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Reviewed by Kayti Nika Raet for Readers' Favorite
In the Thief of Hope by Cindy Young-Turner, after a race of fairies called the Tuatha seal the veil between their world and the mortal one they quickly fade into myth and legend as the mortal realm suffers under the rule of tyrant kings and wicked wizards.
After the latest in a long line of kings dies leaving no heir, there's a bloody scrabble for the throne between the nobles and the Guild with the common people of Last Hope trapped in the middle. One such commoner is Sydney, thief, pickpocket and adopted daughter of Edgar, whose defiance of the Guild ended under the hand of its chief tyrant Schrammig.
After spending several years in hiding and struggling to survive, she encounters some of Edgar's old revolutionary friends and some new ones, namely Willem, bastard son of the former monarch. They are certain the way to victory lies in finding the mysterious Tuatha. Banding together, they attempt to overthrow the corrupt Guild, restore peace, and Willem's rightful place of the throne.
While The Thief of Hope was by no means a boring read, at times the characters and setting did feel a bit generic especially in comparison to other fantasy authors like N. K. Jemisin, Alaya Dawn Johnson, or Brandon Sanderson. There was the Thief, The Beautiful Noblewoman, The Wise Ancient Wizard, and The Displaced Blond King, characters very common in fantasy but Cindy Young-Turner's in-depth and sometimes surprising back stories kept the characters from being too stock.
