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 Pty Ltd

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 part one

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

Great world building and interesting 'origin' stories for two protagonists, i will have to read it again when second part comes out.

What other book might you compare Thief's Magic to and why?

It's hard to tell. Story is original and in style more adult than her previous books. Little steam punk but in feeling closer to Mistborn than steam-punky books.

What does Grant Cartwright and Hannah Norris bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Narration is very unobtrusive, clear and enjoyable. nothing feels forced and characters are well defined.

Any additional comments?

It seems like we got new great fantasy series. Just beware, it IS first part of trilogy, not first book in a series with separate stories. After it finishes you get the depressing waiting period till second part comes out.

Only listened to half, though it was well done.

I could not stand listening to Hannah Norris' narration, so skipped her chapters. Maybe it was fine for someone else, and Grant Cartwright is very good.

I enjoyed the book, but there were some issues

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

Yes, the overall storyline is pretty interesting and I did enjoy it. Though the portion of the storyline relating to Rielle was a bit boring and overly dramatic in the soap opera sense until the end.

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

No. The portions of the book regarding Tyen were engaging and very interesting. However, I had a bit of difficulty sitting with the portions relating to Rielle, due to how much the beginning of her storyline made me think of a classic soap opera. It wasn't until about 2/3 of the way in that her storyline matured and she became interesting to listen to.

Well written, consistent plot, holds your attention

Know that this is the first book in a series. I might have missed a good story if I had known, becuase I might have skipped it. Novel uses of magic are intriguing. I found the female narrator's voice rather annoying, but not so detracting that I stopped listening. Just enough that I could not lose myself in her narration.

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.