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daniellereadslikealot_'s review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I’m a huge fan of these two authors and their YA books so I was really excited about this one, especially since it seemed a little different than their usual romance route. It took me a little bit to really get into the story at first. I felt like I had been dropped in the middle of it and was lost, but as it got going, things were explained and I had a great time reading it. With heist stories, you absolutely have to suspend your belief in reality a little bit, but that’s was part of the fun for me. Olivia was a fantastic character who had a lot of depth and complexity to her. I loved her ragtag crew and how close they all became throughout the story. I did guess one twist, but it was a good one so I was not mad about it. Honestly, I’d love a book two if they’re up for it. I’d love to see these characters again, especially Kevin who was simultaneously cringey and endearing.
CW: infidelity, divorce, emotional abuse, mentions of a car accident
Thank you to NetGalley and Little Brown Young Readers for an advanced digital reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.
a_stylish_bookworm's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
Thank you @littlebrown @netgalley for a copy of this book. I will start by saying I am not the right audience for this book and may work better for the intended audience.
This one did not work for me. I don't know why I didn't DNF it - I guess I was curious how it would turn out.
This is about Olivia who is 17 year old pulling a heist on her dad's wedding day. I find it unbelievable that 1. An adult would be part of the heist and 2 that it was so easy to pull off with all that twists and turns.
Obviously there is a lot of resentment with Olivia and her das and nothing was resolved between that. There was just too many unbelievable plots that made this a meh for me. There is zero character development as the story focuses on the day of the heist.
I did enjoy the humor sprinkled through out the story.
This one did not work for me. I don't know why I didn't DNF it - I guess I was curious how it would turn out.
This is about Olivia who is 17 year old pulling a heist on her dad's wedding day. I find it unbelievable that 1. An adult would be part of the heist and 2 that it was so easy to pull off with all that twists and turns.
Obviously there is a lot of resentment with Olivia and her das and nothing was resolved between that. There was just too many unbelievable plots that made this a meh for me. There is zero character development as the story focuses on the day of the heist.
I did enjoy the humor sprinkled through out the story.
mrs_p_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
bookishinidahome's review against another edition
Pacing was just not what it needed to be and at 33% nothing had really happened with the heist and so this pacing just didn’t work for me to keep me engaged.
sarahberry_reads's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
3.5
I'm a firm believer in silly, fun books. They have a lot of charm and are easily digestible between serious, lengthy novels. Heiress Takes All fits perfectly in that category.
Olivia's father is the textbook definition of a deadbeat dad. Fortunately, he's a rich deadbeat dad. Olivia is hellbent on revenge after he screwed her and her mom over. The perfect opportunity drops into her lap: her dad's marriage to his mistress. She assembles a crew to steal millions of dollars from her dad. But, nothing goes to plan, especially as her ex-boyfriend keeps getting in the way.
Again, this book is just so much fun. It starts fast and resumes that breakneck speed. Olivia is a high-strung untrusting MC. She's quick on her feet and changes her plans as more and more things go wrong. Her crew was easy to distinguish
I had to suspend my disbelief from the beginning. Immediately, there were plot holes and questions swept to the side for the book to work. I had to ignore these things for the book's ending to work. I didn't mind, since the authors weren't going for a complicated, serious heist.
There were too many twists for my taste. While they kept the book entertaining, it was too much. The twists formed several subplots and mysteries that were hard to track as the authors built the story. Two subplots kept my attention, but I'm guilty of tuning out the rest.
I didn't expect the emotional turmoil Olivia would go through. Between crazy plot twists, Olivia grapples with her complicated feelings about her dad. She struggles with anger at how he's treated her, and the shame of still wanting him to be proud. The trauma and mistrust he's caused carry over to all of her relationships, especially with her ex. Usually, I don't like romantic subplots, but here it worked. It was integral to Olivia's character arc and coming to terms with her trauma.
If you want something light-hearted, and crazy with a feel-good ending, this is a great one to pick up! Just be ready to ignore some obvious plot holes from the get-go.
