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The Palace Job

Rogues of the Republic, Book 1

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Loch is seeking revenge. It would help if she wasn’t in jail. The plan: To steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but is now in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so, Loch - former soldier, former prisoner, and current fugitive - must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shape shifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical war hammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills. This crack team of misfits will help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven’s Spire and the vault that holds her family’s treasure - all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld. What could possibly go wrong?

©2013 Patrick Weekes (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved Classics Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Magic Robbery
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unusual and quirky characters make this story zing along through the plot twists. there are good old-fashioned villains pitted against heroes with flaws. can't wait to listen to the next story

great fun

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It was finished all too quickly. Great character development, interesting storyline. And don't forget the humour too!

Very clever

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Had to DNF because of the narrator, she clearly couldn't care less about what she's reading and made it very unenjoyable. Sorry book, it's not your fault.

Not a good audio

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I have to review this book to warn others. if you find vocal fry annoying, listening to this book will be unbearable for you.
The narrator does good voices for each of the characters but when she's simply narrating it sounds like she's trying to seduce your ears! Every sentence trails off into a croaky whisper. Once you notice it, it gets really, really annoying. She also uses strange pronunciations so "beer" sounds like "bear", "guards" sounds like "gods" and "sneer" sounds like "snare"! I genuinely though Kail was calling for God's help in the opening scene!
As for the story it was fine. As others said it's in a similar vein to Lies of Locke Lamora and Patrick Rothfuss stories but I didn't enjoy it as much. (I kept picturing the "Loch" in this story as a man because of having read the above book and then getting confused when the narrator croaked "she". ) I found my attention wandering a few times and found it difficult to remember who was who.
I downloaded all 3 books in the series so I will give them a go and see if the story gets any better (even though t is the same narrator!)

Annoying Vocal Fry

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I enjoyed this story while reading and enjoyed the start as the gang came together. Rag tag group of fantasy tropes pulled together for a heist and the character introductions were all. Unfortunately once they got together it's stalls a bit in the middle and oddly the characters become a little bit more unlikable for a while in service of a couple of classic heist twists. There's a few too many, all according to plan moments that prevent us from seeing what the characters are actually thinking or feeling.

Group chemistry just missed the mark as not enough time for them to play around with each other. Perhaps a story that would work better as a film or TV mini series. Th

Still I enjoyed enough to want to continue the series and I think the ending is solid. I just wish the characters had been given more time to shine

A fun Romp that reads more like a film

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