#the king of attolia

[svetlacreates]

And Costis heard, as clearly as he'd heard the king speaking, another voice. It said, "Go to bed." Eugenides the man and Eugenides the God, an illustration of one of my favourite scenes from The King of Attolia! This was my gift for @etoilegarden for the @hamiathesgiftexchange!

#queen's thief #the queen's thief #the king of attolia #Eugenides #and Godgenides as a wonderful commenter said #my art #fanart #I had so much fun working on this one

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Since I can’t help myself-

The Queens Thief books as John Mulaney quotes:

The thief

The Queen of Attolia

The King of Attolia

A Conspiracy of Kings

Thick as Thieves

Return of the Thief

#tqt #qt books #the queens thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia #the thief #mwt #megan whalen turner #a conspiracy of kings #thick as thieves #return of the thief #attolis eugenides #gen #attolia irene #costis ormentiedes #sophos #sounis #Eddis

[grandtyphoonpoetry]

He's a thief. He's a prince. He speaks to the Gods. He's barely more than a child. He's killed a man. He misses his cousin. He's a manipulator. He stole a stone of immortality from the people who were trying to steal it. He didn't die all the way. He never wanted to fight. He just wants to lay in his library and read. He had his hand cut off. He's a politician. He's a drunk. He's never more trouble than he is worth. He loves her and he's telling the truth. He's a menace. He's a king. He can steal anything. He's a liar. He's conquered two countries. He's terrifying. He's shorter than all his friends. He's a father. He's always underestimated.

#i didn't say his name but he popped into your head didn't he #eugenides #legend #the queens thief #the thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia #a conspiracy of kings #thick as thieves #return of the thief

[yutaan]

“Then come out," said the king, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.”

A papercraft of Eugenides, from the amazingly wonderful Queen’s Thief series! The Thief has been one of my favorite books since it first blew my mind in elementary school, and it’s been such a joy following the subsequent books all through teenagerhood and into adulthood. The author Megan Whalen Turner was at a nearby YA book festival yesterday, and I made this artwork to give to her as a thank-you for the years of incredible stories!

#the queen's thief #eugenides #the king of attolia #papercraft #papercutting #paper art #my art #a series chock-full of the most incredible and most unreliable of narrators #I love them #I love them!!!!!!!!

[iosagol]

Got Return of the Thief for Christmas, immediately cracked it open to that lovely blank page between the intro and the first book of Pheris and did this on that page

#return of the thief #the king of attolia #the queen's thief #queen's thief #meghan whalen turner #eugenides #irene #sophos #Helen #Costis #Kamet #watercolor #DONT offend the gods Aight #my art <3

[emilybeemartin]

I'm re-uploading this as its own post, since tumblr cuts off threads now. A brooding Eugenides as inspired and referenced from this post of Belgian-Egyptian artist Tamino by user @taminoamirfouad

[Costis] stepped toward the doorway. The king sat with his feet on the chair and his knees drawn up to his chest, looking over them and out the window. So motionless was he, and so silent the progress of his tears, that it was the space of a breath before Costis realized the king was crying.

-The King of Attolia

#queens thief #the king of attolia #megan whalen turner #eugenides #costis #tamino

[the-forest-library]

Well, I was going to wait to buy the beautiful British versions of these books, but they all aren’t going to be out until late 2024, and Book Outlet had five of them for $4 or less so here we are

#the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #the thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia #a conspiracy of kings #thick as thieves #return of the thief #book covers #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #eugenides #irene attolia #book haul

[shrimpchipsss]

eugenides | the fool

#tarot #the fool #eugenides #the queen's thief #the king of attolia #redrawing art from last year

[terapsina]

#2 for the book worm ask game!

(ask game)

2. Favorite fantasy book(s).

(Eeeeexcellent, I do love fantasy books. Though how I'm gonna narrow it to only a few I've got no idea. Okay. I'm going to remove the very obvious choices like Lord of the Rings (though it is one of my faves)).

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Monstrous Regiment. I love the entire Discworld series (especially The Witches) but I've also got a huge soft spot in my heart for Terry Pratchett's take on 'a girl dresses like a boy to go to war' (and thinks of everything except some spare socks in- erm... the right place). Along with Polly, the squad consists of a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic and two very, very close "friends" (and yes, the official summary put the friends in quotes too). And everyone has their own secret.

I love basically everything about this book and I can't tell you guys any of it because it would spoil all the fun.

The Goblin Emperor. This one's a story filled with light. Maia the half goblin son of the elven Emperor was never supposed to take the throne (or to ever even be at court. because racism). And then everyone ahead of him dies in a single "accident" and suddenly he's the new Emperor. Maia is a good person, and a kind one, and despite everything that gets thrown at him he keeps hold of that understanding of right and wrong and refuses to bend.

(I have to mention that the language of the writing is kinda hard to get into in the beginning, and the characters's have very complicated and long names, but once you get into it it really did enhance the story for me).

Good Omens. An Angel and a Demon try to stop the apocalypse and instead lose the Antichrist. I've loved that book for like a decade now and if I don't put it on a list of my faves that list would be a lie.

