In My Mailbox (2) - The Queen's Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner

In My Mailbox is a weekly book blog feature hosted by The Story Siren. This meme gives bloggers the opportunity to share what books they got in the mail. =) 

 This week I got... Books 1-3 of The Queen's Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner 

Book 1 - The Thief  
Book 2 -  The Queen of Attolia
Book 3 -  The King of Attolia

 The Thief introduces us to Eugenides or Gen who claims to be able to steal anything. His journey begins here and takes us through three more amazing periods of his life, all from varying perspectives.

Where The Thief is told from Gen's point of view, The Queen of Attolia places us on the shoulder of many characters and then in The King of Attolia we watch Gen struggle with himself as he accepts destiny mostly from the second hand perspective of a common soldier in the palace of Attolia. A Conspiracy of kings is both the continuation of Gen's journey and more particularly a chance for us to see his world through the tribulations and triumphs of a young friend, Sophos.

In the first four books Turner has tugged us by the hand and flown us over many parts of her world. She has pulled us deep into court intrigues and held us distant as we watched countries war. She has given us a romance that is both hard to understand and yet perfect for the man Gen grows up to be.

Turner gave us a series that is unexpected, heart rending and triumphant. This librarian for one can't wait for the fifth to come out. What more does Gen have up his sleeves?

But more importantly, what more do the Old Gods have planned for this favourite of the God of Thieves? (From Goodreads)

Bought these from Barnes&Nobles. So far there are 4 books (A Conspiracy of Kings, the 4th book) in this series, but there will be a 5th and 6th book coming out soon.