Book Review: The Thief and the Wild, by Seann Barbour
![Cover of The Thief and the Wild by Seann Barbour, featuring a three-eyed cat on a tree limb in the foreground, in front of a steamboat on the water, with a city on the background.](https://i0.wp.com/skiffyandfanty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TheThiefandtheWild.jpg?fit=241%2C385&ssl=1)
This Southern-flavored steampunk fantasy is as easy to sink into as a hammock, with a nice breezy tone most of the time, narrated by a sympathetic protagonist with a wry point of view, relating an exciting plot that moves around a bayou town, up and down, and eventually strikes out into the wilderness, with a cataclysmic confrontation at the climax.