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“She’s been painting the devil on the wall and hoping we won’t know it from the real thing”

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

August 7, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Now, spoilers here for the previous book; it is a direct continuation, after all.  The blurb for Painted Devils starts out fantastically: “Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.” With Little Thieves, I knew that it was a trilogy coming in, but by the end of the book, I wasn’t 100% certain where the story was going to be heading next. After ridding herself of a nasty curse, putting the displaced Princess Giselle back where she belonged, settling most of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, cults, hugo award nominee, justice, lodestar award, Margaret Owen

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, cults, hugo award nominee, justice, lodestar award, Margaret Owen ·
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“There’s a saying in the Blessed Empire: Little thieves steal gold, and great ones steal kingdoms, but only one goes to the gallows. “

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

July 21, 2026 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

One of the consequences of working through the Hugo Award nominees is that I’ll be making my way through a lot of YA entries for the Lodestar Award. And while most of the nominated authors have a positive buzz, they are also all new to me. One of the nice things Worldcon did for the voters this year—in addition with the publishers, I assume—is provide not just a copy of Margaret Owen’s Holy Terrors, but the two proceeding books in the series as well. A good […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, fairy tale adaptation, hugo award nominee, lodestar award, Margaret Owen, ONE, Young Adult

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, fairy tale adaptation, hugo award nominee, lodestar award, Margaret Owen, ONE, Young Adult ·
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