Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan
Posted by Yuma County Library
What I Read: Thief’s Magic by Trudi
Canavan
Find It @YCLD: Here!
What it’s About: The book follows two individuals: Tyen, a student of
aarchaeology and Rielle, the daughter of a dyer. The story takes place in a
world where magic coexists with technology and religious beliefs. In Tyen’s
story, he is from a world where the industrial revolution is powered by magic.
While out in the field with other students, he unearths a sentient book called
Vella. Once a young
sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the
greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information,
including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces. Elsewhere, in a land
ruled by the priests, Rielle has been taught that to use magic is to steal from
the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a
corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it, should she dare to
risk the Angels' wrath. But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been
raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, or the laws of their lands. Not
even the people they thought they could trust.
What I Thought: The concept and character development was
great for each character, the setting, and the conflict surrounding each story.
However, I found that having alternating stories moving through the chapters
put me off a little bit. It wasn’t until about halfway through the book that I
found that the story followed a timeline progression between both characters to
a common event. It was good, it was detailed, and most of all I am looking
forward to the next book, Angel of Storms.
Read-a-likes: Stormdancer – Jay Kristoff
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