Hi!
Hey fellow Sounisians :D
I'm a long-time lurker, rare poster and I felt inspired to share my first encounter with the Queen's Thief series.
Audiobooks are one of my absolutely favourite things. I found King of Attolia on audio at the library and started listening to it that night. Jeff Woodman is such a fabulous narrator. I didn't realize that I had picked up the 3rd book in a series until I was halfway through and I was enjoying KoA too much to stop. I found Queen of Attolia on audio as well and listened to that next. Then I read The Thief and waited for Conspiracy of Kings to come out. I've reread and relistened to the whole series many times since then (in the traditional order!).
Costis and I were on the same page from the first, since we both had no idea what Gen was capable of. Hilariously, I didn't make the connection between 'Gen the thief in prison' and 'Eugenides king of Attolia' when I read The Thief the first time so I was surprised and delighted at the reveal of the Thief of Eddis (and then I felt silly).
When I recommend the series to people, I sometimes wonder if I should recommend that they read it the way I did. Gen's conversion to left-handedness was much less traumatic for me than it seemed to be for traditional readers because Costis presents it as a fact in the first chapter of KoA (though I puzzled all through QoA about how on earth Irene and Gen would end up happily married). What do you think? I do respect original order but I feel kind of like this is a special case. Did Costis seem completely clueless to you when you read KoA (if you read the books in publishing order)?
Anyway, thanks for reading my rambly musings!
I'm a long-time lurker, rare poster and I felt inspired to share my first encounter with the Queen's Thief series.
Audiobooks are one of my absolutely favourite things. I found King of Attolia on audio at the library and started listening to it that night. Jeff Woodman is such a fabulous narrator. I didn't realize that I had picked up the 3rd book in a series until I was halfway through and I was enjoying KoA too much to stop. I found Queen of Attolia on audio as well and listened to that next. Then I read The Thief and waited for Conspiracy of Kings to come out. I've reread and relistened to the whole series many times since then (in the traditional order!).
Costis and I were on the same page from the first, since we both had no idea what Gen was capable of. Hilariously, I didn't make the connection between 'Gen the thief in prison' and 'Eugenides king of Attolia' when I read The Thief the first time so I was surprised and delighted at the reveal of the Thief of Eddis (and then I felt silly).
When I recommend the series to people, I sometimes wonder if I should recommend that they read it the way I did. Gen's conversion to left-handedness was much less traumatic for me than it seemed to be for traditional readers because Costis presents it as a fact in the first chapter of KoA (though I puzzled all through QoA about how on earth Irene and Gen would end up happily married). What do you think? I do respect original order but I feel kind of like this is a special case. Did Costis seem completely clueless to you when you read KoA (if you read the books in publishing order)?
Anyway, thanks for reading my rambly musings!