Dance of Thieves
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- Author：Mary E. Pearson
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Bridgette
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So good。
holden caulfield
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idk maybe I just wasn't in the mood but it wasn't interesting to be until the last 200 pages。。。。I just didn't latch onto Jase and Kazi。 i was more drawn to Mason and synove。。。。or whatever her name was。。。 idk maybe I just wasn't in the mood but it wasn't interesting to be until the last 200 pages。。。。I just didn't latch onto Jase and Kazi。 i was more drawn to Mason and synove。。。。or whatever her name was。。。 。。。more
Samantha Solow
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2。5 stars - first half was good， but just dragged on and was longer than it needed to be。 I had to force myself to finish it。 It put me in a reading slump tbh
Brittany
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I LOVED IT！！！！ Must read， great plot， just enough spice for a YA book
Jude Lydia
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DNF @ 158 pagesIf you've read any YA fantasy published in the last 5 years， you've already read this book。 DNF @ 158 pagesIf you've read any YA fantasy published in the last 5 years， you've already read this book。 。。。more
Elizabeth
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-2
Nerea
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4'5 stars 4'5 stars 。。。more
abby ༅
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The book's title is very accurate in describing the story: it is quite literally a dance of thieves。 Kazi and Jase are both huge liars with dark secrets， and with soft spots for each other。 （Unfortunately， the chemistry between them feels like situational love。） “Truth that came too late was as useful as a meal to a dead man。” Please stop lying to each other 😭 it's not good when we can't even guess what the actual truth is anymore。I really enjoyed Kazi's endless line of riddles and admired her The book's title is very accurate in describing the story: it is quite literally a dance of thieves。 Kazi and Jase are both huge liars with dark secrets， and with soft spots for each other。 （Unfortunately， the chemistry between them feels like situational love。） “Truth that came too late was as useful as a meal to a dead man。” Please stop lying to each other 😭 it's not good when we can't even guess what the actual truth is anymore。I really enjoyed Kazi's endless line of riddles and admired her knack for getting out of tight spots。 She was developed well， with an interesting past and her clever wit now。 Jase was pretty smooth in his dialogue。 I didn't find myself particularly interested in Ballenger family history， strangely， because usually I love a good backstory。。。 which goes to say， maybe this wasn't。Their world feels a little complicated — there are many new terms requiring explanation， which almost made me expect magic and other fantastical things。 Instead， there are complex politics and violent fights （which are fun， but I wasn't always entirely sure what they were fighting over。。。） There were points where the action was exciting， but it became a bore after a while。 With point of views shifting between Kazi and Jase， I expected to feel closer to the characters and understand more of the intentions， but it was still often confusing。So。。。 I don't think this is quality fantasy。 Dance of Thieves fulfills its title， but not my satisfaction。 。。。more
Jacklyn
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This was a very middle of the road "meh" 3-star read for me。 I didn't actively dislike it， but wasn't that interested in the story or invested in the characters。 I also made the mistake of making this my first Mary Pearson read， without prior knowledge of the world of the Remnant Chronicles。 So to me， the world building was lackluster and utterly confusing。The biggest complaint I have with the book is that nothing actually happens。 The plot is virtually non-existent。 Kazi and her crew are lookin This was a very middle of the road "meh" 3-star read for me。 I didn't actively dislike it， but wasn't that interested in the story or invested in the characters。 I also made the mistake of making this my first Mary Pearson read， without prior knowledge of the world of the Remnant Chronicles。 So to me， the world building was lackluster and utterly confusing。The biggest complaint I have with the book is that nothing actually happens。 The plot is virtually non-existent。 Kazi and her crew are looking for the big bad captain and they think he's in Hell's Mouth， which is run by Jase and his family。 Kazi seems to forget that's her goal for over half the book。 All Kazi's goings-on with Jase in Hell's Mouth I found much too slice-of-life and irrelevant to anything to really be drawn in。 She and Jase get together pretty quickly and she wins his family over and they kind of just dance around each other romantically without having to deal with much conflict。 There was zero tension， minimal clue-gathering。 