Cloak Games: Thief Trap

5 stars - English Ebook - YA fantasy with Shadow hunters !!!🦋🦋🦋The High Queen took over earth by letting the president and congres men and women comit suïcide. ***I don’t know how old I was. Five years old, proberbly. We had to watch the video where they commited suïcide. **** **** Oh, God I kissed a shadow hunter! If I died in the next few minutes, They could inscribe “Nadia Moran, Idiot” on my tombstone. *** *** They looked vaguely man-Shaped, tall and thin an skeleting. Ropy muscles moved

This is a seemingly straight-forward Urban Fantasy story, but with some depth in both the characters and the world-building that makes it stand out. Nadia isn't a thief by choice, but she is highly motivated to be very good at her job. I liked her and enjoyed her story and I generally find hostage situations grating (which is what this amounts to).From there, the story is a good one with a very fast pace and great build-up. I love how much of a heist story this is, even though she's working solo

3.75Well this was a pretty fun KU find!I was in the mood to read about something with Elves, and while they are present (they are kind of more the conquering overlords in this book) we did get some interesting magic and creatures.So background--For some time the Elves have ruled Earth with an iron fist. After crossing the shadowlands they replaced the ruling class, taught humans some magic, and conscripted them into their army to fight against their enemies. (Well the men at least) The women and