Heist Society Series – Ally Carter

Back of the Book: (Goodreads)

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected.
Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has a good reason: a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Kat’s dad needs her help.
For Kat, there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

My Review:

I found the recommendation for this book on one of my favourite blogs that I like to catch up with whenever I’m looking out for something new. This is a series of three books and I finished the whole series in about three weeks. There is also a crossover story with another popular series (Gallagher Girls) written by the same author which I immediately downloaded onto my Kindle. J So you can clearly see that I’m going to give it a good review. J

When it began, I honestly thought the story would revolve around Kat in a school. I don’t know why I thought this. But I’m glad it didn’t. My favourite part about this series is how the author Ally Carter has put a bunch of really colourful characters as Kat’s heist gang. Each one is different from the rest and each one is more interesting than the next. After Kat, Hale is certainly my next favourite. He’s one smooth talker and he’s always there for Kat no matter what. I especially like how the central characters have been developed throughout the series.

The heists are extremely fun to read and very fast paced. I love how Ally has put in a lot of thought and planned out the heists in each of the books. Fair warning: Some of the heist scenes were jaw-dropping. (I love it when a book surprises me. It’s like saying “No way!” to the book and it replies “Way!” in terms of its story). :P I would totally be the first in line to buy tickets if they made a movie out of this series!

I’d definitely recommend the Heist Society series to anyone who’s looking for a fast paced and clever young adult story with an interesting plotline.

As mentioned before, Ally Carter has also written another popular series called the Gallagher Girls. I have already bought the first two books in the series and am super eager to read them. J  I may be a tad late in joining the Ally Carter fan base but I'm totally enjoying the ride there one series at a time! Needless to say, I'm a fan already. :)

More later,

The Perennial Reader. J