Heist Society

Title: Heist Society
Author: Ally Carter
Series: Heist Society #1
Genre: Romance, Thriller, Young Adult
Spice: 0.5 / 1
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 287
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

Also in this series: Uncommon Criminals, Perfect Scoundrels

My Thoughts

HEIST SOCIETY was a lot of fun to read. It was light and quick. I loved that it wasn’t written in first person. Even though the story primarily focuses on Kat, the third-person narrative allows the reader a lot of insight into the story outside of Kat. I liked being able to see almost everything involved in the planning of the heist and not just what Kat was doing or thinking.

I thought it was a lot of fun to be a part of the family, a family who had orchestrated heists for generations. Although the main characters were on the other side of the law, it was fun to see the difference between them and the real “bad” guy. Kat only wanted to help her dad and return art pieces to their rightful owners. The bad guy, Arturo Taccone, on the other hand, wanted the items for himself and would do anything to get them.

My only complaint was the lack of backstory for some of the characters. At a signing in my hometown, Carter said she likes to get down to business and not bore her readers with all the nitty gritty details. While I appreciated the lack of long, drawn out impertinent descriptions, I still wanted to know more about the characters, especially Hale. I really hope we get to know him better and that there’s a little more romance in future novels.