Thief's Magic

By: Trudi Canavan

Narrated by: Grant Cartwright, Hannah Norris

Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen’s world faces.Elsewhere, in an land ruled by priests, Rielle the dyer’s daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it – should she dare to risk the Angels’ wrath.Yet not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands… and not even the people they trust.

©2014 Copyright © 2014 by Trudi Canavan. The moral right of the author has been asserted. (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing

Can't wait to read the next one!

Enchanting story, such rivetting narrative - a real page turner. I love the main characters and really cared about what happened to them. Magical

Wow one of them venture

I really like the story ... It was really hard putting it down couldn't wait to find out what happened to both of them , two different stories I i'm hoping they come together soon, from second book.

Good read

It was very entertaining and intriguing. I really enjoyed it! Can't wait for the rest of the story.

Good but could be better

It was two different stories that I kept expecting to become one but they never did. Why write them together like that??? Left me unsatisfied.

Such a good book!

Loved the pacing and flow of the stories. I already downloaded the 2nd book!

Great!

Any additional comments?

This book had me the whole time. That seems to be happening more and more rarely, so this was a treasure. My only issue was Hannah Norris' frequent butchering of what sounded like it was trying to be middle eastern. Sometimes the R rolling was so atrocious I winced. If a narrator is able to maintain an accent, then by all means-- I love them! Differences in dialects welcome too! But Norris would drop, pick up, and overdo the accent frequently.

Cartwright was fantastic in his narration so I gave the performance 3 stars solely for his ability.

The rest was A+ in my opinion, so I was able to listen to the full book without losing all the ambiance of the novel.

excellent

This book kept my interest during long car rides. I will look for the next one.

2 great stories in one

Would you listen to Thief's Magic again? Why?

Yes i really like that their where two narrators telling the story

Which character – as performed by Grant Cartwright and Hannah Norris – was your favorite?

I really like the part of the story with the book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No it took me a couple days to listen to it.

Any additional comments?

4 stars

Listen to book via audible.

I really enjoy this author work i read her Black Magician trilogy when i was in highschool and really enjoyed it. This is a whole new series in a whole new world and i really like how their where two seperate stories going on in this story. I was hoping that the two would merge at some point in the story but that never happens. Which i think was the author intention all along she wanted you get to hooked by these two characters, draw you in and leave you so you want to see where it all goes. Great start to the new series.

confused

I was thoroughly enjoying the story then it just ended right in the middle. most series books have some sort of wrap up at the end of each book even if they leave you in a cliff Hanger. this feels like she just took a really long book and decided to divide it into several volumes. It felt unnatural. I also didn't understand how the 2 stories connected at all except by magic. it seems like the author was just jumping back and forth between 2 different stories. I want to listen to the second one in the series to see if the stories start connecting a bit. I think she ended this book prematurely though.

Half good, half bad

What did you like best about Thief's Magic? What did you like least?

The Tyen parts of the book for the best and the Rielle parts for the least. Tyen's world was interesting full of a mix of science and magic. Where as Rielle's world was just to over the top stereo types, the corrupt church, uncaring parents, the fruit fling angry mob.

Would you recommend Thief's Magic to your friends? Why or why not?

No, not the kind of book my friends read.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Grant was good he had a range of voices. Hannah was okay except for the voices of both upper class and poor females talked the same way. I don't expect unwed mother in the slums to sound like Eliza Doolittle, but at the same time I don't think she sound like Henry Higgins. Nothing against Hannah but the accent she gave to the females sounded wrong to generic I could not take it for long

Do you think Thief's Magic needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes, to finish the story.