Trudi Canavan: Thief's Magic

Hi everyone

Thief's Magic is the first book in the latest series by Trudi Canavan; Millennium's Rule.
I got my copy from Bol.com.

"Forget what you know about the nature of magic.
In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces.
Elsewhere, in an land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer's daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it -- should she dare to risk the Angels' wrath.
But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands. . . and not even the people they trust."

It’s sad, but this book just didn’t work for me.

I really enjoyed Trudi Canavan’s Black Magician Trilogy and loved The Age of the Five trilogy (I actually want to reread those soon!). So, I was expecting to enjoy this series too. But Thief’s Magic was far from what I’d hoped.
I found it really boring, very slow, and just uninteresting. The characters were dull, naive, and simplistic, they lacked depth and felt one-dimensional. There were too many infodumps, which made the story feel clunky and hard to get through. The tone was very YA, and the romance felt too heavy-handed for my taste.

Because of this, I won’t be continuing the series. It’s a shame, because I love Canavan’s other works, but this one just didn’t grab me the way I’d hoped.

Have you read Thief’s Magic? Did you feel the same way, or did it work better for you? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Happy reading!
Helena