Absolutely amazing. Entertaining on so many levels. I absolutely loved it. 
 Full review as originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA has been in my peripheral vision for a while, but I wouldn't have actually picked up without Alyssa and Amy and our On the Same Page feature in which we read books together so I am SO thankful for that and that I had someone to read this book with! It's a bit hefty, kicking off this epic adult fantasy series at over 700 pages so I was intimidated on the sheer size of it and taking on such large books by myself always seems like a daunting task. Really I had absolutely nothing to worry about because after I finished, I immediately wanted so much more. 
 THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA is set in the amazing fantasy world created by Scott Lynch, mainly taking place in the city of Camorr. The book ranges from what is "present day" in the book during Locke's adult life and bouncing back to flashbacks during "interludes" which periodically give us glimpses into the pasts of Locke Lamora, his right hand man and best friend Jean Tannen, and even history of the city of Camorr, neighboring cities, and important characters that play a significant role in the plot. I loved the flashbacks and I LOVED getting more details about this new and exciting fantasy world as the book progressed because as I've come to learn, world building in fantasy is extremely important to me and I'm always hungry for more world building, all the time! 
 At 700+ pages, it's hard to break the entire book down so what I will tell you is this: IT HAS EVERYTHING. A fantastic world, a rich history, SO SO much comedy, fighting, action, adventure, bromances (JEAN. I love Jean Tannen so much (male French Jean, not the female)), thievery, chases, escapes (oh wait, that sounded like The Princess Bride right there -- okay I guess it doesn't quite have true love in this book, but it's set up for future books!) and I loved every second of it. I found myself feeling like it resembled a fantasy Ocean's 11 with Locke Lamora as the ring leader. All of his life he's been a master of thieving and trickery and growing up with the Gentleman Bastards, a small gang of thieves led by Father Chains, Locke refines his crew and his missions and becomes the most expert thief there is in all of Camorr. 
 The narration and language in this book is fantastic. There is swearing. A LOT of it. And I LOVED it. It just added to the book so much for me -- it emphasized the terrible, made the funny funnier -- I don't know why but I absolutely loved the amount of swearing in the book. So many times I laughed out loud! But aside from the cursing, the general narration really is fantastic. I was always interested in the dialogue, the setting, and again, emphasizing how much I loved the interludes in between the present story line chapters even though sometimes it was excruciating to see an interlude RIGHT after some monumental mid-book cliffhanger happened! It just made me want to race through the book that much more. 
 If you love fantasy, if you love capers and thievery, and if you love comedy, PICK UP THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. I expected to enjoy it but had no idea how much I would fall in love with it. THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA was an easy five star book for me and I cannot wait to start book two.