Kingdom Of Thieves
by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
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I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Once upon a time in a far away kingdom there lived a beautiful princess hidden behind a veil so no one could see her face. In the same Kingdom lived a handsome thief whose joy came from bedding beautiful women and stealing beautiful treasures. One day, these two crazy kids meet, fall in love, the thief renounces his old ways and the two marry and rule the kingdom together living happily ever after! Yeah.. just kidding! What does happen though is Aladdin, our handsome thief, goes on a mission with Cassian, previously a palace guard now sentenced to death for accidentally seeing the princesses face, to find the greatest treasure you could ever imagine. Once there Aladdin takes possession of the lamp tying him to Kyra, the genie. Now that he has unlimited wishes, what will Aladdin choose to do with them? He wishes to be made into a Count and enters a competition to win the princess and the kingdom of course! Wait, who's the princess? None other than the beautiful Princess Rapunzel. In this amazing retelling of two beloved stories we get to enjoy the first part of the competition and get to know these four lovable characters all over again.
Kingdom of Thieves is a wonderful retelling of Aladdin and Rapunzel in an interesting mash-up. This book has everything from forbidden love, lust, action, adventure, fighting, magic, humor and so much more. It's a tale that is easy to enjoy from beginning to end.
The story itself is well written. The characters were well thought out. Each one seemed to have been written to have their own personalities that was apparent in the text. When the point of view switched from one character to another the general tone changed with that character. I loved this as it made the story more enjoyable to read instead of being flat.
I recommend this book for a variety of audiences as it truly does have a little something for everyone. If you enjoy fairy tales and a good retelling this is definitely a book you should read. I would recommend reader/parental discretion as there are swear words in this book. Other than that there is nothing too graphic or racy. I am looking forward to and will definitely be reading the second book in this series.
Once upon a time in a far away kingdom there lived a beautiful princess hidden behind a veil so no one could see her face. In the same Kingdom lived a handsome thief whose joy came from bedding beautiful women and stealing beautiful treasures. One day, these two crazy kids meet, fall in love, the thief renounces his old ways and the two marry and rule the kingdom together living happily ever after! Yeah.. just kidding! What does happen though is Aladdin, our handsome thief, goes on a mission with Cassian, previously a palace guard now sentenced to death for accidentally seeing the princesses face, to find the greatest treasure you could ever imagine. Once there Aladdin takes possession of the lamp tying him to Kyra, the genie. Now that he has unlimited wishes, what will Aladdin choose to do with them? He wishes to be made into a Count and enters a competition to win the princess and the kingdom of course! Wait, who's the princess? None other than the beautiful Princess Rapunzel. In this amazing retelling of two beloved stories we get to enjoy the first part of the competition and get to know these four lovable characters all over again.
Kingdom of Thieves is a wonderful retelling of Aladdin and Rapunzel in an interesting mash-up. This book has everything from forbidden love, lust, action, adventure, fighting, magic, humor and so much more. It's a tale that is easy to enjoy from beginning to end.
The story itself is well written. The characters were well thought out. Each one seemed to have been written to have their own personalities that was apparent in the text. When the point of view switched from one character to another the general tone changed with that character. I loved this as it made the story more enjoyable to read instead of being flat.
I recommend this book for a variety of audiences as it truly does have a little something for everyone. If you enjoy fairy tales and a good retelling this is definitely a book you should read. I would recommend reader/parental discretion as there are swear words in this book. Other than that there is nothing too graphic or racy. I am looking forward to and will definitely be reading the second book in this series.
Oh I love mashups! This sounds like a fun read!
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