sarah_thebooknerd 's review for:

Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I have to admit I am a sucker for heist books. There is something about them that always is appealing. The high end tech, the intrigue, the tension between the love interests,usually the amazing outfits and high stakes of the moments.

Magnus and Celeste were on the same heist team. They had the same mentor, Doris who is now deceased and her dying wish is for them to come back together as a team to pull off one more heist. Making the job that went sideways,  have resolution. Celeste is a risk taker and Magnus lost his entire family so he didn’t want to lose Celeste. When he realizes that she is not willing to put that part to the side and recognize the recklessness of her risk taking he walks away. Celeste grew up in the system and blossomed with mentorship from Doris and she likes the thrill, the chase and yet we see her vulnerability in the book when others outside of Magnus recognize that risk taking and how much it will isolate her from people that love her.

I loved the heist aspects and how fast paced that part was and I enjoyed each of them individually a lot. I think what I wanted to see a bit more of was them as a couple the emotional connection there outside of sex. There are not any flashbacks to them as a couple in the past so you have to rely solely on their memories discussed or conversations had now and I think that if that had been more present I would have loved this book even more. That being said, it is a fun and quick read and if you like sexy heists I think you will enjoy this one.

CW: Sexual content, Sexism, Grief, Cancer, Death (off page)

Racism, Gun violence, Blood