Description: First-century Corinth is a city teeming with commerce and charm. It’s also filled with danger and corruption—the perfect setting for Ariadne’s greatest adventure.
After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father’s home in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: though a Greek of high birth, Galenos is the infamous thief who has been robbing the city’s corrupt of their ill-gotten gains.
Desperate to keep him safe, Ariadne risks her good name, her freedom, and the love of the man she adores to become her father’s apprentice. As her unusual athletic ability leads her into dangerous exploits, Ariadne discovers that she secretly revels in playing with fire. But when the wrong person discovers their secret, Ariadne and her father find their future—and very lives—hanging in the balance.
When they befriend a Jewish rabbi named Paul, they realize that his radical message challenges everything they’ve fought to build, yet offers something neither dared hope for.
My Thoughts: This book is quiet a bit different from Tessa's other novels. Though it is set in the time of the New Testament and includes a number Biblical characters, it is not based on Biblical events. Even A Harvest of Rubies' story line came about because of Israel's exile and led to the second novel, which featured the first wave of returning Jews to Israel. However, Thief of Corinth does still hold a scriptural message: that only God is love and we can only hope to truly love others when we do so out of God's example.
The portion of the story which leads to the novel's title is honestly a small part of the story. Most of the book revolves around Ariadne's backstory and how she came to the point where thieving seemed like a good idea to her, as well as the complex relationships she has with those around her. Failing to see events from their perspectives leads her to misguided judgements as well as heartaches. There was one character in particular whose struggle felt very real to me though our situations in life are vastly different.
Ariadne was a character who was a bit harder for me to wrap my mind around, not because she was unbelievable, but because she reacted nearly the exact opposite way to everything as I would have. While this kept the story from being as great as Land of Silence in my mind, I am none the less impressed my Tessa's ability to create lifelike heroines who are vastly different from each other. I also have no doubt that for someone who relates to Ariadne's story as well as I related to Elianna's, Thief of Corinth will be an unforgettable read.
I have provided an honest review after having received an ecopy of the book through the author.
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