The King of Attolia. Third in The Queen's Thief series and my favorite one out of all of them. I've always enjoyed Outsider POV in fics. And here is a book that just... proves why. We've got Eugenides and Irene, the Thief and the Queen, and we know them from the two previous books. And adore them. But the story isn't from their POV, it's from the POV of Costis, a Queen's guard who's suddenly gotten assigned to the King. The useless, weak, undeserving king that as far as Costis is concerned doesn't deserve to even kiss the Queen's boots. And it's hilarious to read the story from the eyes of someone who knows so much less than us. And so satisfying, as he begins to understand.

(I recommend the whole series and am personally glad to have read them in the published order but Megan Whalen Turner has stated that she wrote them in a way that allows you to jump in at any point you want).

The Raven Tower. The story is from the viewpoint of a sentient, omniscient rock whose name is Strength and Patience of the Hill and it is the GREATEST THING EVER. The gods are real and must be very careful with their words, because if they speak a lie the reality will alter to make that lie the truth but if the lie is bigger than the power of the god... well. Inspired by Hamlet.

(the book also has a trans man as the main character; the other main character? The sentient rock is the narrator but the largest part of the story focuses on Eolo).

A Natural History of Dragons. The first book from The Memoirs of Lady Trent (and honestly it would probably be more honest to say that every single book from this series fits the category of fave but I'm putting up the first here because this isn't a series where you should skip ahead). The book focuses on the life of Isabella as narrated by her older self. This is the story how a Scirland lady bucked all tradition and became a world renowned expert on the Natural History of Dragons.

(this series has a piece of my heart and always will).

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(and finally, here's some more of my favorite fantasy books that I also adore and would totally ramble about but I got tired of typing).

#monstrous regiment #the goblin emperor #good omens #the king of attolia #the raven tower #a natural history of dragons #discworld #terry pratchett #katherine addison #neil gaiman #the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #ann leckie #the memoirs of lady trent #marie brennan #fantasy books #book rec #book recs #book asks #ask game #ask meme #answers #tinynavajo #terapsina rambles #terapsina's book rambles

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Eadaz uq Nara- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Georgia Warr- Loveless by Alice Oseman

Relius- The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Raff Barden- One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

#Eadaz uq Nara #The Priory of the Orange Tree #tpotot #Samantha Shannon #Georgia Warr #Loveless #Alice Oseman #Relius #The King of Attolia #The Queen's Thief #Megan Whalen Turner #Raff Barden #Hartswood #One Night in Hartswood #Emma Denny #polls #lgbt books #queer book character tournament 2

[rise-to-it]

the post about how we can’t explain WHY Eugenides is the perfect unreliable narrator without spoiling the books did just remind me that I once convinced my friend to read the books and then she wanted multiple of them at once to read on a trip, so I created a carefully secured paper book cover to hide the title of the third book from her

#also the sheer number of people I have tried to pitch on these books. it is a hard one to pitch without spoiling lmao #like I simply can’t tell them anything about the second or third books which are my favorites without spoiling the first which is fantastic #I personally did not experience the plot twist in full bc I read them out of order bc I was 12 and got them in a random summer reading set #but I want everyone else to experience it !!!!!! it kicks ass !!!!!!!!!! #truly I need to put in writing somewhere that were I ever to get amnesia I want someone to give me these books one at a time #the queens thief #TQT #the queen's thief #the thief #eugenides #the king of Attolia

[meganwhalenturner]

Fairy Loot

Going fast, @shaelit tells me.

#megan whalen turner #tqt #the queen's thief #hodderscape #fairyloot #the thief #the queen of Attolia #the king of Attolia

[ardenetoile]

A silly king of Attolia/the emperors new groove comic

#my art #illustration #queen's thief #megan whalen turner #eugenides #qt #the king of Attolia #the emperors new groove #costis #comic #art

[ancientannoyance]

"Are you insane?" "No more than usual, I think." "Insane to think of loving me," said Attolia, and the emotions that colored her usually emotionless voice were bitterness and self-mockery.

breezed through the first three books in the queen's thief series last week and i'm losing my entire mind over these two

#they're both so tortuous dfgfd i'm obsessed w them #attolia irene #eugenides #attolis eugenides #the queen's thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia

[love-an-ood]

"Faster and faster they moved, never faltering, until the music shrilled at an impossible tempo and the pattern gave way to a long spin, each dancer reaching in with one hand and out with the other, holding tight lest they fall away from each other, until the music stopped abruptly and the dance ended." -The King of Attolia

"flutes" by musescore, arrangement and bodhrán by me :) these are two tunes called Tuttle's and Ragged Hank of Yarn.

the rest of my queen's thief music is here

#queen's thief #queens thief #qt music #the king of attolia #megan whalen turner

[the-forest-library]

Does every book in this series have internal (and yes, external) screaming portions??? I’m not sure how I will survive this

#mind you this is just after gen threw up 😂 #and poor costis is standing there once again too close for comfort 👀 #read these books folks #the king of attolia #the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #the king of attolia spoilers