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Celia's review
Jul 03, 2023 · edit
it was amazing
Readers, I am exhausted. I stayed up until 2 am last night reading this book ( I think it was 2 am. I woke up later with my Kindle lying on my chest and m glasses still on). When that happens, I know I'm about to give a book five stars because sleep is essential to me and so is routine and when that gets messed up by a good book, I'm not even mad.
We're thrust into Ross's world right off the bat. She comes from a family of thieves, living in the Bahamas. She wants a normal life so badly that she ignores a mysterious message about a thieving competition and jumps for joy when she's accepted into a gymnastics summer camp. But things take a turn when, on a subsequent job, her mother is kidnapped with a billion-dollar ransom on her head. The only way to get the money is to enter the Thieves' Gambit, a competition where there can only be one winner.
Ross has to win.
She also can't trust anyone
The phases of the contest take the competitors to different countries where they must work against each other or as a team to complete their missions. Ross is trying her darndest not to form bonds with the others and she's especially not trying to catch feelings for the Regé-Jean Page wannabe ( in my head, he looked exactly like him), Devroe. The tension gets higher and higher with every mission, and I could not figure out for the life of me how Ross was going to get out of her situation (thus the late night last night) There are twists and turns, A HA moments, and little details you may have missed or forgotten that come into play.
Reading this book felt like I was in the gambit, trying my best to pay close attention to each and every interaction, etc A did have a little con ( in a review full of pros, I mean...) and it's that some things felt a little too convenient (especially one particular part I won't mention in detail) but all in all, it didn't take away from the overall experience.
I fell in love with the author's work with THE HALF-CLASS, but this one solidified my loyalty. I cannot wait to see if there will be a book two!
Celia's review
Jul 03, 2023 · edit
it was amazing
Readers, I am exhausted. I stayed up until 2 am last night reading this book ( I think it was 2 am. I woke up later with my Kindle lying on my chest and m glasses still on). When that happens, I know I'm about to give a book five stars because sleep is essential to me and so is routine and when that gets messed up by a good book, I'm not even mad.
We're thrust into Ross's world right off the bat. She comes from a family of thieves, living in the Bahamas. She wants a normal life so badly that she ignores a mysterious message about a thieving competition and jumps for joy when she's accepted into a gymnastics summer camp. But things take a turn when, on a subsequent job, her mother is kidnapped with a billion-dollar ransom on her head. The only way to get the money is to enter the Thieves' Gambit, a competition where there can only be one winner.
Ross has to win.
She also can't trust anyone
The phases of the contest take the competitors to different countries where they must work against each other or as a team to complete their missions. Ross is trying her darndest not to form bonds with the others and she's especially not trying to catch feelings for the Regé-Jean Page wannabe ( in my head, he looked exactly like him), Devroe. The tension gets higher and higher with every mission, and I could not figure out for the life of me how Ross was going to get out of her situation (thus the late night last night) There are twists and turns, A HA moments, and little details you may have missed or forgotten that come into play.
Reading this book felt like I was in the gambit, trying my best to pay close attention to each and every interaction, etc A did have a little con ( in a review full of pros, I mean...) and it's that some things felt a little too convenient (especially one particular part I won't mention in detail) but all in all, it didn't take away from the overall experience.
I fell in love with the author's work with THE HALF-CLASS, but this one solidified my loyalty. I cannot wait to see if there will be a book two!