Emily Lloyd-Jones' The Drowned Woods
This was a pretty solid stand-alone fantasy book, centering on a girl with rare water-bending powers who’s taken from her family to work for the local prince. But when she realizes he’s using her ability to locate water to poison innocent people on the other side of the war, she goes on the run! Until his former spymaster tracks her down with an enticing offer—steal a bunch of treasures from a magical well, which will also destabilize the prince's rule because of magic. Soon the usual motley assortment of heist-ers are on the case, including the other POV character, a dude who works for the fairies and has some interesting abilities, and also her ex-girlfriend, the princess of thieves. Parts of this follow the typical story beats, but some parts did surprise me. I did wish the ending had kind of gone in the more interesting direction, but it was fine. Also of note, there is an excellent corgi in this book and NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO HIM. B+.
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