In a new series of choose-your-own-adventure-style books, Matt Forbeck writes the Endless Quest books that take middle school readers through actual Dungeons & Dragons content in an adventure filled quest. To Catch a Thief puts the reader in the place of a halfling rogue (one of the many options for players in the actual Dungeons & Dragon game). After trying to steal from a noble looking woman, the reader is tasked with stealing a baby griffon. On their way, the adventurer may find more than they bargained for. There are many twists and turns that lead to success or failure. This series of books is particularly good for kids who are already hooked on D&D, kids who love this style of book, or both. It may be an excellent way to introduce kids to Dungeons & Dragons if they haven't heard of it before, or to get kids who are into D&D reading more books. Purchase wherever either is popular.

Unfortunately Inwas not able to fully enjoy this. It didn't work on kindle app and was forced to put it done. Will be buying the physical copy though.

Loved this one better than the first! More please! Thank you netgalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review!

As someone rather invested in Waterdeep as a writer (2 novels, several game supplements) and reader (everything), I was skeptical that Matt Forbeck could make me feel like I was in MY City of Splendors. I'm very glad to say I was wrong and this book swept me along the fog-shrouded streets of the Realms' most fabled of cities.

Matt's characters and scenarios and backdrops are always evocative and draw the reader into the story almost immediately. As someone rather picky about how Forgotten Realms books feel/sound to me, I'm happy to say this book is among the most fun reads I've had in Waterdeep in a long time.

Alas, the Netgalley copy I received for a review failed to allow the branching choices to alter the narrative flow while I read this on my Kindle, so I can't comment on the choose-a-path nature of the story.

It has been ages since I've read a Choose Your Own Adventure type story, and I have to say that these D&D ones are great fun and made me feel like a kid again. I would absolutely recommend all of them to Dungeons and Dragons fans but also to those who want to experience the nostalgia of the CYOA books you loved as a child.

To be honest, I wanted this book to catapult me back to 1985 when I was a kid and I first picked up the Dungeons & Dragons <i>Endless Quest</i> books. It didn’t - but I realize that wasn’t fair. I am a bit older.

But I did enjoy the book! I feel like the writing might be geared toward a younger audience than when I read them - maybe 10-11 instead of 12-13. But there is a bit of murder and minor violence, making me wonder if it’s intended to be geared toward later middle school rather than early. But it was a fun story.

I love the full color pages and the art. The throwback to D&D rounds up my 3.5 stars to 4.

I read through several times, and though I might have escaped with my life in several versions, I never was successful with the objective.

One of the beefs I’ve always had with interactive books like this, is that there’s always a measure of luck involved - but I guess that’s like real life. I wish that if you always made the right decision, you would always be successful - but that’s not always true. And it’s annoying that, for example, turning left down one street or turning right down another could be the basis to determine if you are successful in the end. But that’s my annoyance with life - not with these kinds of books!

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and Candlewick Press for a copy in return for an honest review.</i>

Another great installment to the series. The endings in this one aren't as bad as the endings in the one with wizards and giants, though they all seem to be varying degrees of being run out of town (when they don't end with you turned into a frog, joined up with pirates, or dying....) Great for that 11-13ish age where kids are really into fighting and nasty things happening.

I received a copy of this for a fair and honest review. I am always for a good choose your own adventure book. I have loved they since I was a child. I came across these by chance. In this adventure you have to recover some misplaced property and all because you could not keep your hands to yourself. Now you must recover the property and at your own peril or end up in jail for the rest of your life. Not much of a choice if you ask me. Grab a copy of this and go on your own adventure.

I've always loved choose your own adventure novels. This one was a lot of fun too. Definitely recommend it!

This was an adorable story. I LOVE pick your own path books! I did however find some of the names difficult to prnounce when reading them to the kids. It was also a bit difficult turning to this page or that when it says to on the kindle. But my kids 7&10 loved them and enjoyed making the choices and seeing what happens.