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The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers):
Loch is a escaped convict who is trying desperately to finish one last job. She picks up a very capable, but very motley crew.

Category:
YA fiction

Why I chose this book:
Recommended by Amazon

My personal opinion:
When I first started reading, I felt like I had accidentally picked up the third book in a series. The characters meshed like they knew each other, the populations (mythical and humanoid) had names that were gibberish, with no context or relation to reach other. And there were language fragments thrown around with essentially no translation. So I checked, to make SURE this was the first novel in the series. It was, so I kept reading, and was still lost. So I checked again! It's really, truly the beginning of the series, but it feels like we're missing a whole novel of back-story. It feels like the story started mid-stream, around a campfire, but the story is a familiar one, so the teller is skipping a ton of parts so she can get to the action. I still feel lost, and I'm 37% through the book. If that's a trigger for you, then do not read this book! But if you don't mind faking it for a while, to see if it ever clears up, then give it a shot. I'm patient.
I finally got to the end, and most of the confusion was cleared up. But it continued to be confusing until at least halfway through the story. I do recommend it, because it's clean, but it will not be added to my favorites list.

Warnings
Language: not really
Violence: frequent, but not graphic
"Adult" situations: descriptions of strong attraction, many mentions of virginity
Death: Some, but none traumatic

Movie rating equivalent:
PG-13

Protagonist description:
Loch is powerful and capable, almost flawless

Point of view of story:
Third person, focused mostly on Loch

Book length:
Medium-long

Story flow:
Confusing

Grammar and spelling issues:
None

Character connection (no spoilers):
Not really

For series:
Independent or integral:
Assuming integral

Series review as a whole:
Okay, so far

If you only have time for one, read:
Start at the beginning

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