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Thief's Covenant sounded like a fun and exciting adventure novel, and for the most part it was. Unfortunately, I found myself extremely confused and not very into it in the beginning. It's not so much that the storyline was confusing, but the way it was written. The prologue starts out two years prior to the main story, and it was fantastic. It's strange and disturbing, but it definitely hooked me. But then it jumps to eight years prior, then to the present, and then back to six years ago, and so on. The story continues to flip-flop between now and then and it was quite jarring. It was difficult to settle into Widdershins' tale, since I was constantly being thrown into various times in her life. It wasn't until nearly the end when anything made much sense and I found myself really enjoying it.

Widdershins aka Madeliene aka Adrienne is an orphan turned thief turned aristocrat turned thief again, and Thief's Covenant follows her through all of these changes, although not in chronological order. Widdershins has had a tough life and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the Founder's Guild because she owes them some money? Is it the Guards after several failed arrests? Or is it someone else entirely? She spends a lot of time running and hiding and having her loved ones injured and she's sick of it. Widdershins is a tough chick and she's not going to cower in the shadows while this person is out to get her. I really liked Widdershins. She's kick ass without being over the top. She doesn't win every fight, but she's good and she knows it. She's also fiercely loyal to those she cares for, something I always admire in a heroine.

The main thing that kept me from enjoying Thief's Covenant more was the writing style and format. The writing is very wordy and there are some extremely awkwardly phrased sentences. I don't even know how many times I had to reread the same passage multiple times just to figure out what it said. As for the format, I ordinarily love alternating time periods, when they make sense. In this case it jumped all over the place, from two years ago, to six, to four, to eight, and back again. I would have liked the story much more if it had been told mostly in order, with maybe a few flashbacks. As it was, I found myself extremely confused as to how Widdershins had gotten herself into this mess and what the heck was going on. I also needed to know more about her connection to the god, Olgun, which didn't come until almost the end. However, as soon as we got that information I was very interested in the story and really liking it.

I absolutely loved the authors take on gods in Thief's Covenant. In this world there are over a hundred patron gods that watch over the aristocracy and are probably responsible for much of their wealth and good fortune. Olgun was a lost god, rediscovered and now Widdershins is his last follower, so they have a special bond. A lot is revealed closer to the end, so I can't say more without spoiling some of the plot twists. However, as much as I loved the gods, I didn't like the rest of the world building. It felt too much like France in the 1700s rather than a fantasy world. Sure a lot of fantasy is based on old Europe, but this was too similar. There wasn't much that made it stand out other than the people worshiping many different gods.

After a rough start, I ended up quite enjoying Thief's Covenant. I just wish it had been presented in a less confusing way. The time jumps were also combined with several character shifts-some of whom had multiple names or titles-which made it hard to settle into. Widdershins and Olgun made a wonderful team, and I enjoyed seeing them in action. The story is also quite violet and gory, even disturbing at times as demons play a role alongside the gods. Overall, I did like it and think it's worth a shot.


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Thief Covenant A Widdershins Adventure Widdershins Adventures Ari Marmell Books Reviews

This wonderful YA fantasy is not just for teens--I'm in my mid-50's, and I loved it. The world building was detailed and excellent, the story was engaging and fast-paced, and the characters were well-drawn.

Widdershins, the main character, was strong, smart, sassy, and snarky, and had me laughing out-loud at many of her irreverent quips. I totally disagree with reviewers who said they didn't feel connected to the characters or care what happed to them. All the characters felt real and fully-fleshed to me. And I laughed at Widdershins antics and mourned with her when she lost loved ones.

Although the author used flashbacks freely to gradually reveal Widdershins' past, it was never confusing to me, as the breaks were clearly indicated. One of my pet peeves with ebooks is that often a scene change, indicated in the print book with a break in the flow of the text, will lack that same text break in the ebook copy, causing confusion as the scene changes from one paragraph to the next. This ebook edition did an excellent job of clearly signaling scene changes.

Also, I think it's worth noting that the spelling, grammar, and editing were excellent. Another of my pet peeves with ebooks is the disproportionate number of typos, and spelling and grammatical errors that seem to appear in ebooks, regardless of whether the book is from a large publishing house or an independent publisher. I'm happy to report that this kindle edition suffered no such problems.

