Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Worthy Sequel (For Once)

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

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I read Painted Devils because it’s the second book in the series, and I loved Little Thieves. This book is completely worth it, and it’s definitely one of the better sequels of all the series’ I’ve read. This is the sequel to Little Thieves, and it’s set in the same world. Painted Devils is a fantasy setting, not too advanced in terms of technology but there are trade and politics, which are well developed as well. This book shows Vanja as she accidentally starts a cult, […]

This book stole my heart

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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I read Little Thieves by Margaret Owen because of a recommendation from a bookstore, and it seemed very interesting to me. The story is set in a fantasy medieval setting, there is trade and politics, but no heavily advanced technology. This book is the story of a girl who after being taken in by the gods Death and Fortune, is then given to a noble family where she becomes a serving girl. She, for reasons to be found, takes the spot of a soon to be […]

Goose Girl Redux

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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“I think there are lives that make it easy to be good. Or what most people call good. When you have wealth, status, family, it’s easy to be a saint, it costs you nothing. I can’t say if you’re a good person or not. But the more I know of you, the more I understand that the world keeps making you choose between survival and martyrdom. No one should fault you for wanting to live.” Vanya is the goddaughter of Death and Fortune, but that […]



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