A review by the_castle_library
Kingdom of Without by Andrea Tang

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

If you're a fan of "Six of Crows", you'll like this! 

This takes place in a futuristic, alternate history Beijing. Walls are built around the Palace and amongst the city to divide it into Rings. The farther out you go, the poorer the civilians. Teenage Zhong Ning'er, lowly 6th Ringer and ex thief, has no foreseeable hope of a prosperous future. She has a prosthetic 🦾 and 🦿 that she's had to pawn for rent money. She lives alone even though she's still a minor because she had to get away from her Dad, who is a Complacency addict.

Ning'er struggles with agreeing to the biggest heist yet in order to change the future of her city for the better. The payout is expected to be big, but rent is due before the date of the heist and her Dad just drained her account. Once she meets the crew she'll be working with and learns what, or rather who she's stealing, she's all in.