A difficult past filled with loss and death, a miserable future filled with pigs for men and slobs for employers - Thalia is so complicated. Thalia will give James information, if James uses his assassination skills to kill someone for Thalia.īoth characters are so complex! You wouldn't think that a novella could convey so much about two characters, in such a short length, but Livia does this brilliantly! James is torn between duty and love, and Thalia. James and Thalia work together, and form an agreement. somehow, she knows more than she leads on. Thalia knows something that James wants to know - about the Guild, assassinations, his former leader. This novella is about him, and a young woman that he meets - Thalia. Maybe not as a protagonist, but as a secondary character with an important role in the plot. James is one of the characters that we will see in Midnight Thief, and if I'm not mistaken, he plays a pretty significant role. So, when Livia mentioned that she would self-publishing a novella related to Midnight Thief, you know I was all over that! I've been *aching* for that book since like, May (no seriously - check my 'About Me' page).

You all KNOW how badly I want to read Midnight Thief, right? That's Livia's official debut, to be published by Disney-Hyperion, in early July. But when you live, breathe, and love in a world that’s forever flirting with death, the slightest misstep can be poison. With the Guild falling apart, it just might be worth the risk.

Then he meets Thalia, an alluring but troubled dancing girl who offers him a way out-if he’ll help her kill a powerful nobleman.

James is skilled, efficient, and deadly, a hired blade navigating the shifting alliances of a deteriorating Assassin’s Guild. *** Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

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