A review by 321zeggy
The Ship of Stolen Words by Fran Wilde

3.5

Sam isn't always sincere when he apologizes, but after he has a run in with an old lady and a very tiny pig, suddenly he can't apologize at all— sincerely or otherwise. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that his words— words like "sorry" and "apologize" have been STOLEN! Until he gets them back from the goblins (or, more specifically, boglins) who've stolen them to power their machines, he'll never be able to apologize again!