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Stealing Thunder
Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
7 posts | 1 read | 12 to read
Protecting her identity means life or death in this immersive epic fantasy inspired by the Mughal Empire. In a different life, under a different name, Razia Khan was raised to be the Crown Prince of Nizam, the most powerful kingdom in Daryastan. Born with the soul of a woman, she ran away at a young age to escape her fathers hatred and live life true to herself. Amongst the hijras of Bikampur, Razia finds sisterhood and discovers a new purpose in life. By day shes one of her deras finest dancers, and by night its most profitable thief. But when her latest target leads her to cross paths with Arjun Agnivansha, Prince of Bikampur, it is she who has something stolen. An immediate connection with the prince changes Razias life forever, and she finds herself embroiled in a dangerous political war. The stakes are greater than any heist shes ever performed. When the battle brings her face to face with her father, Razia has the chance to reclaim everything she lostand save her prince.
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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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Mehso-so

I am of two minds with this book.
The good : the world building is really interesting. The action is well done. The descriptions are vivid. The characters have some depths.
#netgalley #arc

writerlibrarian The bad : the characters are almost not real. They are either too good or too evil. Yes, the author gives us trans characters that you care about, a love story, vilains and an amazing world they live in but... I felt all through reading it that I was given a picture perfect story that has nothing to do with the culture that inspired it even though the world we are given is fantasy. 6y
writerlibrarian There were also choices that made me go, nope. The character of Kasim is a big no no for me. His somewhat "redemption" for lack of a better word at the end of the story made me want to scream. Some characters are really young and are put in very adult situations without much preparation I would say. 6y
writerlibrarian Razia is the all and be all character. It's okay she's the lead character but it felt a bit much : perfect thief, perfect courtisan, really good dancer, amazing war strategist, etc. Same for Arjun and Razia's dera sisters. 6y
writerlibrarian I am not sorry I read it but for me the sexual violence, psychological violence and underage exploitation are disturbing to me.

I received a Netgalley copy in exchange for an honest review. 6y
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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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🐧🏒 in Florida battling the ⚡️.
The goal is to get to 75%.
#readingandwatchinghockey

writerlibrarian ⚡️ ahead by 2 ⚡️ win 4 -2 (edited) 6y
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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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Tonight goal is to get to 50% while listening to Black Hawks hockey.
#readingandlisreningtohockey

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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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The goal is getting to 40 % tonight while watching Leaf's hockey
#readingandwatchinghockey

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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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🐧 in Washington. Geno is still 🔥. Sid, Geno, Alexander the Great 8.
Let's go 🐧.
#readingandwatchinghockey

writerlibrarian 2-1 🐧 Geno is 🔥. 🐧 add a 🚨 3-1. Turbo 🚨 but Caps strike back 4-3 2m to go. Huge 🐧 win 4 pts. (edited) 6y
j.rye Shave my face with a rusty razor! Let‘s go Pens!!!🐧🐧🐧 #yinzerforlife 6y
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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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Reading some of the current ARC. it's good so far. 🍁 and Senators and later Battle of Alberta.
#readingandwatchinghockey

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Stealing Thunder | Alina Boyden
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#weeklyforecast
Perfect time to read Catton's book because part one is titled 27 January 1866.
I also started the next ARC on my TRP. It's a bit controversial because the although the author is trans writing about a trans character the historical/fantasy setting is not her culture. So it's a mixed #ownvoice.
#weeklyforecast

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Cinfhen Are you using Luminaries as your #millennialAuthor ??? 6y
writerlibrarian @Cinfhen yes i am. It's kinda serendipity that the dates are in synch. It feels right somehow. 🙂 6y
Cinfhen I love when that happens 🥰 6y
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