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A punchy new teen crime series.
(Bookseller )Rammed with suspense.
(Heist Society )Funny, exciting and intriguing.
(Bookbag )A good, pacy read.
(Bournemouth Daily Echo )Rammed with suspense. If you love the Gallagher Girls, you'll dig this. 5/5
(Kiss )Fast moving, action packed, slick.
(School Librarian )Stylish, cool, quick-witted and daring.
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When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie travelled 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.
But now her dad's life is on the line, and Kat must go back to the world she tried so hard to escape...
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in the country, determined to leave the
family business behind.
But now her dad's life is on the line, and Kat must go back to the world she tried so hard to escape...
(20110901)
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kat used to lead a life of danger before she pulled her biggest con ever and walked away from a life of thievery to attend boarding school. Her enrollment lasts a few months before her old life comes crashing in on her and her plans.
She's framed for a prank she didn't commit, but that will nonetheless result in her expulsion from school. Quickly she realizes this dismissal is the work of an old family friend. He's here to tell her that her master thief father needs her help.
Turns out her father's been set up, too. Only the consequences are nowhere near as soft as being kicked out of boarding school.
Kat secretly meets her father's deadly enemy and works out a deal. She has two weeks to find the paintings and steal them back. If successful, it will be the biggest job she'll ever pull off - and also the most dangerous. Can she do it?
I adore THE GALLAGHER GIRLS series, but this new series may be even better. HEIST SOCIETY is my new favorite book. The combination of finding the art, the major heist, saving a relative, and going against the family makes for a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat read.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel
She's framed for a prank she didn't commit, but that will nonetheless result in her expulsion from school. Quickly she realizes this dismissal is the work of an old family friend. He's here to tell her that her master thief father needs her help.
Turns out her father's been set up, too. Only the consequences are nowhere near as soft as being kicked out of boarding school.
Kat secretly meets her father's deadly enemy and works out a deal. She has two weeks to find the paintings and steal them back. If successful, it will be the biggest job she'll ever pull off - and also the most dangerous. Can she do it?
I adore THE GALLAGHER GIRLS series, but this new series may be even better. HEIST SOCIETY is my new favorite book. The combination of finding the art, the major heist, saving a relative, and going against the family makes for a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat read.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There's something really engaging about stories where the heroes are the bad guys. I especially love heist films and thought something like that could never work in a book but oh how wrong I was! Ally Carter has taken a heist plotline and made me even happier by adding one brilliant element - a female lead.
Heist Society is not exactly a serious story, but then life would be pretty dull if it was full of worthy books. Kat is a fantastic heroine: feisty, intelligent, cool, independent, strong... If I was ever to turn to crime, Kat would be my role model. I always thought bad guys make the best characters and this book is stuffed full of them. The story hits you from the first page, there's no hanging around getting to know everyone and their surroundings, you're just whipped off into an engaging tale and I really love this as it's fast-paced and keeps you on your toes - just like the life of your average crime family really.
This story is reminiscent of Gone In Sixty Seconds, only with paintings and teenagers. The relationship between Kat and her father is really interesting, she's the only one motivated to help him despite the fact that she doesn't owe him anything, in fact he already owes her a lot. I love the way the roles reverse and Kat's mission in this book is to protect her father, although he doesn't really deserve it. She is the one to take control of the situation, despite being a young and relatively inexperienced member of the family and that's what makes her such an engaging character.
As the story progresses, you start to get the feeling that you're not aware of everything that's going on. This is the element I thought wasn't possible in a book as obviously you have to hide the final clever plan of the heist or there's no real brilliant ending. It's harder to hide things from the reader than it is from a viewer in a film because the reader is far more involved with the characters, looking at what is happening through their eyes rather than as an external observer. Ally Carter has really mastered the skill of disclosing only so much to a reader but at the same making the reader feel like they know exactly what is going on. Then, when you get the end and you think you've figured out what's going to happen, everything turns out differently and far more cleverly than you thought. It's genius! The plot that you thought was so simple becomes nested within layers of complexity that keeps you guessing right to the last page.
This is definitely one of those books to have on hand if you want something light-hearted yet clever, with fiery characters and a fast-paced plot. I will definitely be reading more Ally Carter in the future!
Heist Society is not exactly a serious story, but then life would be pretty dull if it was full of worthy books. Kat is a fantastic heroine: feisty, intelligent, cool, independent, strong... If I was ever to turn to crime, Kat would be my role model. I always thought bad guys make the best characters and this book is stuffed full of them. The story hits you from the first page, there's no hanging around getting to know everyone and their surroundings, you're just whipped off into an engaging tale and I really love this as it's fast-paced and keeps you on your toes - just like the life of your average crime family really.
This story is reminiscent of Gone In Sixty Seconds, only with paintings and teenagers. The relationship between Kat and her father is really interesting, she's the only one motivated to help him despite the fact that she doesn't owe him anything, in fact he already owes her a lot. I love the way the roles reverse and Kat's mission in this book is to protect her father, although he doesn't really deserve it. She is the one to take control of the situation, despite being a young and relatively inexperienced member of the family and that's what makes her such an engaging character.
As the story progresses, you start to get the feeling that you're not aware of everything that's going on. This is the element I thought wasn't possible in a book as obviously you have to hide the final clever plan of the heist or there's no real brilliant ending. It's harder to hide things from the reader than it is from a viewer in a film because the reader is far more involved with the characters, looking at what is happening through their eyes rather than as an external observer. Ally Carter has really mastered the skill of disclosing only so much to a reader but at the same making the reader feel like they know exactly what is going on. Then, when you get the end and you think you've figured out what's going to happen, everything turns out differently and far more cleverly than you thought. It's genius! The plot that you thought was so simple becomes nested within layers of complexity that keeps you guessing right to the last page.
