Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsDissapointing
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 9, 2020
Generally, I've really liked this series. I would give the first 2 books a 4.2 to 4.5. They were well written. This one left a lot to be desired. Basically, the MC spent the whole book being an idiot. He and his friends were attacked by his enemies multiple times. The MC, a trained assassin, also had multiple chances to rectify the situation by killing his enemies. Instead he spares them they then try to kill his friends again, he spares them. You get the point. How many times do people have to try to kill you and your loved ones before you realize they can't be bargained with? Then at the behest of his enemy who tried to kill him and his friends he takes on a ridiculous mission to break into the palace and steal the King's signet ring. Mind you, he could have much more easily killed his enemy and eliminated the problem all together. Basically, the whole premise of the book makes no sense. The whole thing rests on bad decision making followed by highly improbable situations followed by more bad decision making. Also they kept worrying about money when the MC could literally break into anyone's home and steal plenty of gold. Keep in mind the group's main source of revenue is stealing. At one point in the book, the group considers stealing food from another street gang. The MC refues to steal from other kids. Mind you the other group of kids had just kidnapped members of the MCs group with plans to torture and kill them. Meanwhile the MCs group is facing starvation. The logic in this book just doesn't add up.
