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So I'm rereading the Queen's Thief series. All of The Thief are checked out so I started with Queen of Attolia.

I'm smitten with the beautiful craft Megan Whalen Turner writes with. All of the subtleties and misdirection and goings on between the lines. Makes it so enjoyable to read and reread. And then there is her hurmor and such complex and imperfect but lovable characters. I admire her alot and her books are definitely my favorite I think. I dislike this book when I first read it but that was nearly eight years ago. I think I missed the subtle undertext and was completely disillusioned that Gen would marry someone as cruel as Attolia and someone that had cut off his hand at that.

So scenes that I 'illustrated': (left to right top to bottom) These are all quotes for Megan Whalen Turner's book Queen of Attolia expect #1.

1. Gen escaping through the chimney vents.

2. "What remains of his life, he spends with me, do you understand, messenger?... I am in my own megaron and have an answer to the Thief's proposal. Do you know what my answer is?"
"Yes," the prisoner said.
"Yes," the queen repeated after him, enunciating the word clearly.

3. The magus sighed and stood up. He patted Eugenides once on the shoulder and left without seeing how the Thief's eyes narrowed, watching him go.

4. The magus turned to look for the Thief of Eddis and saw a shadow standing in a corner out of the moonlight.
"Eugenides," he said. He had recognized the voice.
"Yes."
"What have you done?"
"Not much yet," answered the Thief from the darkness.

5. ...Eugenides pushed the cloth away from the door and stepped into the tent... she could see the sword unsheathed in his left hand.
"What luck you have, he said, stepping toward her.

6. "I think," he said slowly. "I think I didn't think all this out."
"Marrying her, you mean?" Eddis sat down next to him, concerned.
"Nooo," he said, and he looked over at her. In his eyes Eddis saw a hint of something she couldn't remember having seen there before. Panic.
"I didn't think about being king,"
... "All those clothes," Eddis remarked thoughtfully.
... "People staring at me," Eugenides said, "all the time."

If you put 2 between 5 and 6 they would be chronological order.

Characters and Quotes (c) Megan Whalen Turner

Description
So I'm rereading the Queen's Thief series. All of The Thief are checked out so I started with Queen of Attolia.

I'm smitten with the beautiful craft Megan Whalen Turner writes with. All of the subtleties and misdirection and goings on between the lines. Makes it so enjoyable to read and reread. And then there is her hurmor and such complex and imperfect but lovable characters. I admire her alot and her books are definitely my favorite I think. I dislike this book when I first read it but that was nearly eight years ago. I think I missed the subtle undertext and was completely disillusioned that Gen would marry someone as cruel as Attolia and someone that had cut off his hand at that.

So scenes that I 'illustrated': (left to right top to bottom) These are all quotes for Megan Whalen Turner's book Queen of Attolia expect #1.

1. Gen escaping through the chimney vents.

2. "What remains of his life, he spends with me, do you understand, messenger?... I am in my own megaron and have an answer to the Thief's proposal. Do you know what my answer is?"
"Yes," the prisoner said.
"Yes," the queen repeated after him, enunciating the word clearly.

3. The magus sighed and stood up. He patted Eugenides once on the shoulder and left without seeing how the Thief's eyes narrowed, watching him go.

4. The magus turned to look for the Thief of Eddis and saw a shadow standing in a corner out of the moonlight.
"Eugenides," he said. He had recognized the voice.
"Yes."
"What have you done?"
"Not much yet," answered the Thief from the darkness.

5. ...Eugenides pushed the cloth away from the door and stepped into the tent... she could see the sword unsheathed in his left hand.
"What luck you have, he said, stepping toward her.

6. "I think," he said slowly. "I think I didn't think all this out."
"Marrying her, you mean?" Eddis sat down next to him, concerned.
"Nooo," he said, and he looked over at her. In his eyes Eddis saw a hint of something she couldn't remember having seen there before. Panic.
"I didn't think about being king,"
... "All those clothes," Eddis remarked thoughtfully.
... "People staring at me," Eugenides said, "all the time."

If you put 2 between 5 and 6 they would be chronological order.

Characters and Quotes (c) Megan Whalen Turner