#little thieves
I posted this to Insta Yesterday and then remembered I had a tumbler and I dhould probly use it lol
Anyway enjoy Mischife Queen Vanja ❤
GREMLIN QUEEN!!!!!!
I’m afraid I will be one more person who fails you
I knowI think you’re afraid of that too.Please don’t runI can’t ask you to choosemethisusto stay, but I want to be with you more than I fear losing you. If you want me to chase you, I will chase you. If you want me to find you, I will find you. If you’ll have me, I’ll choose you every time.-Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Everything you need to know about this particular ship is summed up in “I know I think” <3
Periodically I see folks wish there was a map in Little Thieves, and while I sadly don’t have control over that, what I can do is make one for you! This was supposed to be a fairly quick exercise…. and then I found these fantasy map brushes and immediately lost control of my life.
did someone ask for little thieves valentines because: i got ‘em
no one asked for these
Hey folks! It’s been really fun seeing these character intros from Little Thieves circulate, and I thought I’d put them all in one handy post for you! For folks who’ve read the book already, I’ve added Adalbrecht and Irmgard at the end there, since I did some quick-n-dirty renderings of them for a character alignment quiz. At some point I’d like to add Death and Fortune, but here’s the main cast for now!
queen of roses / knight of shields
i loved little thieves so much that i was compelled to actually make fanart again? it was an absolutely fabulous book in both its own right and as a retelling, and it had so many of my most wanted elements in fiction. definitely give it a read, but mind the content warnings.
listen. this is PERFECTION!!!!
queen of roses / knight of shields
i loved little thieves so much that i was compelled to actually make fanart again? it was an absolutely fabulous book in both its own right and as a retelling, and it had so many of my most wanted elements in fiction. definitely give it a read, but mind the content warnings.
listen. this is PERFECTION!!!!
get in, losers, we’re making one of my favorite books of 2021 go viral.
LITTLE THIEVES by Margaret Owen is a retelling of the Grimm fairy tale of The Goose Girl, in which an innocent princess is forced to swap identities with her evil maid. LITTLE THIEVES looks at this premise and says “hmm, needs more guillotines.”
What is this book? A magical heist novel? A takedown of the entire concept of princesses in fantasy novels? A (demi)romantic comedy between a notorious jewel thief and a “collection of billiard cues that unionized to solve crimes”? YES, dear readers, it is all of that and more!
When Vanja went on the run from her godmothers, Death and Fortune, and stole her BFF’s identity, she didn’t stop there. She’s been robbing the undeserving rich right under their noses in the guise of the beautiful and equally-underservingly-rich Princess Giselle. When she swipes the wrong bauble and crosses a vengeful forest god, she is cursed for her greed by slowly turning into rubies, and if she does not amend her ways —
— hang on, sorry, Vanja is trying to pry off some of the rubies to sell —
— if she does not amend her ways, the curse is a death sentence (a very, very valuable death sentence). Vanja has only a month to “return what she has stolen” before she becomes a living rock. Worse, anirritatingly competent detective is on her case, and he might be the only one who has come close to catching her…which Vanja might be kind of into?
Joined by a sapphic shapeshifter and a cast of the characters she’s wronged (and some she needs to wrong some more), Vanja seeks to save herself in more ways than one, hassled at every turn by her frustratingly clever detective/rival and — more ominously — a dark figure from her past who threatens not only her life, but the entire empire.
LITTLE THIEVES has top-shelf fantasy world-building without asking you to keep notes. It is inspired by the Germany the Grimm brothers would have known, rooted in a city where pawnbrokers and hedge witches rub elbows with the gods. If you loved SIX OF CROWS/Shadow and Bone and want something with even more depth, this is the one.
Buy links and more info can all be found on this post on the authors Tumblr (@terriblenerd). Treat yourself!!
EDIT: HOW DID I FORGET TO MENTION THAT THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATED A FULL SET OF WOODBLOCK-STYLE PRINTS THAT DIVIDE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BOOK??? The ones in the print book are in black and white BUT JUST LOOK AT THESE!!!