The King of Attolia (The Queens
Thief, Book 3) by Megan Whalen
Turner
Delightful, Clever Series/Hero, Seen Here From A New Perspective
By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia.
Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped
in a web of his own making.
Then he drags a naive young guard into the center of the political
maelstrom. Poor Costis knows he is the victim of the kings caprice, but his
contempt for Eugenides slowly turns to grudging respect. Though
struggling against his fate, the newly crowned king is much more than he
appears. Soon the corrupt Attolian court will learn that its subtle and
dangerous intrigue is no match for Eugenides.

Personal Review: The King of Attolia (The Queens Thief, Book
3) by Megan Whalen Turner
This author was recommended to me, so I tried the first of this series -- I
DEVOURED it, and soon after, read it again to try to catch hints that I had
missed! I promptly went on to the sequel and this third entry, and found
them just as good. (One of the benefits of being belatedly introduced to a
series is that you don't have to wait!) All are wonderfully crafted, beautifully
written, ever-surprisingly SNEAKY books, with a unique protagonist who is
far from obvious or shallow, but totally human.
In _The King of Attolia_, we get to see Gen from the outside (not that
his previous first-person narratives were fully revealing!), from the
perspective of a young man who basically ISN'T subtle, and who only
gradually perceives how much more there is to his despised new king.
Younger readers interested in fantasy/historical adventure stories
shouldn't have much problem with MWT's vocabulary or grammar, but
they'll probably miss a lot that's there to be read "between the lines". Even
so, I doubt they'd find any of these books boring. I'd say reading them is
worth the challenge, but judge for yourself.
The author hasn't yet revealed (as far as I have found) whether she
plans 2 more, or only 1 more, "Thief" books: Eddis and Attolia are now at
peace, but there's still Sounis to unite with, and the Medes to defeat. So
now I do just have to wait, and hope that the gap[s] will be briefer than
between books 2 & 3 -- Excellent writing takes time, but excellent reading
goes all too fast!
For you to properly evaluate my rave, I should probably make it clear
that I'm a 30-something female, not a kid, who loves genre fiction (SF/F,
mystery, romantic suspense/paranormal, etc.) with satisfying plots and
sympathetic protagonists, as well as skilled use of language. So much
fantasy gets marketed/shelved as Young-adult (a.k.a. Juvenile), even
when adult readers can fully enjoy it, that I always keep my eye on that
section, too.
My all-time favorite author is Lois McMaster Bujold (pretty much anything
she writes, SF *OR* F), so when I call MWT a fine writer, I know whereof I
speak.
The varied range of other sci-fi & fantasy I enjoy includes:
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's LIADEN UNIVERSE,
... and many books by
Mercedes Lackey (VALDEMAR et al),
Julie Czerneda (esp. WEB-SHIFTERS),
Anne McCaffrey (esp. early PERN),
Patricia Briggs (for this readership, I'll highlight her RAVEN duology),
James White (SECTOR GENERAL),
Patricia Wrede (e.g. ENCHANTED FOREST, _The Raven Ring_),
Diana Wynne Jones (e.g. _Howl's Moving Castle_),
Elizabeth Kerner (THE TALE OF LANEN KAELAR),

Jim Butcher (DRESDEN FILES),
Robin McKinley (esp. _The Blue Sword_),
Tamora Pierce (esp. TORTALL's sub-series' THE IMMORTALS and
TRICKSTERS),
and Josepha Sherman (e.g. _The Shining Falcon_),
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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