Content Warnings: swearing, cheating, parental neglect, mentions of sex
Thank you NetGalley and Little Brown Books for Young Readers, for the advance copy. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
Olivia's father is the textbook definition of a deadbeat dad. Fortunately, he's a rich deadbeat dad. Olivia is hellbent on revenge after he screwed her and her mom over. The perfect opportunity drops into her lap: her dad's marriage to his mistress. She assembles a crew to steal millions of dollars from her dad. But, nothing goes to plan, especially as her ex-boyfriend keeps getting in the way.
Again, this book is just so much fun. It starts fast and resumes that breakneck speed. Olivia is a high-strung untrusting MC. She's quick on her feet and changes her plans as more and more things go wrong. Her crew was easy to distinguish
I had to suspend my disbelief from the beginning. Immediately, there were plot holes and questions swept to the side for the book to work. I had to ignore these things for the book's ending to work. I didn't mind, since the authors weren't going for a complicated, serious heist.
There were too many twists for my taste. While they kept the book entertaining, it was too much. The twists formed several subplots and mysteries that were hard to track as the authors built the story. Two subplots kept my attention, but I'm guilty of tuning out the rest.
I didn't expect the emotional turmoil Olivia would go through. Between crazy plot twists, Olivia grapples with her complicated feelings about her dad. She struggles with anger at how he's treated her, and the shame of still wanting him to be proud. The trauma and mistrust he's caused carry over to all of her relationships, especially with her ex. Usually, I don't like romantic subplots, but here it worked. It was integral to Olivia's character arc and coming to terms with her trauma.
If you want something light-hearted, and crazy with a feel-good ending, this is a great one to pick up! Just be ready to ignore some obvious plot holes from the get-go.
Content Warnings: swearing, cheating, parental neglect, mentions of sex
Thank you NetGalley and Little Brown Books for Young Readers, for the advance copy. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
battyaboutbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
🦇 Heiress Takes It All Book Review 🦇
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
❓ #QOTD What's your favorite heist book or movie? ❓
🦇 "Something borrowed" is about to be the understatement of the year. After being cast out by her cheating father, Oliva Owens is ready for revenge. She'll play the part of dutiful daughter at his upcoming wedding, letting everyone see a spoiled heiress while she steals millions from his online accounts. All she needs is the passcode locked tight in his safe. With the help of an electric crew of high school students (and one former teacher), she's plotted the heist down to the second. Too bad her pleading ex, greedy Swiss cousins, father's vengeful second wife, and massive security team are in the way. Can Olivia steal her rightful inheritance right under her father's nose?
💜 I will probably read anything that comes from writing duo Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegmund-Broka, who know how to weave together a rich tapestry of plot, character development, and hard-hitting prose. A good heist story isn't easy to pull off--it's as difficult as the heist itself. Like a chess game against a worthy competitor, there are moving pieces, gambits, and traps around every corner. You need to think ahead. Wibberley and Siegmund-Broka do so with precision, giving Olivia and her crew plenty of obstacles to navigate as they try to pull off a heist in the middle of a messy, drama-filled wedding. More than the heist, I appreciate the emotional depth and development we see in Olivia throughout the story. Despite hating her father and wanting vengeance, she yearns for her father's approval. No kid can help that, even when wounds are still raw. Olivia struggles with an ex who cheated on her, the pain echoing after her father cheated on her mother. Olivia clings to her anger and thirst for revenge as a motivator throughout the book, but we do see her develop, grow, and forgive.
💙 Usually, I don't comment on covers, but I want to point on the detailing on this one. The crossed dagger cufflinks, Olivia's necklace, the chess pieces. The stark mess of red cutting against stunning, pure white, reflective of the messy con occurring during an otherwise perfectly planned wedding. Well done.
