The Lies of Locke Lamora

I had seen descriptions of this novel as being Oceans 11 meets A Game of Thrones, and that fits very well to the first half or so. It almost becomes an organized crime story in the later parts.

This book has tons of action. Almost non-stop, the slower parts are few and far between. It also jumps back and forth in time a bit, telling back story at breaks in the action. I enjoyed those parts, the back story bits typically filled in info on what was about to happen in the main story line. A non-chronological timeline isn't an easy thing to pull off in a novel, and I felt Scott Lynch did a fantastic job.

I tend to enjoy novels in general, so my ratings skew high, but this book was a ton of fun, and well deserving of my 5 star rating. I look forward to reading future books in this series.