Initial Impressions 5/9/916: Ocean's 11 meets Leverage in Ally Carter's Heist Society series! 
 I finally continued this series after almost four years (even though I loved the first book!) and it was just the book I needed at the moment. I love the heists, the family, the friendship, and I keep cracking up over the job names. Ally Carter's wit and humor is a perfect balance with the seriousness of the heist and solidarity of family. It wasn't a knock out for me but I just love these books. 
 Review as orginally posted HERE on The Book Addict's Guide 6/24/16: Just a mini-review for UNCOMMON CRIMINALS today! It had been almost four years since I had read HEIST SOCIETY (on audio) before I picked up UNCOMMON CRIMINALS but it wasn't because of disinterest. After four years of waiting, I finally gave up hope that my library was going to get the audiobook because I just really enjoyed Angela Dawe's performance so much! I knew I had to keep this one going on audio. 
 UNCOMMON CRIMINALS was just as much fun as I remember HEIST SOCIETY being! I just love heist books because so many of them often times employ a lot of humor or sarcasm, I think mostly because the characters are just so clever. You really have to be able to outsmart everyone when pulling off a heist and I think that extends a lot into a character's social interactions as well. I feel like UNCOMMON CRIMINALS was a little less humorous and a bit more serious than HEIST SOCIETY since the stakes were raised a bit more, though! 
 I really enjoyed how the characters' relationships started to go a bit deeper as well. There's always a certain level of trust in a friendship -- especially when it involves deception and thievery -- but Kat really starts to amp things up with Hale, whether she intended to or not, and both friendships and familial relationships are really put into the spotlight in this book. 
 UNCOMMON CRIMINALS is an easy read but still full of so many important moments that any teen (or adult) can relate to. I love the balance of humor along with the severity of a heist and all of the experiences that come along with it. These books are so enjoyable and I'm hoping to finish up the series soon! Although now I'm hearing book three is not the last book like I thought it was... so more adventures for me, I guess!