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A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl....

Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care and Vanja decided to steal her future back...by stealing Gisele's life for herself.

The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed.

Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele's sinister fiancé and an overeager junior detective on Vanja's tail, she'll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.

©2021 Margaret Owen (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Action & Adventure Fantasy Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Royalty
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had to stick with it but this was actually really good in the end. looking forward to the next one

slow burn book

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Retellings of fairy tales always attract me, and between that and the gorgeous cover this book caught my eye immediately.
I loved the start of the book, the descriptions of Death and Fortune, the fairy tale quality of the writing. Vanja is a wonderful character, I really liked her sarcasm. She's very clever with equal parts self-deprecation and egotism. I did find there was a bit too much explanation at first and there were too many words I didn't understand throughout the book.
The audiobook narrator was excellent, perfect for the character.

I loved the fairy tale quality of the writing

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I was instantly immersed into this world,
Definitely has Six of Crows vibes but completely it’s own entity, loved the characters the magic and the humour - a delight

A delight

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the romance subplots? The fact this book could have been three and all of them are tied up so well? The magic?

I am definitely reading book two.

gonna force this book into everyone's hands.

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Loved it, perfect narrator, and incredible story. Will read and listen to this one again and again.

All Time Favourite

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