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Thieves' Gambit

Kayvion Lewis

3.89 AVERAGE

bookspeyton's review against another edition

4.0

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Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis • ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Read: 6/22 2024

✨ Review ✨

That ending. Wow, what a betrayal. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’m just going to say that this was a really good YA mystery/thriller. It’s promoted as “The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven” and I could not agree more. 

sjoukje's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melissaspt's review against another edition

5.0

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Whoa!! What a book! I couldn’t stop reading and loved the twists and turns it took from start to finish!! I loved the multiple cultures represented and feel like lots of high school students would have fun reading this! Great YA suspense novel! I’m super excited to see the “#1” on the cover here because I literally hoped this would be a series!! This would make a fantastic movie too!!

quackerjax's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sydneys_shelf's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ella_carr's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alangmaack's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

samiyaaa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mspulley's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

destdest's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I fully intended to drop this at page 100. The dump of character descriptions, dry narrative, and Ross’s mother, who didn’t really sound like one to me hadn’t caught my interest.

But then that girl got shot, and I kept reading. The rivalry between Ross and Noelia was also good. For the longest, there was more tension between these two than Devroe before he took the lead.

While I liked Devroe's consistency in trying to get Ross to open up, the romance was more in the background.

When the actual heists took place, I found the motivation to continue. I felt for Ross’ heavy guards and want for companionship despite the line of work she was born into. She grew up isolated and forced into thievery. But as a character, she was boring.

I don’t think I’d have regretted dnf’ing, but I’m glad I stuck around to see it get better. The ending chapters were fast-paced and fun. Ultimately, this will appeal to readers who love plot-driven stories as opposed to character-driven.