They take a side trip to a settlement where they have some fun and games， but it felt like a romance- and character-building tangent that was unneeded because those romance- and character-building moments had already happened and nothing new was learned。 I was hoping the end would kick things into gear but even that did not bring any semblance of a sense of urgency to the plot。 It's literally a long slog to take their prisoners back to the Vendan queen， and everything fizzles out and the happy ending is just。。。handed to them。 I also wasn't a huge fan of the writing。 It was passable， but nothing sparkled for me。 Switching back and forth between Kazi's and Jase's POVs ended up， as it often does， with story points getting repeated。 This all would have been fine for me if either Kazi or Jase were more complex than they ended up being。 There was no plumbing the depths of their characters past what we learned about them early on。 Their inner monologues cycle through the same questions and doubts over and over。The one thing that did intrigue me was the second-hand story about Greyson Ballenger and the children who were holed up in the vault， writing their traumatized thoughts on the walls as they defended against a siege。 That sounds like an infinitely more fascinating story than Kazi and Jase's。 。。。more
Petra Cozma
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CANT WAIT TO READ THE SECOND BOOK！ Also Jase is like Aaron's twin what😭 still Kazi is so badass i fell in love with both of them😳😳 CANT WAIT TO READ THE SECOND BOOK！ Also Jase is like Aaron's twin what😭 still Kazi is so badass i fell in love with both of them😳😳 。。。more
Carly Flood
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a new favorite for sure
Emalie📚❤️🎶☺️ Grace Nelson
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Wow。。 that was definitely a ride， I hated the start of this book I was scared when I didn’t know what the heck was going on。 Then page 50 came along and wrapped me up in this beautiful story！！ I love the 2 main characters along with kazis whole crew I honestly didn’t think I would this book very much but once it got good I couldn’t put it down Rating:~ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
emily hansbrough
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i honestly don’t know what to write。 this book was lowkey confusing at first but it was really good。 it wasn’t the best book ive read but def not the worst。 it’s a good story but like lowkey left w a cliffhanger but i don’t wanna read the second one
stefanie✨🤍
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3。5 starsI hate to say that I didn’t love this because I had such high hopes。 ！！！Spoilers for the remnant Chronicles by this author！！！Just as with this author’s other series it’s always the characters that irritate me to the point that I don’t like them。 This happened in the remnant Chronicles in book 2 with Kaden and book 3 with Rafe。 I couldn’t stand them and for me they did not redeem themselves。 And as soon as Rafe was mentioned in dance of thieves I got annoyed because I still do not like h 3。5 starsI hate to say that I didn’t love this because I had such high hopes。 ！！！Spoilers for the remnant Chronicles by this author！！！Just as with this author’s other series it’s always the characters that irritate me to the point that I don’t like them。 This happened in the remnant Chronicles in book 2 with Kaden and book 3 with Rafe。 I couldn’t stand them and for me they did not redeem themselves。 And as soon as Rafe was mentioned in dance of thieves I got annoyed because I still do not like him。 I did like Kazi and Jase until near the end when stuff went down。 My main problem was Kazi because she just acted so irrational and without thinking and hearing out what jase had to tell her。 But also Jase forgave her in 0。2 seconds for every lie and betrayal？But on another note I did like some of the side characters， the writing was gorgeous and extremely fast paced。 Also the world is very well developed and I especially liked the little bits of this world’s history the author put in every now and again。 。。。more
Karissa
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Series Info/Source: This is the first book in the Dance of Thieves duology。 I got a copy of this to read on ebook through Kindle Unlimited。Thoughts: This was a DNF for me。 I stopped reading it at about 25% in。 This is the third time I have tried to read this book。 I keep forgetting it is a continuation of the Remnant Chronicles which I never finished because I didn't enjoy the second book in that series。 I was going to try to push through this anyway， but it is mostly just a flat out enemies to Series Info/Source: This is the first book in the Dance of Thieves duology。 I got a copy of this to read on ebook through Kindle Unlimited。Thoughts: This was a DNF for me。 I stopped reading it at about 25% in。 This is the third time I have tried to read this book。 I keep forgetting it is a continuation of the Remnant Chronicles which I never finished because I didn't enjoy the second book in that series。 I was going to try to push through this anyway， but it is mostly just a flat out enemies to lovers story with very little else going one。 