Saturday, December 14, 2024

Week 50 Review: Heist Royale

From Goodreads:
The high-stakes sequel to Thieves' Gambit, for fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally Carter.

It's been six months since the end of the Gambit. Instead of winning an impossible wish, Ross has the threat of her family's execution hanging over her head. Devroe, the only person Ross thought she could trust, could wish the Quests into oblivion at any time. Shockingly, despite his betrayal, Devroe is still making a play for Ross's heart as the two work together pulling jobs for the Organization. But Ross has learned her lesson: A Quest can only trust another Quest.

When Ross finds herself at the center of a power struggle within the Organization, she sees her chance to change her fortunes. As a new deadly Gambit develops for control of the criminal underworld, Ross strikes a risky deal to guarantee protection for herself and her family.

In this final clash, Ross will square off against a ruthless opponent who will stop at nothing to seize power, and in their corner will be not only Devroe but his mother, who wants to destroy the Quests at any cost.

The new Gambit takes Ross and her crew into the intoxicating casinos of Monte Carlo and across treacherous snow-covered slopes in Antarctica as Ross competes against Devroe in a fight for her life. Loyalties will be tested, backs stabbed, hearts broken. May the best thief win.

My Review:
It was such a delight to read this book! I really enjoyed the first book, and I was excited to see where this sequel was going to go! Spending more time with these characters as they went on this adventure, I had to read it!

After the end of the first book, I had to know what was going to happen next! Where we left these characters, that wasn't great, with the betrayal and all. The teams have changed, which was interesting, with different dynamics in pulling off these heists. They were just so clever and fun to read!

Plus there's all the personal stuff, with why Devroe betrayed them, and all the politics of the Organization. It's messy, and there's history there, and it was really satisfying to see how it was dealt with, and I'm glad that it wrapped up that way! 

This could be the end of the series, things are pretty wrapped up. But it we get a 3rd book, I would read it, to spend more time with these characters as they pulled these heists! I'm happy either way, this book was a good ending, but I would always love more! The synopsis mentions a "final clash" but yeah, I'm open to more! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Kayvion Lewis! 

Author: Kayvion Lewis
Series: Thieves' Royal #2
Read: December 13th, 2024 
Source: Ebook.bike  
Reason Why: Love his writing and the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: November 12th 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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