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A review by prisoner_of_books
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book is pitched as the Inheritance Games meets Oceans Eleven and OMG it was definitely like that! Even with a less high-stake Squid Game kind of vibe! It had heists spanning across continents, instantly lovable side characters, betrayals and international thieving families.
I LOVE the Ocean's movies and so I knew that I had to pick this one up! Also heists are some of my absolute favourite things to read about!! These ones were so well thought out! And while most of the twists were kinda predictable it was balanced out by the variety of places and plans that were in this book!
I just really loved it! it was a quick and entertaining read that reminded me why heists are so amazing to read about! of course there were some negatives, but this was the kind of book that you can just look over those negatives because even though you might know where the story ends up there is just so much more to be discovered on the way!
I can see why this book is already being turned into a movie! Coupled with the heists the great characters also pulled this book together. Everyone in a thieving group has their own abilities and this one was no different! Mylo was amazing and so was Kyung-soon I loved how the author wrote their characters and even gave all the other competitors their own personalities, although I would have loved to see them be involved a little bit more.
The whole, not trusting anyone was a little cliche but it's always so great to see them open up to people and this book even hinted at the beginning of found family which I LOVE.
If you're like me and love YA, heists, found family and quick reads full of secrets, betrayals and sneaky but really cool in-depth plans that we could never pull off, I highly recommend you give this one a go!
Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publisher! I was given an eArc but this in no way impacted my review!
I LOVE the Ocean's movies and so I knew that I had to pick this one up! Also heists are some of my absolute favourite things to read about!! These ones were so well thought out! And while most of the twists were kinda predictable it was balanced out by the variety of places and plans that were in this book!
I just really loved it! it was a quick and entertaining read that reminded me why heists are so amazing to read about! of course there were some negatives, but this was the kind of book that you can just look over those negatives because even though you might know where the story ends up there is just so much more to be discovered on the way!
I can see why this book is already being turned into a movie! Coupled with the heists the great characters also pulled this book together. Everyone in a thieving group has their own abilities and this one was no different! Mylo was amazing and so was Kyung-soon I loved how the author wrote their characters and even gave all the other competitors their own personalities, although I would have loved to see them be involved a little bit more.
The whole, not trusting anyone was a little cliche but it's always so great to see them open up to people and this book even hinted at the beginning of found family which I LOVE.
If you're like me and love YA, heists, found family and quick reads full of secrets, betrayals and sneaky but really cool in-depth plans that we could never pull off, I highly recommend you give this one a go!
Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publisher! I was given an eArc but this in no way impacted my review!