I just can't stay interested in it and I am making sure to record this down this time so I don't pick it up again！The story follows Kazi， former street thief from the first series set in this world。 Kazi is now a soldier for the queen and has been sent to investigate attacks on new settlements in the kingdom。 Kazi is certain that the Ballenger empire is the one attacking， what she doesn’t know is that the patriarch of the Ballenger empire has died and his son， Jase， is their new leader。Through a series of improbable circumstances Kazi and Jase end up chained together （literally）。 What follows is them trying to get to safety while alternatively hating each other and trying not to fall in love with each other。 It is a very basic enemies to lovers storyline and I found it boring。 This is the first 25% of the book and I just had no interest in it so I stopped reading at that point。Pearson has been more miss than hit for me as an author。 I enjoyed her book “The Adoration of Jenna Fox” but didn’t enjoy the rest of that series。 I also enjoyed the first book in the Remnant Chronicles but really didn’t like the second book in that series。 I think I am done picking up books by her at this point; something about her writing style and pacing just doesn’t work for me。My Summary （3/5）: Overall I didn’t enjoy this and stopped reading about 25% of the way in。 The story starts out like it’s going to be some epic fantasy story and then quickly devolves into a rather two dimensional enemies to lovers story。 I wasn’t a fan and don’t plan on reading more Pearson books in the future。 。。。more
Liv
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If I was out on a desert island and could only bring one book， I would bring the Bible。No， I would bring smut， duh。 Or this book。 That’s how good it was。This book is a masterpiece。The writing？ STUNNING。The main characters？ AWESOME。The tropes？ SLAYED。This book is incredibly cliche but like whatever。here is a list of tropes for my fellow fantasy fiction lovers:1。 ENEMIES TO LOVERS。2。 knives to throat3。 FORCED PROXIMITY。 （Literally they are chained together。 Can’t get more forced then that。）4。 Fake If I was out on a desert island and could only bring one book， I would bring the Bible。No， I would bring smut， duh。 Or this book。 That’s how good it was。This book is a masterpiece。The writing？ STUNNING。The main characters？ AWESOME。The tropes？ SLAYED。This book is incredibly cliche but like whatever。here is a list of tropes for my fellow fantasy fiction lovers:1。 ENEMIES TO LOVERS。2。 knives to throat3。 FORCED PROXIMITY。 （Literally they are chained together。 Can’t get more forced then that。）4。 Fake dating/no strings attached。5。 love or duty to family？？ 6。 BETRAYAL。7。 I-am-meant-to- kill-you-but-your-hotWas this book perfect？ No。 It took a while to get into， but it is FAST PACED。Word cannot describe my love for this book。read it or I’ll come for you。 。。。more
Josephine Swanson
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 i’m finally done with this horrible book。 it gets one star for the first and last 100 pages but the 300 in between was pure garbage。 the only parts that were decent were the semi-good writing and action scenes。 other than that， i couldn’t stand most of the characters and struggles to make it through each chapter。 i’ve literally seen kiddie pools with more depth than these characters and the plot of dora the explorer was more intricate。 when i started this book i was so excited because i expected i’m finally done with this horrible book。 it gets one star for the first and last 100 pages but the 300 in between was pure garbage。 the only parts that were decent were the semi-good writing and action scenes。 other than that， i couldn’t stand most of the characters and struggles to make it through each chapter。 i’ve literally seen kiddie pools with more depth than these characters and the plot of dora the explorer was more intricate。 when i started this book i was so excited because i expected tension and slow burn enemies to lovers。 instead， two people who were fighting each other end up kissing 50 pages later。 also i don’t know how we’re supposed to just move on from jade helping the bad guys？ like even if he got the guy who took kazi’s mom， that doesn’t take away from him aiding these horrible men。 it’s also very possible that i am confused about the plot because i think i skimmed every page。 i’ve never craved the ending of a book more than this one。 the ending kind of makes me want to read the sequel though。 we shall see if i can suffer through another one of these。 。。。more
FirstEditionMarissa
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AmazIng。 I think this just etched its way into my top 3 favorite books。 Ugh。 It’s 1:23am when I’m writing this。 I’ll come back in the morning， I need to soak this story in for a while 😍😭
OliviaReadsStuff
