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Uncommon Criminals, the second book in the Heist series, was
good. It takes place a little bit after the first one started, where Kat has
been doing jobs by herself and generally making everybody mad at her (again).
Then, she gets stopped by a stranger in the street and is asked to steal the
Cleopatra Emerald back for her. This emerald is well known to be cursed, and
after their first successful heist of it (yes, you heard me correctly, first),
it seems to be that the crew might actually be a little bit cursed. This book
takes you through the whole crew’s journey towards trying to steal the emerald
back again, for its RIGHTFUL owner, and uncovers a lot of interesting pieces of
family history, and old cons gone wrong surrounding past attempts at stealing
the emerald.
I’m giving this one a 3.5. It was good, but it didn’t have
the same feeling as the first one did. The writing was still good, and the
scenery was still interesting, but it just wasn’t as funny. I liked the story
line in this one a lot, a little bit of history always makes me happy, and I hope
that the author continues on with this theme in the next book. I’ve been
partial to the WWII references (as it’s my favorite war to read anything
about), and I hope she doesn’t stray too far. At the same time, I am hoping
that more family secrets come out, and we that we finally get to learn Hale’s
first name.
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