This is definitely one of those books to have on hand if you want something light-hearted yet clever, with fiery characters and a fast-paced plot. I will definitely be reading more Ally Carter in the future!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Katarina Bishop grew up with master thieves and spent her childhood participating in spectacular and daring robberies. But when she turned 15, she turned her back on criminality in favour of getting a good education and bluffs herself into the exclusive Colgan School only to be expelled after a few months, when someone frames her for putting the headmaster's prized antique Porsche on top of a fountain.
Her old friend Hale (the only son of a very rich US family, who doubles as a thief) admits responsibility because he needs her help. Her dad's been set up for the theft of paintings from a very powerful, very dangerous criminal boss called Arturo Taccone. Taccone wants his pictures back. Unless Kat gets them within 14 days, Taccone will take measures against Kat's father.
Kat now has 2 weeks to re-enter the life she thought she'd left behind, assemble a team, identify who really stole the paintings, find out where they are and then steal them back. How hard can it be?
Ally Carter's YA novel, the first in a new series, is a charming, thrilling, frothy crime romp - OCEAN'S ELEVEN meets THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR for teens.
Kat's a dynamic and interesting character. Her mother died when she was young and although she loves her father, the two aren't emotionally close. Her determination and the way she has to re-navigate the criminal world are well drawn (although the criminal road's perhaps a little too romantically depicted with its codes of honour and behaviour). I'm not a romance fan but her relationship with Hale is complex and the will they/won't they element didn't grate, even with the introduction of the slick Nick as a rival for Kat's affections.
The story rockets along, jumping from glamorous location to glamorous location as Kat and her crew track down clues and make plans and the time limit posed by Taccone gives a nice sense of urgency. There's also plenty of humour courtesy of Kat's crew - particularly her glamorous and bitchy cousin Gabrielle.
Carter sets up an over-riding arc with the mystery of who the master-thief Romani is and why is he interested in Kat. All in all, there's plenty here to make me want to continue reading the series and I look forward to getting the next book.
Her old friend Hale (the only son of a very rich US family, who doubles as a thief) admits responsibility because he needs her help. Her dad's been set up for the theft of paintings from a very powerful, very dangerous criminal boss called Arturo Taccone. Taccone wants his pictures back. Unless Kat gets them within 14 days, Taccone will take measures against Kat's father.
Kat now has 2 weeks to re-enter the life she thought she'd left behind, assemble a team, identify who really stole the paintings, find out where they are and then steal them back. How hard can it be?
Ally Carter's YA novel, the first in a new series, is a charming, thrilling, frothy crime romp - OCEAN'S ELEVEN meets THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR for teens.
Kat's a dynamic and interesting character. Her mother died when she was young and although she loves her father, the two aren't emotionally close. Her determination and the way she has to re-navigate the criminal world are well drawn (although the criminal road's perhaps a little too romantically depicted with its codes of honour and behaviour). I'm not a romance fan but her relationship with Hale is complex and the will they/won't they element didn't grate, even with the introduction of the slick Nick as a rival for Kat's affections.
The story rockets along, jumping from glamorous location to glamorous location as Kat and her crew track down clues and make plans and the time limit posed by Taccone gives a nice sense of urgency. There's also plenty of humour courtesy of Kat's crew - particularly her glamorous and bitchy cousin Gabrielle.
Carter sets up an over-riding arc with the mystery of who the master-thief Romani is and why is he interested in Kat. All in all, there's plenty here to make me want to continue reading the series and I look forward to getting the next book.
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heist society = amazing!
I am a big fan of the gallagher girls series and when this came out I was dubious. But it failed to disapoint- with a nice good guy bad guy twist and great characters. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Niamh B.
Very good!
It was very good but quite complicated, so you would have to concentrate alot but I would definately recomend it & I am looking foward to reading the sequel very much!
Published 1 month ago by Agirlwholovesthisbook.
Overall a Pleasurable Read
I must admit this isn't generally my type of book. The way there is a cover model on the front who looks nothing like what I'd expected Kat to look like puts me off a little, I... Read more
Published 2 months ago by ghybjkl
Smart with a kick-butt heroine
Heist Society had been sitting in my TBR pile for quite a while until I read a review recently that made me really want to pick it up. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Debbie @ Forever Reading
Awesome book
brilliant...jokes it's crap dont buy....
Jokes again...it is brilliant. Characterisation is great and so is the storyline. Must read for all Ally Carter's fans.
Jokes again...it is brilliant. Characterisation is great and so is the storyline. Must read for all Ally Carter's fans.
Published 3 months ago by Dusk
I struggled with pacing...
I was not a fan of Carter's "I'd Tell You I Love You" but I was very interested by the idea of this book revolving around thieves, I wanted the main character to be this clever,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jade
Better than I was expecting
After being recommended this book by a friend I was not dissapointed. I had seen Ally Carter's previous series 'Gallaghers girls' on the shelves of my local book store, but up... Read more
Published 4 months ago by seektheinfinite
Awesome!
I absolutley loooveeee this book, it is amazing! Ally CArter is a really great author. I've read her Gallagher Girls Series and I can't wait to read more of her books. Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Walker
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hiest society was a very good if you like an adventure story of just somthing differnt ... it came fast within days and was read faster
Published 7 months ago by stace
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