Scarlet & The Thief

I've read a couple of books that I've really enjoyed recently.  First up, my favorite of the two, Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen.  This is the first in a series that follows "Will" Scarlet, one of Robin Hood's band of merry men.  Scarlet is an expert thief and has superior knife skills, which comes in very handy with defending the poor from the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and robbing those who are rich to give to the poor.  What most people don't know is that Scarlet is actually a girl.  She's been on the run for the last several years, but now her past has come back to haunt her and she has to figure out how to help Robin and keep herself safe.  The question is, can she do both?



In The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner is the story of Gen, who is the self-proclaimed best thief in the kingdom.  What's not so good - bragging on yourself, which causes you to get caught & thrown into the king's prison.  The king's magus (scholar) comes to Gen with a deal - if Gen will help the magus steal an ancient treasure for the king, then he'll be released from prison early.  Gen decides to take the deal, but encounters a lot of obstacles along the way, including the magus' hidden agenda.  But...Gen just might have a hidden agenda of his own.