Kadomi reviewed The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
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3 stars
3 to 3.5 stars for me.
The Palace Job was light popcorn reading, always teasing me on the edge with a hint of more depth, more character and world-building that would have elevated this story for me. But without this depth, The Palace Job is only an entertaining heist story.
The story begins with Loch and Kail escaping a notorious prison. Loch used to be a noble and scout in the Republic Army, but was betrayed by her commander at the time, who then proceeded to kill her family in a grab for power. He is now the most powerful man in the Republic, the Archvoyant in the floating city of Heaven's Spire.
After escaping prison, Loch forms a team to infiltrate Heaven's Spire and steal an elven tome from the Archvoyant. The team is diverse and includes a unicorn, a death priestess with a talking hammer, a nerdy tinkerer …
3 to 3.5 stars for me.
The Palace Job was light popcorn reading, always teasing me on the edge with a hint of more depth, more character and world-building that would have elevated this story for me. But without this depth, The Palace Job is only an entertaining heist story.
The story begins with Loch and Kail escaping a notorious prison. Loch used to be a noble and scout in the Republic Army, but was betrayed by her commander at the time, who then proceeded to kill her family in a grab for power. He is now the most powerful man in the Republic, the Archvoyant in the floating city of Heaven's Spire.
After escaping prison, Loch forms a team to infiltrate Heaven's Spire and steal an elven tome from the Archvoyant. The team is diverse and includes a unicorn, a death priestess with a talking hammer, a nerdy tinkerer etc. There's a light bit of romance, and twists and turns as the heist moves along. There's never a lull, always something going on, right until the epilogue.
The crew is pleasantly diverse, but I honestly still found it a bit tough to truly care for the characters because I like them with more depth, as mentioned above. It is my hope we'll get more of that in the following books, but who knows?
I've seen it compared to The Lies of Locke Lamora, and for me, it doesn't come anywhere near the quality of that book.