Sunday, March 5, 2017

Heist Society by Ally Carter

4 Stars
Age: 14 and up

This was like a backwards who-dun-it.  A heist told from the thief's point of view.  Slightly predictable, but full of surprises at the same time.

Ally created a team of honest art thieves if you can call it that.  You know as you read it it could never happen, but it was a thoroughly entertaining book anyway.  I will be continuing the series.

Content:  very little language.  One nondescript kiss.  There are a few death threats.  Very clean read, I would recommend this to anyone!

Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

3 Stars
Age: 15 and up


The first thing I did when I finished this book was say "hmm".   I think my biggest mistake was reading this right after re-reading Divergent and so I was comparing writing styles.  Let me say this: there are no similarities between these books.

Once you get past the sometimes confusing sentence structure you find a wild science fiction plot line.  I heard others say it was confusing, but I found the lack of colorful description was nice, it let my own imagination take over.

Content:  there are a few kisses, and a few scenes of helping the other bath, but it was not inappropriate.  I would let my teenager read this.