Cover of Painted Devils

Painted Devils

core novel 2023 Little Thieves

Record

First published2023
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.17 (9,575 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count512
First-edition ISBN9781250831163
Internal chronology2

Where it sits

  • Universe: Little Thieves
  • Series: The Little Thieves Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
  • Author: Margaret Owen

Notes

  • From the series record (The Little Thieves Trilogy): A Grimm's "The Goose Girl" retelling told from the antagonist's point of view; Vanja Schmidt, raised by the gods Death and Fortune, impersonates a princess while moonlighting as a jewel thief. Holy Terrors (2025) concludes the trilogy.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

  • Reading order, within the series The Little Thieves Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Little Thieves (2021) · next Holy Terrors (2025)

Sources

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