Ally Carter Day 4

Hey everyone! So this is the last day before Only The Good Spy Young comes out! So sad. But expect a review about Only The Good Spy Young as soon as I finish. Until then, this is Heist Society. Enjoy!

Characters: Katarina Bishop aka Kat: teen thief and expert con artist/part of the esteemed Bishop crime family/recently out of the family business
W.W Hale the Fifth: Kat's best friend/ a member of the family but not really/the person that got Kat kicked out of the Colgan School, one of the best boarding schools in the country
Bobby and Eddie Bishop: the leaders of the Bishop crime family/both were disappointed when Kat quit "the life"/ Bobby has been framed for something he didn't do and "Uncle" Eddie (Kat's great uncle) will not help Kat
Arturo Taccone: man who thinks Bobby Bishop stole his paintings/is blackmailing Kat/enjoys trying to beat con artists and thieves at their own game
Kat's team: Hamish and Angus Bagshaws who have been "suspended" after they conned a nun/ Gabrielle Bishop Kat's cousin/ Simon security expert

The Plot: Kat Bishop is part of the esteemed Bishop crime family and has up until recently lived the life of a teen thief and con artist. But sick of the life, Kat leaves the family and cons her way into the Colgan School, one of the best boarding schools in the country. Determined to live a normal life, Kat severs all ties with the family for the time being. However, after only a short spell at the Colgan, W.W. Hale the fifth gets Kat kicked out of school for something she didn't do. However, this seems to run in the family because Kat's father Bobby has just been framed for stealing five priceless paintings from Arturo Taccone. Kat and Hale decide the only way to clear her father's name is to steal back the paintings before Taccone goes after her father. And the only way to do that is for Kat to get back into the life she fought so hard to leave. But the family comes first, and so Kat assembles a crew of teen thieves to pull off the biggest heist any of them have ever attempted.

What I liked: I loved the premise of the book. Kat and Hale were absolutely great characters and very well developed throughout the entire novel. From the little inside jokes to the perfect moments before the heist, you could really get into the characters even the minor ones. The Bishop family was great and I loved how you got to meet more of them and learn about what they had done before Kat had quit the life. However, because the novel was written through Kat you learn at the same time Kat does how much her decision to leave the life impacted all those around her. Also, the novel was very creative and I loved how funny the novel was but still serious at important parts.

What I didn't like: I thought at some points the novel was too fast. Ally Carter jumped from scene to scene so quickly I often had to reread to remember what was going on. I think this might be because I tore through the novel so fast but it was still, at some point, difficult to remember which city they were in or what they were doing in the previous one. I didn't like Nick at all as a character but you weren't supposed to. The only person he was concerned about was himself and I thought he wasn't really needed in the novel.

Overall: I would give Heist Society an 9 out of 10. I loved this book and I thought it was more mature than Carter's other novels. Also, this book left you with a great cliffhanger that will keep me eagerly waiting for the next instalment.