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Dec 24, 2013JCLChrisK rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Not knowing a thing about the story of The Queen of Attolia, I thought, based on the title, it might shift the story to her perspective and make her a more sympathetic, major character than she had been in the first book. Imagine my surprise, then, when this started with her still as a minor character and villain who captures and injures the thief, with a solid portion of what follows focusing on his convalescence. It hardly seemed "less boring" than the original and in fact seemed less adventurous. ----- Yet it was no less enthralling. This one shifts to a third-person perspective after the first book's first-person narrative, but that works because the scale of the story has shifted. Where that one is an intimate, character-focused adventure, this one is about international war and political maneuverings. A "game of thrones," if you will, with monarchs and their courts and militaries doing everything they can to shift the balance of power in their directions. The action is still centered on the thief, but his role in events is much different and larger. The intrigue, suspense, and character building didn't disappoint in the least. ----- This is a wonderful, meticulously written series (a new one, on average, every five years), and I can't wait to get to the next one.