A Bowl For The Soul

THE PERFECT UNCOMMON HEIST 

"Time, the greatest thief of all"- Katarina Bishop; Heist Society 

Hi bookworms! It has been quite a while since the last post of A Bowl For the Soul. This time, it's dedicated to the brilliant Heist Society trilogy by Ally Carter.

Ally Carter never cease to surprise her fans with new YA series that is just as amazing as her previous works. That includes Heist Society series that consists of three books: Heist Society, followed by Uncommon Criminals, and closed with the finale of Perfect Scoundrels. Ally Carter has created another phenomenal ensemble characters. This time it has nothing to do with spies or espionage but it's about a group of teenage grifters with the central character, a girl named Katarina Bishop (Even the name sounds cool) who came from a family of con-men (and women).

The first book introduce us to Katarina, a teenage thief protege, enrolls herself  in a prestigious boarding school- with a little bit of con here and there to worm her way into the school. Then after a mere three months there, her friend 16-year-old billionaire W.W Hale V, arranges for her expulsion. After bringing her home, he breaks that five paintings have been stolen from a mobster, Arturo Taccone and that her father is the prime suspect. Determined to save her father by locating the real thief and stealing the paintings back, Kat gathers a 'heist society' to pull off the job before a two-week deadline- where her father will be arrested, only to discover that the works were stolen by world renowned Visily Romani, a thief famous for reclaiming Nazi-spoils. By planning the theft of the Henley museum in London, well known for its security, and always having to be one step ahead of Interpol and the mobster on her tail, Kat is going to pull a heist that will make them remembered by every thieves in the world.

That pretty much sums up the synopsis of the first book, and the preceding books gets even better that the first one. The brilliance of the whole series is the fact that this bunch of amazing thieves are teenagers! How many heist has been done by youngsters? Maybe one or two occasions such as people like Frank Abagnale in real life. So maybe Heist Society is fiction but thats the appeal to most readers. Carter has created another YA worthy reading and the series has all elements in it. Adventure, friendships, a splash of romance, and funny moments that'll make you twitch with laughter but there are intense occasions where you will be desperate to know how they're going to pull of the impossible heist.


It's definitely suitable for preteens to teenagers to adults alike. Although, personally the overall series is not a cut-out literature worth of award winnings but it's a good for light reading with humour and action packed. All in all, it's not going to waste your time, bookworms! 

Up next: I have a lot of unfinished books to read so I guess, I'll give a surprise with what I chose to review next on A Bowl For The Soul. Maybe I'll be doing one of my favourite childhood reads like Harry Potter or a science fiction like Ender's Game or perhaps, a less known work that I currently caught while randomly browsing at bookshops.


Signing off, bookwormsoul.