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This plot was juicier than the mystery fluid leaked by cold KFC。The writing was *questionable* for me for like。。。。 actually on second thought the entire book。 But the characters and story were finger-lickin' good enough to more than compensate for the passive voice shortcoming。 The names were dumb and aesthetic simultaneously。 This plot was juicier than the mystery fluid leaked by cold KFC。The writing was *questionable* for me for like。。。。 actually on second thought the entire book。 But the characters and story were finger-lickin' good enough to more than compensate for the passive voice shortcoming。 The names were dumb and aesthetic simultaneously。 。。。more
Hadley
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Alright y’all， I really did not like this book。 I don’t think it’s bad enough for 1 star but maybe like a 1。75。 I literally just finished the Remnant Chronicles and immediately read this without even knowing it take place in the same universe。 I just saw it getting a lot of hype on book tok and people calling it enemies to lovers。 I love enemies to lovers， it’s my fave trope。 But maybe I should be more specific… I like SLOW BURN enemies to lovers。 This book is not slow burn at all。 It is in fact Alright y’all， I really did not like this book。 I don’t think it’s bad enough for 1 star but maybe like a 1。75。 I literally just finished the Remnant Chronicles and immediately read this without even knowing it take place in the same universe。 I just saw it getting a lot of hype on book tok and people calling it enemies to lovers。 I love enemies to lovers， it’s my fave trope。 But maybe I should be more specific… I like SLOW BURN enemies to lovers。 This book is not slow burn at all。 It is in fact insta love， which is made very clear when Jase makes his huge declaration of love to Kazi stating that he loved her from the moment he first laid eyes on her or whatever。 Ew。 I literally despise insta-love。 While that trope is not a reason to dislike a book， it’s definitely a downside for me。 Fortunately， a lot of insta love books make up for it by a good plot。 Like the Legends series。 Unfortunately， I thought the plot of this book did NOT fall into that category。 It’s literally SO BORING and SO。 DAMN。 LONG。 And for what？？？ Like literally why。 This book is mostly filler。 I was zoning out so much。 I do not get the hype。 AND I REALLY LIKE THIS WORLD。 While the Remnant Chronicles was also a lot of filler， they were pretty standard sized books and the characters were a lot more freaking interesting。 This book is literally just two bland people telling each other riddles and getting in quarrels and then making out and then walking around。 Like I literally even forgot why Kazi and her friends even went to Jases land （I can’t even remember the name）。 Until they would be like， oh yea guys， we gotta find “the general”。 And it’s SO STUPID！ Like why？？ Give me something bro！ I do not think I will be reading the second one， like I really don’t even want to because the ending of this book is so fcking bleh。 Like I literally don’t care if ur mom is alive or not Kazi， I’m sorry。 Because she probably is， and I can guess that by her even thinking it。 Maybe I should take a break from YA fantasy because I cannot remember the last REALLY GOOD YA fantasy book I read。 Idk， maybe this is a hot take on this book because I really haven’t seen any bad reviews for this one。 Maybe I’m just not in the mood。 And maybe I will read the second one because I already checked it out of the library。 I just hope it’s not a slog like this one。 Thank u for listening to my almost unintelligible rant。 。。。more
Nevaeh Jones
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the chemistry is everything！！ I can not get over our mc， she is a badass and I will always stan her。 The world building is well written， and the action， political aspects， and plot blend together well。
Sam K
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Oh， I really loved this。 I enjoyed most of the characters。 I loved Jase and Kazi's relationship。 I also really liked Kazi's relationships with the other female characters in the story。 Oh， I really loved this。 I enjoyed most of the characters。 I loved Jase and Kazi's relationship。 I also really liked Kazi's relationships with the other female characters in the story。 。。。more
nina
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dnf @ 17%
Mareta
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heterophobia is real and im the ambassador of it
Katelyn
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If your seeing this and thinking of reading the book… just read it; it’s so worth it。
Margarida
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3。5 stars
Clair
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absolute dog shit
Julie Ottosen
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3，5。 Det er en enemies to lovers， men de er slet ikke enemies længe nok。Og så bliver jeg træt， når alle problemer kunnes løses hvis bare folk SNAKKEDE sammen。 Kommunikation， prøv det！！！
kenji's gf （real）
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kazi， pls ditch jase and marry me instead
Madi
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The ending was a bit too convenient but I still loved it otherwise
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