💙 The first 30% of the book was a little difficult to fall into, namely because it's more exposition than action. The entire story feels a bit more tell than show, despite the setting's opulence and potential for strong visuals. Usually, I annotate Wibberly and Siegemund-Broka's prose like crazy, but there were only a few delectable one-liners to choose from this time. I also found Olivia to be a bit...exhausting, especially since the story was in her first-person POV. She puts on the act of being a spoiled heiress, but her "true" persona isn't any more likable, even when we see dashes of empathy. I also guessed at Abigail's identity the moment she was mentioned--a great twist, but not well concealed.
🦇 Recommended for fans of Thieves' Gambit, Women of Good Fortune, Leverage, The Inheritance Games, and Ocean's 11.
✨ The Vibes ✨
♟️ Heist
♟️ Found Family
♟️ Young Adult
♟️ Family Drama
♟️ Messy Romance
♟️ Single First-Person POV
♟️ Mystery
🦇 Major thanks to the authors @wibbs_ink & @austins_b and publisher @littlebrownyoungreaders for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book. #HeiressTakesItAll
💬 Quotes
❝ If he’s spoiled cream, I’m cotton candy laced with arsenic. ❞
❝ Forever. Forever. The syllables pound in my ears. Poem, promise, or prison sentence? ❞
❝ My heist is worth millions— this kiss is priceless. And everything priceless is dangerous. ❞
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
❓ #QOTD What's your favorite heist book or movie? ❓
🦇 "Something borrowed" is about to be the understatement of the year. After being cast out by her cheating father, Oliva Owens is ready for revenge. She'll play the part of dutiful daughter at his upcoming wedding, letting everyone see a spoiled heiress while she steals millions from his online accounts. All she needs is the passcode locked tight in his safe. With the help of an electric crew of high school students (and one former teacher), she's plotted the heist down to the second. Too bad her pleading ex, greedy Swiss cousins, father's vengeful second wife, and massive security team are in the way. Can Olivia steal her rightful inheritance right under her father's nose?
💜 I will probably read anything that comes from writing duo Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegmund-Broka, who know how to weave together a rich tapestry of plot, character development, and hard-hitting prose. A good heist story isn't easy to pull off--it's as difficult as the heist itself. Like a chess game against a worthy competitor, there are moving pieces, gambits, and traps around every corner. You need to think ahead. Wibberley and Siegmund-Broka do so with precision, giving Olivia and her crew plenty of obstacles to navigate as they try to pull off a heist in the middle of a messy, drama-filled wedding. More than the heist, I appreciate the emotional depth and development we see in Olivia throughout the story. Despite hating her father and wanting vengeance, she yearns for her father's approval. No kid can help that, even when wounds are still raw. Olivia struggles with an ex who cheated on her, the pain echoing after her father cheated on her mother. Olivia clings to her anger and thirst for revenge as a motivator throughout the book, but we do see her develop, grow, and forgive.
💙 Usually, I don't comment on covers, but I want to point on the detailing on this one. The crossed dagger cufflinks, Olivia's necklace, the chess pieces. The stark mess of red cutting against stunning, pure white, reflective of the messy con occurring during an otherwise perfectly planned wedding. Well done.
💙 The first 30% of the book was a little difficult to fall into, namely because it's more exposition than action. The entire story feels a bit more tell than show, despite the setting's opulence and potential for strong visuals. Usually, I annotate Wibberly and Siegemund-Broka's prose like crazy, but there were only a few delectable one-liners to choose from this time. I also found Olivia to be a bit...exhausting, especially since the story was in her first-person POV. She puts on the act of being a spoiled heiress, but her "true" persona isn't any more likable, even when we see dashes of empathy. I also guessed at Abigail's identity the moment she was mentioned--a great twist, but not well concealed.
🦇 Recommended for fans of Thieves' Gambit, Women of Good Fortune, Leverage, The Inheritance Games, and Ocean's 11.
