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“They called us swindlers, fraudsters, tricksters, cheats. But make no mistake: we never crossed anyone who didn’t deserve it”

Brief Summary-
In The book The Confidence Games, you follow two best friends Nellie, and Emma who made a career of being con-artist and making a name for themselves in the European Black Market. In a life that they chose, something was bound to happen that would rock their world. Emma and Nellie now found themselves in the toughest job yet. They have to steal The Heart Of Envy a very important jewel in an exhibit in London that is filled with high-tech security with people and press everywhere. If they dont this.. they will find themselves in a life or death situation. So how do they do it? And do they pull it off?

What To Expect :
💅Badass Female Main Characters
💅Action/Adventure
💅Strong Friendships
💅Mystery
💅A Twist At The End

My Thoughts-
I loved this book. It was an incredibly fun read. If you like movies like OCEAN’S 8 & OCEAN 11. Then you will love this.It was a great mystery, action packed book. I think the plot is great. I was immersed in the story rooting for Nellie and Emma. I felt like I was part of the heist. I think this story was more than two friends being trickster. You really fell in love with the friendship Nellie and Emma has. It was very inspiring and I had the warm and fuzzy. I hope we all have a girl that we can count on that will help us with anything in life. Including swindling old men hahah but also ready to commit a crime and help each other cover it up lol.

“Sometime it takes the scary things to show us how brave we really are.”

The writing was easy to follow along. The pace went well with this story. I was never bored. I was on the edge of my seat wanting to know how the heist played out. At the end of the book, I was questioning how people come up with these plot twist?! Because my brain is definitely not wired like that so I was the perfect target audience.

The Characters in this book was very unique to the story. There is a lot of side characters at play and they were woven in perfectly.

❤️‍🔥Nellie- was the tall blonde tanned, stylish FMC. All eyes on her. I really enjoyed her energy. I think her spunky personality really added a fun layer to this story.
❤️‍🔥Emma was the timid FMC. She stated a few times that was nothing with Nellie. And I dont think that was entirely true. Emma’s character development was amazing I was really proud of her by the end of the book.

Overall I truly recommend this book It’s a quick easy story that will have you on the edge of your seat. I was really impressed. This book comes out in July so make sure you add this to your TBR as it will be a sizzling summer read.

This is my first book by this author. The Confidence Games is her debut contemporary fiction novel. I can’t wait to check out her future work.

“..it’s the storyteller that counts, not the story. It doesn’t matter what you do or say; as long as you’re confident, you can get away with anything”

Playlist-
💎I AM WOMAN-Emmy Meli
💎Looking At Me- Sabrina Carpenter
💎Breakfast- Dove Cameron
💎Diva- Beyonce
💎Play With Fire- Sam Tinnesz Feat Yacht Money
💎Woman Like Me- Little Mix Feat Nick Minaj
💎Boss Bitch- Dojo Cat
💎7 Rings- Ariana Grande
💎Lithuim- Nirvana
💎Castle- Halsey
💎You Should See Me In A Crown- Billie Ellish
💎Watch Me- The Phantoms
💎Work- Iggy Azalea
💎Bitch Better Have My Money-Rihanna
💎Queen- Loren Gray
💎I Did Something Bad- Taylor Swift
💎Devil Is A Woman- Cloudy June
💎Me & The Devil- Soap&Skin
💎Bad Girls- M.I.A
💎Mount Everest- Labrinth
💎Just A Girl- No Doubt

✨Thanks to NetGalley, The Author, and Berkley Publishing for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review✨

The premise is great. The writing is easy to follow along with. I wasn’t personally gripped and stopped after chapter 2 (11%). That said, I can see this being a solid three to four stars for the target audience.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

Great little heist book! Immediately the book took a different direction than I was anticipating. Female friendships rock. Lots of "you go girl" moments <3

Focus x oceans 11 x taken, this was a really fast and fun novel to read.

I’m always a sucker for a heist so this read was right up my alley! Loved it

What a fun quick read! Two friends have a thrilling job where they steal from others and then sell stolen jewelry and watches and etc for more money. This job is thrilling until one of the friends gets kidnapped. If you’re looking for a standalone, quick and easy read, this one would be recommended!

Thank you to Berkley Publishing for access to this eARC! This book was fun! I was really excited to get into a book about a heist and this did deliver. I loved the relationship, the sisterhood between our two main characters and the elements of found family within their heist crew. The twist at the end is where I started to get a little lost. It was a little bit too much unraveling all at once. It all works out in the end but the dump of information right at the climax had my head spinning just a little bit. That doesn't stop me from wanting this as a movie right this minute so I can see it all play out. Overall a really good time!

Fairly predictable mystery, but it was still a good read that I enjoyed. I only thought it was predictable because I solved the mystery before the characters did.

This book made me so excited! My heart pounded through every chapter which made me fly through this book. The plot was exciting and fast paced and the characters were interesting but relatable. I highly recommend this book and will be telling all of my family and friends to read it!