I hope the author plans to make this a lengthy series, as I can hardly wait to read more of Widdershins' adventures. If you love a good adventure, I highly recommend you pick up this book; you won't regret it.
Based on the description, I expected to really enjoy this book -- I'm a sucker for witty rogues in fantasy settings. And indeed, the day to day characters didn't disappoint.
Unfortunately, the plot and long-term motivations did. The protagonist not only doesn't know what the bad guys are up to (which is pretty normal), she doesn't know that the bad guys are up to anything, or even that the bad guys exist. She knew there were bad guys two years ago (you see it in the first scene), and that they made her fall from well-known nouveau riche lady to street thief, but has apparently spent none of her time since then trying to find them. The book finale is certainly exciting -- and I was unsure who the bad guy was, despite working out the book's secondary mystery so quickly I didn't realize it was supposed to be a mystery until the last page -- but the first half of the book doesn't matter enough to deserve its length. This could have been a wonderful series opener, but it needed much stronger editing than it got.

Don't take this to mean the book is bad (I'll be trying out the second). It was just a letdown coming off of the Eli Monpress novels, which have a similar main character (although male) and a related (but tighter) plot in the opening novel.
Thief's Covenant sounded like a fun and exciting adventure novel, and for the most part it was. Unfortunately, I found myself extremely confused and not very into it in the beginning. It's not so much that the storyline was confusing, but the way it was written. The prologue starts out two years prior to the main story, and it was fantastic. It's strange and disturbing, but it definitely hooked me. But then it jumps to eight years prior, then to the present, and then back to six years ago, and so on. The story continues to flip-flop between now and then and it was quite jarring. It was difficult to settle into Widdershins' tale, since I was constantly being thrown into various times in her life. It wasn't until nearly the end when anything made much sense and I found myself really enjoying it.

Widdershins aka Madeliene aka Adrienne is an orphan turned thief turned aristocrat turned thief again, and Thief's Covenant follows her through all of these changes, although not in chronological order. Widdershins has had a tough life and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the Founder's Guild because she owes them some money? Is it the Guards after several failed arrests? Or is it someone else entirely? She spends a lot of time running and hiding and having her loved ones injured and she's sick of it. Widdershins is a tough chick and she's not going to cower in the shadows while this person is out to get her. I really liked Widdershins. She's kick ass without being over the top. She doesn't win every fight, but she's good and she knows it. She's also fiercely loyal to those she cares for, something I always admire in a heroine.

The main thing that kept me from enjoying Thief's Covenant more was the writing style and format. The writing is very wordy and there are some extremely awkwardly phrased sentences. I don't even know how many times I had to reread the same passage multiple times just to figure out what it said. As for the format, I ordinarily love alternating time periods, when they make sense. In this case it jumped all over the place, from two years ago, to six, to four, to eight, and back again. I would have liked the story much more if it had been told mostly in order, with maybe a few flashbacks. As it was, I found myself extremely confused as to how Widdershins had gotten herself into this mess and what the heck was going on. I also needed to know more about her connection to the god, Olgun, which didn't come until almost the end. However, as soon as we got that information I was very interested in the story and really liking it.

I absolutely loved the authors take on gods in Thief's Covenant. In this world there are over a hundred patron gods that watch over the aristocracy and are probably responsible for much of their wealth and good fortune. Olgun was a lost god, rediscovered and now Widdershins is his last follower, so they have a special bond. A lot is revealed closer to the end, so I can't say more without spoiling some of the plot twists. However, as much as I loved the gods, I didn't like the rest of the world building. It felt too much like France in the 1700s rather than a fantasy world. Sure a lot of fantasy is based on old Europe, but this was too similar. There wasn't much that made it stand out other than the people worshiping many different gods.

After a rough start, I ended up quite enjoying Thief's Covenant. I just wish it had been presented in a less confusing way. The time jumps were also combined with several character shifts-some of whom had multiple names or titles-which made it hard to settle into. Widdershins and Olgun made a wonderful team, and I enjoyed seeing them in action. The story is also quite violet and gory, even disturbing at times as demons play a role alongside the gods. Overall, I did like it and think it's worth a shot.