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Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter (Review #139)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FAR IN THE HEIST SOCIETY SERIES, STOP NOW. DO NOT READ. FOR THE REVIEW ON BOOK 1, CHECK OUT HEIST SOCIETY.

"Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners.

There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long, and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem that makes Kat’s crew the most nervous and that is simply… the emerald is cursed.

Kat might be in way over her head, but she’s not going down without a fight. After all she has her best friend—the gorgeous Hale—and the rest of her crew with her as they chase the Cleopatra around the globe, dodging curses, realizing that the same tricks and cons her family has used for centuries are useless this time.

Which means, this time, Katarina Bishop is making up her own rules."

Review:
So, I read Heist Society when I was 16, so to put that into perspective about 7 years ago. I loved our little Kitty Kat then, and I continue to love her now. She has this inner turmoil about being a thief - in the first book she tried leaving the business altogether, and now she’s trying to be a Robin Hood type.

She’s trying to be a one woman show, and nobody's happy about it. Everyone seems to think it’s because she’s being selfish and addicted to the high of stealing but denying it to herself. I personally feel like she’s trying to protect those she loves from the dangers she’s around, despite them being thieves as well.

And Hale?? I said this about the first book and I’ll say it again, LET THE KAT AND HALE SHIP SAIL!!!!!! In HS, there were hints of them two, but nothing ever came of it. Now, from chapter one, the tension between them could be cut with a BUTTA KNIFE. And then Nick shows up. Of course. There always has to be a love triangle doesn’t there huh???? Gimme a break.

Now as for the con. I was very concerned when it was started and finished before we were even a third of the way through the book. And rightly so. The conners had been conned. And now they have to con the conner who conned them into conning. I mean it’s looking like a pretty impossible gig, especially when the gang may or may not be cursed.

It was everything I wanted it to be, a ragtag group of kids trying to pull off the most impossible job in history. It hit all the marks for me for a book of this genre and audience. It was sweet but daring, action-packed but also cunning. This was an enjoyable read and I’ve loved coming back to old favorites!

Lemme know your thoughts and feelings!!


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