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Thieves' Gambit

Kayvion Lewis

3.89 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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speakingof_amy's review

4.5
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Entertaining but not enthralling. I wanted to know how it all played out but also in part because I could tell certain plot twists were coming and I wanted to understand the why behind them. If you can get pat the major plot holes it’s a fun read. Everyone’s a bit flat so if you’re here for characters vs plot it’s not gonna be your thing  Not sure I’ll pursue the sequel. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Young Readers Group for an advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was a really fast-paced and fun read, but nothing that will stick with me for a long time.

I did really enjoy the heist plot line of this story and appreciated that the characters were from many different cultural backgrounds and travelled around the world throughout the book.
However, the whole plot felt very predictable to me and the reveals towards the end of the book didn’t surprise me at all.

I would still recommend this book though, especially to anyone who enjoyed “The Inheritance Games” as this feels similar in many ways.
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good, but could be better, the ending is interesting but a bit too chaotic. The characters are a bit too bland. It has potential, but it wasn’t realized to its extent
Will be reading the 2nd book tho