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Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt
3.0

This is a solid YA, coming-of-age story about (found) family and (online) friends and it's good rep for asexual kids.

However, it's not really my cup of tea and it let me down a bit. Comparing anything to Six of Crows or Kaz Brekker is going to give me VERY HIGH expectations, especially when we're comparing heist books. The heist wasn't as suspenseful as I was hoping for. Also, generally speaking, I should probably stay away from YA - I'm starting to grow out of it and it's starting to feel a little too repetitive and childish.

But for someone who likes YA, this is great. I was worried it would sound a little too much like (bad) fanfiction. It didn't.