I think Thief’s Covenant does exactly what it needs to do. I think I have a bit of nostalgia for it and this won’t necessarily hold up for adult readers reading this for the first time but this is a great YA series for those who like Mistborn and like thieving and fantasy gods. The dialogue is great and it is nice and fast paced. I think the worldbuilding and characters lack a little bit in this and I did not love the flashbacks, but these things improve over the next books. There’s kinda a lot going on and Marmell manages to get you acquainted and set up for the next books in under 300 pages. I’ll also add a note that I hated the Graphic Audio recording. I think GA is not for me so your mileage may vary, but I found it challenging to keep up and separate out voices and thoughts so I do not recommend the audio unfortunately. I tried to disregard that in this review but it may have still affected it.