Coin Heist by Elisa LudwigPublished: Adaptive Studios
Source: eARC from Netgalley
My Rating:
The last place you’d expect to find a team of criminals is at a prestigious Philadelphia prep school. But on a class trip to the U.S. Mint – which prints a million new coins every 30 minutes – an overlooked security flaw becomes far too tempting for a small group of students to ignore.
United by dire circumstances, these unlikely allies – the slacker, the nerd, the athlete, and the "perfect" student – band together to attempt the impossible: rob the U.S. Mint. The diverse crew is forced to confront their true beliefs about each other and themselves as they do the wrong thing for the right reasons.
Elisa Ludwig's Coin Heist is a fun, suspenseful, and compelling thriller, told from the revolving perspectives of four teens, each with their own motive for committing a crime that could change all of their lives for the better—if they can pull it off.
Thanks to Adaptive Books via Netgalley for providing me with this ARC.
I went in to Coin Heist not knowing what to expect. This was my first "heist" story, but after watching films such as Ocean's I figured it would be a fun read. For the most part, it didn't disappoint.
Written in the point-of-views of four high school students, there were a few slow patches and little room for true character development. I would have liked to seen it written in two POVs, or better yet, third person. There were places where each character voice sounded the same. However, by the end I appreciated each character and the circumstances that led them to take part in hopefully saving Haveford Friends.
What I loved was the way these four, very different, characters came together to commit a crime for the greater good of their school. Of course in the real world I would never condone this, *but* I couldn't help but root for Alice, Jason, Benny (my favorite character), and Dakota.
Watching these relationships evolve was gratifying. Through all the differences, roadblocks, twists, these four had to learn to trust one another, and somehow, with little nuance, the author pulled off showing this to the reader.
While, yes, this was about a heist, it was about so much more; family, friendship, the politics of high school. If you're anything like me, and find this teetering toward your "Did not finish" pile, I recommend you continue to see how this played out in the end.
Until next time!
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