Le casse

[b:The Heist 16169737 The Heist (Fox and O'Hare, #1) Janet Evanovich https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371429330s/16169737.jpg 22016392] is an action caper story. Think G.I. Jane meets White Collar. There is plenty of action, some humor, and a nice con. However, it didn't really work for me, I think mainly because I couldn't make myself believe in or emphasize with the main characters. I kept on thinking “Give me a break” as I read it. Also the ending rather sucked. Daddy showing up just in time gave it a deus ex machina feel. I give it three stars just based on the humor and the over-the-top ballsiness of the plot.

This is the ol' ‘similar but different' scenario. Similar to the author's prolific Stephanie Plum series with ‘I hate you then I love you' romance but different career choices involved. And because of the male main character's career choice the author seems to be channeling [a:Donald E Westlake 40532161 Donald E Westlake https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s hilarious Dortmunder series, which starts with [b:The Hot Rock 596576 The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1) Donald E. Westlake https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1424652145l/596576.SY75.jpg 980279].I'll probably read 1 or 2 more of this series.