*This book was provided as a digital galley by NetGalley and Knopf Children’s in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads Summary:
In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Nina’s life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father’s fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger–the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh–Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city’s dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII. And it also forces Nina to make a terrible choice–protect Ettie and set off a brutal war between the guilds, or forever lose her sister to the Tiger.
My Review:
I expected good things from this book, and Kester Grant delivered. The moment I saw a comparison to Six of Crows in the description, I was all in. This book had all of my favorite character archetypes, especially the badass female thief. This book overall was really good. The Court of Miracles as a group and not a book was such an interesting place, and while the villains seemed very one-dimensional, they were definitely entertaining. My one complaint with this book would be the vast time-jumps. One of these went six years at a time, and while it served the plot, it was very confusing. The smallest jump was two months. However, it’s easy to get past these and the intricate plot is well-suited to readers. There is also a lot of heavy world-building, but in my opinion, that makes it all the more interesting.
I would recommend this book mainly to people who liked Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows or Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves, both of which I loved. However, anybody who likes fantasy and bits of historical fiction along the way could enjoy this book. I loved this book and I would definitely recommend it to a friend.
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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