The Republic of Thieves

Characters are meh. Locke is reduced to a loverboy and is not nearly as smart as he should be. Sabetha is a bitch and I couldn't come to like her. Jean is as ever the too-perfect support bro.

Schemes are close to nonexistent and get done without difficulty. Nobody ever suspects they're being lied to. This makes everything too easy for our con artists and I got quite bored.

The whole bondsmagi thing feels out of place since book 1.