Review: Heist Society by Ally Carter

Synopsis from jacket:

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her 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 her back into the world she tried so hard to escape.  But he has good reason: a powerful mobster's priceless art collection has been stolen and he wants it returned.  Only a master thief could have pulled off this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list.  Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, 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 of the biggest heist in her family's (very crooked) history - and with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

Was it Worth My Time?
First, is this not the cutest cover ever?!

I L-O-V-E Ally Carter's books.  I had forgotten how much until I opened Heist Society. Think Ocean's Eleven meets Gossip Girl. We finally get a girl that wants to plan the perfect heist!

Carter is amazing.  She wrote this book as if I knew every part of the plan .... I really did  think I knew it all... but, then, on the day of the heist I realized I had been let in on absoutely NO part of the plan. Carter made me think my friends Kat, Hale, Nick, Gabrielle, Hamish, and Angus had kept me in the loop.  They didn't ... what awful friends!?  So, for abouter 20 pages I found myself saying "ohhh."  Isn't that when you know the book is a winner?! 

This a perfect author for girls who like a whole lot of action, a good bit of mystery, and little bit of romance.  Check out her website here!



What Bothered Me?
Not. One. Thing.