“Do you feel free? Or do you feel, perhaps, like you have stolen yourself?”

If there is anyone who is good at being a thief, Sancia Grado is the best and her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But, what she doesn’t know is that she has been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The houses who control this magic have already used to transform Tevanne into a remorseless, capitalist machine but if they could unlock the artifacts secrets they will be able to rewrite the world for their aims.

This is such a fucking fantastic series, I am totally obsessed with it and I’m currently working on the third book right now. They’re so well written and the world-building is just incredible, I feel like I’m actually there and that’s always one way to get to invest in the story. If it doesn’t have good world-building then I’ll mostly like DNF it unless the characters are really well done. The first book had me hooked from the get go and I do love how Barrett made this universe so real as the people who want the artifact only want it so they can have more power and control of millions of people and that is very relevant in today’s world. It just felt so real and I loved all of the characters especially Sancia, she’s so fiery, brave, compassionate, and willing to take on the task so matter how dangerous and deadly it is. I will have a review of the second book out soon so be on the lookout!