Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Release Date: April 9, 2024
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Genre: Young Adult / Mystery / Thriller
The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this
cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together
the world’s best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes
of all: her mother's life.
At only seventeen years old, Ross
Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans.
Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an
unexpected turn, leaving her mother’s life hanging in the balance.
In
a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a series of dangerous,
international heists where killing the competition isn’t exactly off
limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world—a wish
that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include
her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also
want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she
imagined.
Ross tries her best to stick to the family creed: trust
no one whose last name isn’t Quest. But with the stakes this high, Ross
will have to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out.
After all, only one of them can win.
Thieves' Gambit is the first installment in author Kayvion Lewis's The Thieves' Gambit series. 17-year-old Rosalyn Quest is the heir apparent to the Quest family of thieves who appear to have North America wrapped up as their hunting groups. However, Rosalyn, who is a master at escape plans, has other ideas. Other ideas like going to a high performance gymnastics summer camp by creating an entire new persona without her mother knowing.
But things get interesting when she gets an invitation from something called the Gambit. The Gambit is run by a group called the Organization, and the face of the group is a woman named Count. Things get even more twisted when during a heist onboard a yacht, things go badly and her mother is taken by an unknown group. Ros quickly learns that the only way to get her mother back, is to accept an invitation to the Gambit.
The Gambit explained simply is a thieving contest between 12 contestants from all over the world. I won't bother you by listing all 12, except two. Devroe Kenzie of England and Noelia Boschert of Switzerland who has a past with Rosalyn. In this competition, contestants will face 3 phases. After each phase, contestants will be eliminated until there is only one winner. The winner gets the prize of a lifetime. The ability to wish for whatever they want without restrictions.
The winner could literally wish for an entire family to be killed without any consequences. For Ros, winning the wish means saving her mother. Ros tries her best to stick to the family creed: trust no one whose last name isn’t Quest. But with the stakes this high, and Devroe seemingly making a play at being her love interest, Ros will have to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out. After all, only one of them can win. Here's a hint: Don't let your eyes pop out of your head when you read the final chapters. Just wow.
In the end, the author has created a book that will bring back memories of certain movies and books like Six of Crows, Inheritance Games, and Oceans Eleven with young adults of incredibly diverse backgrounds spanning many cultures and continents. Coincidentally, I was just approved for the second book in the series which releases in November. Can't wait to see what happens to Ros and whether she gets back at her mother and others who really shredded her attempt at winning the game to pieces.
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