Description
Challenge: Join the Thieves’ Gambit, a cut-throat competition to crown the world’s greatest thief
Rule 1: Never fall in love with your opponent
Rule 2: The only thief you can trust is yourself
Endgame: Win the heist to save your family - and yourself . . .
Seventeen-year-old Rosalyn Quest was raised by a legendary family of thieves with one rule: trust no one. When her mother is kidnapped, her only chance to save her is to win the Thieves’ Gambit – a deadly competition for the world’s best thieves, where the victor is granted one wish. To win, she must outwit all of her backstabbing competitors, including her childhood archnemesis. But can she take victory from the handsome, charming boy who makes a play for her heart and might be hiding the most dangerous secret of all?
Review
Seventeen-year-old Rosalyn (Ross) is already a master thief - after all this has always been her families trade, and they are good at it! She is particularly talented at planning escapes, working together withher Mum. Their family motto is to trust no one who isn’t a Quest.
But Ross’s circle is too small, and she longs to experience more and then it happens... But no sooner does she receive an invitation to The Thieves Gambit - a game designed secretly by an unnamed but ultra-wealthy group where the best heists are to be performed by the elite candidates chosen from around the world - when her Mum is kidnapped for a ransom of 1 billion dollars. The prize is one wish, whatever you want - and Ross wants her Mum back.
And so we enter the world of incredible crimes carried out by teen thieves - a group that includes her childhood arch nemesis, Noelia Boschert, and the beautiful Brit, Devroe Kenzie, who may want to stealher heart.
The rule that you cannot go out of your way to kill other competitors doesn’t stop you if they are impeding your chance to win. But should Ross join with any of the other competitors, considering her family motto? The stakes are high, the action is awesome, but can Ross win the Game and save her Mum?
This is a brilliant and action-packed book reminiscent of Anthony Horowitz’s work that is ideal for all readers who enjoy a roller coaster ride of action and impending potential failure like I do!
Reviewed by Rob
