Thieves' Gambit
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4.3 • 20 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
In this cinematic heist thriller, where a cutthroat competition brings together the world’s best thieves, one contestant is playing for the highest stakes of all—her mother’s life.
“A propulsive, high-octane thriller that kept me guessing until the very end.”—Alex Aster, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lightlark
“Fans of Ocean's Eleven will enjoy Kayvion Lewis’s exhilarating [thriller].”—PopSugar
The Gambit invites you to join . . . are you game?
A Quest can’t trust anyone in this world—except for a Quest. At least that’s what’s been drilled into seventeen-year-old Rosalyn Quest since practically birth. And for good reason—Ross is part of a legendary family of thieves who have built their fortunes collecting ill-gotten gains by pulling the ultimate heists. But Ross is tired of it. She wants more out of life, but on the night she plans her escape, her mother is kidnapped. Ross should have known payback would come sooner or later.
In a desperate bid to save her mother, Ross enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a high-stakes competition for the world’s best up-and-coming thieves, where the winner is granted one wish—for anything you want.
Ross only wants to save her mother’s life, and she’s playing to win. But in a globetrotting game full of dangerous, escalating trials where killing isn’t exactly off-limits, Ross must use all her skills to outsmart her cunning and cutthroat competitors, including her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking boy who might also be making a play for her heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Lewis illustrates a captivating push and pull narrative that centers a girl yearning for a "normal" life while navigating a dangerous game where cons and trickery are rewarded. Black Bahamian 17-year-old Ross Quest comes from a family of thieves; with her mother, she completes daring heists around the globe. Though her thrilling life has afforded her close family ties, Ross has always been desperate for friends, and intends to sneak away to a gymnastics camp. On the night she plans to leave her life of crime, the job her mother is on goes sideways, resulting in her capture by mysterious assailants, who hold her for a ransom of one billion dollars. To save her mother's life, Ross enters the Thieves' Gambit, a legendary, potentially fatal tournament in which the world's top teen thieves must complete a series of heists, competing to be granted their heart's desire. With her childhood enemy Noelia, who is Swiss and white, also competing, Ross knows she must remain guarded, but she soon finds herself taken with handsome and cunning Devroe, who is Black and British. Fresh descriptions of varied backdrops, including the Bahamas, Cairo, and France, elucidate wanderlust vibes in this edge-of-the-seat thriller. Ages 12–up.
Customer Reviews
Fast paced fun!
Thieves Gambit by Kavion Lewis is a wile, thrilling, fast-paced ride for fans of Six of Crows, Inheritance Games, and Oceans Eleven. This comparison titles probably give you a good sense of what you’re walking into when you start this book and Kavion Lewis does not disappoint!
Seventeen-year-old Rosalyn Quest is part of a notorious thieving family but really just longs for a normal teenage life. But her dreams are out on hold when her mother is kidnapped. In order to save her mother, Rosalyn must enter an underground thieving competition and win the grand prize. This is where the fun and chaos truly begins! It’s such a fast and almost head-spinning ride as you meet the other competitions who are willing to do absolutely anything to win—just like Rosalyn. The result is a whole lot of twists, turns, and of course, betrayals that keep raising the tension and sakes all the way to the end! This book was set up to the first in a series and the ending definitely had me eager to read the second installment!
SO GOOOD
Ok, I’ll have to admit. I took me a good month to read the first three chapters. BUT LET ME TELL YOU! It picked up QUICK!! I fell IN LOVE with the plot and characters. I could practically FEEL the emotion and betrayal coming off of the dialogue and characters. SO YOU!! YES YOU!! THE NEXT READER OF THIS BOOK!! YOU BETTER READ IT!!! (and if you are a really talented artist it would be really great if you could post stuff on Pinterest for me, and millions of over readers, boards :D that would be really kind :D) anyway yeah, no threats!! That’s a promise. Anyway, happy reading!
Love the read! 🇧🇸
If you are Bahamian, it’s a must read. If you’re not, then YOU STILL MUST READ! I’m so excited for Heist Royale!!!