Why on earth, after Bad Guy (still could not tell what was his name) tried to just out right murder half of them, they would still go back to the castle, like nothing happened? He ordered her to drink poison! His soldiers were blocking their way out of burning building! On a busy street! (Or maybe that's not what happened? Some of those descriptions were very confusing.) And they were having slumber parties, venturing around. Regarding how it all played out, it was just disappointing and unbelievable. But later on, milion other plot lines came along, plus this very complicated intrigue, which I understood maybe half of.

God mothers and the whole red and white penny, great stuff. * SPOILERS A HEAD * To go a little bit further into details, back stories, and the whole setup were great.

Later, there were entertaining moments, but mostly, I just wanted to finish it and be done. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele's sinister fiancé and an overeager junior detective on Vanja's tail, she'll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life. Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care and Vanja decided to steal her future stealing Gisele's life for herself. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love. Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl. A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.

Little thieves margaret owen