4.5
You wanna hear something I just learned about myself despite having read literally thousands of novels in my lifetime? Turns out: I'm an absolute sucker for a heist story. Bring me your confidence men, bring me your double cross, bring me the diamonds, baby, then get lost.

I like that the missions weren't overly complicated, I like it when its dumbed down enough and there weren't that many like in the Inheritance Games, trips too solve the riddles hurt my head but the action and rivalry in this book I love it. Also when I read the description idk why or how this happened but I apparently thought when Ross was going enter the competition she would be competing against an ex boyfriend so I was waiting for that to happen but then Noelia and Devroe got introduced and things snapped into place. The stakes just kept getting higher and I loved all the drama and the action scenes especially the car chase, perfection. The way it ended makes me assume a sequel is in the works. I hope we get answers soon.

This sounded so fun— Inheritance Games x Ocean’s 11 seems right up my alley. Unfortunately I just couldn’t get into this one and though some of the Gambit tasks were interesting, the romance was lackluster and some of the writing style was not to my taste.

They had me at heist thriller. How many YA books have there been lately that are reminiscent of Ally Carter and MK England? The answer is not enough! This filled a hole in my heart & TBR that I didn't know was there, and the whole idea of the Gambit is a concept that I will be thinking about for a long time. I loved Ross and her strength, growth, and family loyalty, along with her two hot AF love interests! The twists and turns in this were quite the ride and the entire thing about not trusting anyone certainly held up- I had no idea who was going to con or backstab anyone, which is just how i like it!

I adored the story, the world building was amazing. I love meeting the different characters. I felt completely immersed in the story and couldn't stop reading it. The writing was also really nice. I couldn't put the book down and I can't wait for others to read and enjoy this story as well.

Everything was perfect except the ending it was a little lackluster but besides that everything was perfect. The pacing of the book was 10/10, the diversity of the characters, the gambit itself. I loved everything. I need the sequel already!!