✨ The Vibes ✨
♟️ Heist
♟️ Found Family
♟️ Young Adult
♟️ Family Drama
♟️ Messy Romance
♟️ Single First-Person POV
♟️ Mystery
🦇 Major thanks to the authors @wibbs_ink & @austins_b and publisher @littlebrownyoungreaders for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book. #HeiressTakesItAll
💬 Quotes
❝ If he’s spoiled cream, I’m cotton candy laced with arsenic. ❞
❝ Forever. Forever. The syllables pound in my ears. Poem, promise, or prison sentence? ❞
❝ My heist is worth millions— this kiss is priceless. And everything priceless is dangerous. ❞
emeliaisreading_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Title: Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
Genre: YA Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: June 4, 2024
⭐️ 4/5
High Stakes Heist
Twisty YA Thriller
Messy Family Drama
Heiress to an Empire of Thieves
My Review:
This book is a real page-turner! The diverse cast of characters, epic heist, well placed humor and revenge plot against Olivia's deceitful and abusive father make for an engaging and satisfying read. I loved Olivia, our FMC, with her remarkable intelligence, exceptional organizational skills, and unwavering determination... though she could be too stubborn and distrustful at times. There were several unexpected twists, the chapters were short and I devoured it in a matter of about 7 hours🤣
Thank you so much NetGalley, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and TBR and Beyond Book Tours for the digital review copy. I loved it!!❣️
Check out https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/ for more book tours! @tbrbeyondtours & @wibbs_ink @austins_b
#HeiressTakesAll #TBRBeyondTours #EmilyWibberly #AustinSiegemundBroka
🚨 minor profanity, several uses of g**d**n, minor mentions of s*x
Genre: YA Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: June 4, 2024
⭐️ 4/5
High Stakes Heist
Twisty YA Thriller
Messy Family Drama
Heiress to an Empire of Thieves
My Review:
This book is a real page-turner! The diverse cast of characters, epic heist, well placed humor and revenge plot against Olivia's deceitful and abusive father make for an engaging and satisfying read. I loved Olivia, our FMC, with her remarkable intelligence, exceptional organizational skills, and unwavering determination... though she could be too stubborn and distrustful at times. There were several unexpected twists, the chapters were short and I devoured it in a matter of about 7 hours🤣
Thank you so much NetGalley, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and TBR and Beyond Book Tours for the digital review copy. I loved it!!❣️
Check out https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/ for more book tours! @tbrbeyondtours & @wibbs_ink @austins_b
#HeiressTakesAll #TBRBeyondTours #EmilyWibberly #AustinSiegemundBroka
🚨 minor profanity, several uses of g**d**n, minor mentions of s*x
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing
chezler24's review
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
If you want a quick, fun YA heist with a romance plot and a little bit of found family, then Heiress Takes All is the book for you! Ex-heiress, Olivia plans a heist during her dad's upcoming marriage to Maureen, who will be his third wife. Fueled by her want for revenge, she assembles a team to help pull off this complex scheme to steal her dad's bank account information. While it may seem like just a straightforward revenge plot, her inner monologue reveals her inner struggle as she balances her connection between both parents, the guilt for revealing her dad's cheating which led to the divorce and disownment, and the trust and care she develops for her heist crew. I do feel like there might have been a few too many twists thrown in or at least too many uses of the trope where "someone enters the room at an inopportune time." (The final twist regarding a relationship reveal worked for me. I wouldn't change that.) While this might not speak to me as much now, I will say that teenage me who loved the Ally Carter Gallagher Girls Series would have eaten this up! (pun intended with the cake on the cover haha.)
Probably around 3.5/5 stars. A solid read and I'd entertain a sequel if there was one but not one I'll reread.
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Probably around 3.5/5 stars. A solid read and I'd entertain a sequel if there was one but not one I'll reread.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Car accident, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse
booksandpops4000's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-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
5.0
I think this book was suprise five star to me. I Sometimes struggle with revvenge tales but at the end of this book i was so invested in the story and the characters. I also loved the romance that developed in the backround of this story and it is def one of my favorite troups. I also loved the rag tag people that put together for the hesit and i did not see the ending coming! def a prefect quick summer read!!