Even though it doesn’t excuse the terrible things she’s done, it makes you sympathize with why she was driven to the extremes she did, and even admire her in some respects. In this book however we get to see why he chose her and all of the underlying characteristics that you don’t know about her, her wit, humor, and kindness are revealed. In the second book I feel like it’s very much focused on the shock-value of the relationship between Eugenides and Irene. I grew to love Irene ( the Queen of Attolia) and appreciate her more in this book. At first I was furious, who was this random character, and why didn’t I get to spend more time with Eugenides? Gradually though I came around, and by my 3rd+ read this book became one of my favorites in the series. Instead of being narrated from Eugenide’s perspective, or from a third-person view point, it’s told by a new character who we’ve never met…a soldier named Costis. I was initially hesitant when I read this book the first time. Viewing Eugenides from Costis’s viewpoint, you get to know him all over again in a whole new way. Surrounded by a palace and kingdom of people who hate him, and mock him for his weakness he is forced to result to…unorthodox methods to gain their respect and root out his opponents. Now he has stolen Attolia, married the Queen and managed to survive the whole ordeal, but lost his hand and his liberty in the process. SummaryĮugenides has gotten himself into a mess that he can’t get out of. He became king because he wanted to marry you.”įast-paced, witty, intriguing, rife with political conflict, the third book in The Queen’s Thief series pushes its characters to new limits.

The thief of attolia