{"id":39328,"date":"2024-03-16T21:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T01:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39328"},"modified":"2024-03-16T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T01:13:32","slug":"review-of-return-of-the-thief-by-megan-whalen-turner-read-by-steve-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39328","title":{"rendered":"Review of Return of the Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner, read by Steve West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/return_of_the_thief_audio_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/return_of_the_thief_audio_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/return_of_the_thief_audio_large.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/return_of_the_thief_audio_large-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><em>Return of the Thief<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Megan Whalen Turner<br \/>\nread by Steve West<\/p>\n<p>Blackstone Audio, 2020.  11 hours, 22 minutes.<br \/>\nReview written April 19, 2021, from a library eaudiobook<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>I once heard Megan Whalen Turner say that she feels she has failed if people only read her books once.  It is now true that I have not read any of her books only once.  The plotting is so intricate, reading them again gives you new appreciation of things you missed the first time.  And listening to Steve West read is always a treat.  His voice is wonderful to listen to, and when he\u2019s reading my favorite book from 2020, all the more so.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning books in the Queen\u2019s Thief series have stunning reversals at the end.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/return_of_the_thief.html\">This last book<\/a> is more a series of clever, small twists.  This is the culmination of the series, so I won\u2019t give away what happens except to say that the Medes finally invade, and the three kingdoms of the peninsula must work together to stop them, which is a challenge in itself.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing better than reading this book is listening to Steve West read it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1982609672\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner read by Steve West Blackstone Audio, 2020. 11 hours, 22 minutes. Review written April 19, 2021, from a library eaudiobook Starred Review I once heard Megan Whalen Turner say that she feels she has failed if people only read her books once. It is now true that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,9,31,42,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audiobooks","category-fantasy","category-stand-outs","category-starred-review","category-teen-fiction-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39328"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43462,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328\/revisions\/43462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}