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It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise

By: Rob J. Hayes
Narrated by: Schatzie Schaefers
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Set in a new world of corruption, deceit and thievery; mixing magical fantasy and alchemy punk with a healthy smattering of airshippery. It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise follows Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier, a couple of charlatans at the top of their game.

After completing the biggest heist of their career, Jacques and Isabel are ready to retire, until the king's shadow councilor freezes their assets and forces them to work for him. Jacques and Isabel find themselves thrust into the social elite, playing the parts of Baron and Baroness Bonvillain, as they attempt to uncover a plot that threatens the entire kingdom.

©2014 Rob J. Hayes (P)2016 Rob J. Hayes
Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Steampunk
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Entertaining, but weaker compared to others

I've gone through three of the author's audiobooks in the last month and finally got around to this one which has been sitting around for too long. Compared to newer works, this one is readable, but the weakest.

I was looking forward to it as I'm a fan of Riyira, Gentleman Bastards and the later Mistborn novels. While it was an interesting story, with a couple of entertaining miscreants, the caper didn't quite do it for me.

I found the first third hard going, namely down to the narration. If the intention was to do a seriously overblown pair of characters, it worked - but my ears suffered for a while and Isabel was a tad weak. There is a very decent amount of worldbuilding thrown in for the duration of the book and the airships and alchemy worked very well. So much so, I'd have like the airship part to have had more airtime, prior to the conclusion and the clever (nasty) twist. Isabel seemed stronger at the end and her character was the better for it.

I'd probably prefer this in print to audio and would give the book 3.5 *'s. I heartily recommend City of Kings and Never Die as they are stonking audiobooks.

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