really enjoyed reading this last book: The Thief.  Again, it is fantasy.  Again, it is in a series.  It is the first book in a series.  What I liked the most was the surprise ending.  I had all of these ideas about what would happen in the book and how it would end, but each time something happened I was mildly surprised.  Which was so refreshing.


The book is about a thief who starts out in the king's dungeon.  He is brought out of the dungeon to perform a task for the king.  The king tells him that he must go and retrieve something for him, and if he does not return, he will not return.  The price on his head will be so great that anyone would have to be crazy to help him escape.  His only available choices are to go on the king's quest, or go back to the dungeon.  And, he's not even told what he is supposed to steal for the king.  He readily agrees to go on the quest with the intent of not coming back ... a.k.a. escaping on the road.


Rating: 5 scoops of Dulce de Leche Ice cream .... Yum!


I highly recommend this book.  It can stand alone, but there are two more books in the series, if you want to read them ... I am, or will shortly.
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Aubrey A said…
Hmmmm, very interesting. I'll have to look into this book.
August 17, 2011
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