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Thieves' Gambit
by Kayvion Lewis
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- The Quest family are famous for being thieves. During a heist, Ross mom is kidnapped she needs to find a way to save her.
It seems an impossible task coming up with a billion dollars, until she remembers a competition where she can win a wish. A wish for anything she wants. All she wants right now is her mom back.
Who will she trust?
The story gave me hunger game vibes without the hunger. Right off the bat I had a feeling this wasn’t for me, knowing that, take this review with a grain of salt.
The story starts out with a girl who wants to get away from her thieving family, famous thieving family I might add. I like the way the author tried to introduce the world that she lived in as if it was normal. As if being raised to be a thief is like any other job. Instead of going to college, she’s going to other thief related things.
In this story we have a little love interest, a little learning to work together, and overall has some really great hidden messages sprinkled throughout the story. I found it to be an overall really wholesome story with some fun action scenes and puzzles along the way.
I think I can really appreciate what the author was trying to do but for me it needs a lot more refinement.
The story is so young adult, it's almost cringey. I felt the main characters feelings weren’t sincere. I got the vibe of soap opera meets Disney Channel. Most of the storyline, conversations and action all felt really dry. Formula-like. I was bored most of the time, never feeling the emotions come off the page.
The action scenes were a big part of this story and the author struggled to put the reader IN the action. More telling instead of showing what was going on. As a reader the story was very predictable.
An interesting concept with a fun little twist at the end that tries to save the day but the reader is lost where the end isn't as impactful as it should be. In summary this book was not for me. I hope there is a lot more fine-tuning done on the manuscript before completely releasing it to the public.
Amazon Link -Thieves' Gambit By: Kayvion Lewis
Stats: 384 pages - First published September 26, 2023
***Thank you to Penguin Young Readers and NetGalley for a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Out now!
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Click here to read my full review, for now enjoy a little snippet below...
- The Quest family are famous for being thieves. During a heist, Ross mom is kidnapped she needs to find a way to save her.
It seems an impossible task coming up with a billion dollars, until she remembers a competition where she can win a wish. A wish for anything she wants. All she wants right now is her mom back.
Who will she trust?
The story gave me hunger game vibes without the hunger. Right off the bat I had a feeling this wasn’t for me, knowing that, take this review with a grain of salt.
The story starts out with a girl who wants to get away from her thieving family, famous thieving family I might add. I like the way the author tried to introduce the world that she lived in as if it was normal. As if being raised to be a thief is like any other job. Instead of going to college, she’s going to other thief related things.
In this story we have a little love interest, a little learning to work together, and overall has some really great hidden messages sprinkled throughout the story. I found it to be an overall really wholesome story with some fun action scenes and puzzles along the way.
I think I can really appreciate what the author was trying to do but for me it needs a lot more refinement.
The story is so young adult, it's almost cringey. I felt the main characters feelings weren’t sincere. I got the vibe of soap opera meets Disney Channel. Most of the storyline, conversations and action all felt really dry. Formula-like. I was bored most of the time, never feeling the emotions come off the page.
The action scenes were a big part of this story and the author struggled to put the reader IN the action. More telling instead of showing what was going on. As a reader the story was very predictable.
An interesting concept with a fun little twist at the end that tries to save the day but the reader is lost where the end isn't as impactful as it should be. In summary this book was not for me. I hope there is a lot more fine-tuning done on the manuscript before completely releasing it to the public.
Amazon Link -Thieves' Gambit By: Kayvion Lewis
Stats: 384 pages - First published September 26, 2023
***Thank you to Penguin Young Readers and NetGalley for a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Out now!
Follow along on my Bookstagram/Instagram.
Read along with me by joining Book Of The Month Club - discount code linked!