This wasn't my favorite of reads. For some reason I didn't jive with the story but the world building was good and kept me interested to see what would happen.

A lovely book with a touching found family, beautiful art and color, respect and dignity for its characters; but a story that could use more work. I wanted to know more about the world of Muqadas and especially the rebellion and the nazar - what was that truly, and where did it come from? How long has the rebellion been dwelling under the depths? I thought this might be a series starter because of the sheer number of interesting questions I had about the world.

Oh the romance went straight for my heart though. Very sweet.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of Thief of the Heights by Son M.

I think this dystopian sci-fi graphic will have a wide readership. The art was really great and told part of the story, however I did have some trouble figuring out the world - some things didn't come through because of lack of explanation or storytelling of the art. The class distinction of the upper world down to the bottom of the earth was very intriguing. A few of my pages were out of order I believe, but that is not the fault of the creator. All in all, I think people will enjoy this.

This is a story with a lot of potential, that has a lot of interesting world building but suffers from a lack of exploring that world. The plot focuses on a group of three friends living in the disease infested, lower levels of a city. Inventors looking to seek a way to the upper levels, the trio make prosthetics for those who lose limbs due to the Habar infection that eventually catches the eye of a scout that moves them to the upper levels. There they realize their world is not so straightforward and that society is much darker than they thought it could be. The plot was pretty easy to follow, but not super interesting once things started picking up. The art is fantastic and i love the character designs and the color schemes. This is a nice standalone, but i would've like more from it to make the plot pacing work better.