Thank you Little Brown Books Publishing and #Netgalley for providing me access to an advanced copy of Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka in exchange for my honest review.

Olivia Owens is not too happy that her father, who once was caught cheating on her mother is yet again walking down the altar. This time Olivia has wedding plans of her own during her father's wedding. Olivia's heist is to steal what she feels she is owed by her father, which is millions of dollars. Olivia has meticulously planned this heist and has several key pieces to make this heist successful. The only problem during the heist is coming to terms with herself. To find out if Olivia and her heist team succeed or fail read Heriess Takes All by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka today!

tl;dr
A fast-paced heist plot stitched into a lot of complicated family drama.

Thoughts
If you like your heists with a side of ~drama~, this one's for you. We've got messy parental relationships, squabbling extended family, blackmail, and dash of a love triangle to round it all out. Olivia Owens used to live a life of luxury - full of money, and devoid of meaning. This all changes when her mother divorces her cheating father, and she's left hanging in in the void between them. Kicked out of her family home, and with a mother struggling to make end's meet, she decides to get revenge by stealing millions of dollars from her father, all in the middle of his wedding to his third wife. She cobbles together a group of skilled teens (and one out-of-luck teacher) for her crew, puts together a very serviceable plan, and gets to work. The crew members are all fun and well-written with strong personalities and reasons of their own to be in this caper. I always like the actor character, so Tom is my instant fave, but they're all great. So great that Olivia somehow winds up being the one with the least to go on. She describes herself as determined, but all flashbacks portray her as somewhat directionless, with no clear path to how she became who she is. She researches thoroughly, masterminds a plan, and then doesn't include any fallbacks or contingencies for the complications that inevitably arise. Her motivations never fully hit sympathetically relatable, or ruthlessly entertaining, hovering somewhere between the two. She spends a lot of time pretending to be the girl the tabloids expect her to be, and very little being herself. I can't tell who she really is at all. Maybe she can't either. The book ends as a fairly comfortable oneshot. The door's open just enough that a sequel could happen, but the ending is satisfying enough that it doesn't need more.

A heist during a wedding what could go wrong? Getting revenge on her father and claiming back some of her inheritance is Olivia’s plan going into her father's wedding She has her crew picked and assembled and contingency plans in place now she just has to get the passcode to her father's safe to get the money. In a high-stakes fast-paced ya novel.

This is a story I’m usually all over and in love with, but I couldn't get into this one. The pacing dragged and I couldn’t connect with any of the characters. I found myself skim-reading a lot finding mild interest in the little character interactions but that was about it. Ultimately, this book just wasn’t for me.

Smart kids, twists and turns, and a loyal teacher. Oh...there is also a day that needs to have millions of his dollars liberated. What's not to like? There is a romantic subplot that I would rate as the "worst" part of the narrative. I just worst very loosely here because this is a very good book that will keep readers glued to the pages right to the the end. This book is a winner and will circulate well!

Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka push their characters into a morally gray and completely illegal adventure in Heiress Takes All as their protagonist Olivia embarks on an elaborate heist to steal millions of dollars that should have been her inheritance.

Olivia broke up her wealthy parents’ marriage years ago when she revealed to her mother that her father was having an affair, and an ironclad prenup meant the financial aspect of the split wasn’t exactly even. Since then, Olivia’s mother works multiple jobs and has recently accumulated a great deal of medical bills. Olivia couldn’t do much when her father married the woman he cheated on her mother with, but she starts to plot when she receives an invite to his third wedding.

She pulls in allies whose skills she needs, including a baker, a hacker, and a former teacher—all with different motives for helping her. Olivia can’t plan for everything, though, and things start to go wrong immediately as the bride tries to delay the wedding, the kidnapping goes wrong, and her former stepmother shows up and tries to redirect the heist. And what can she possibly do about her ex-boyfriend who is still insisting he never cheated on her?

Everyone came to this wedding with a motive, and Olivia isn’t the only one running a con in this heist story sure to captivate readers who enjoyed Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s Inheritance Games and e. lockhart’s We Were Liars. Heiress Takes All is a fantastic read and is sure to be a hit.

This was a really entertaining heist book, but I honestly don't know who I was rooting for. Olivia is not the most likeable main character, but she is bad in a fun way. I would definitely read more about her and her crew, and the door is left open for more, although this story does stand well on its own.

This was such a good book! I really love this author so I was so excited to get to read this book. The plot was so good I could not put it down until I finished! The characters were unique and I loved the journey and turmoil they went through. I will be recommending this book to all of my friends and family.

Such a great read if you loved the inheritance games! I love a good heist story. This feels like a Netflix show in the best way possible.

Absolutely loved this thrilling, twisty ride! It's like Inheritance Games if IG was a heist, and absolutely delivered on all fronts. I loved each character (even if they drove me nuts, looking at you Kevin), and the romance was such a fun touch. Couldn't recommend more highly enough to fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

So grateful to Netgalley and LBYR for the arc--this was one of my favorite reads of the year!

Heiress Takes All kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last!

A heart-pounding heist novel complete with a ragtag team, twists and turns, and a little bit of a love triangle. If you like Ocean's 8, getting revenge on evil parents, and high drama-- this one's for you!!

This book was fantastic! It was my first book by this author duo but I will have to check out their other work since I enjoyed this one so much.

I have seen this book compared to The Inheritance Games & the movie Oceans 11 and I adore both of those so I was excited to dive in.

I was not disappointed with this one. I really enjoyed the side characters (found family trope), the romance (that didn’t take away from the heist and other subplots) and action of the heist. Although it is a YA novel, I thought it was fantastically written and still great for adult readers too. I loved the mystery aspect, the scheming, family drama and unexpected twists! I think this book could easily be turned into a hit movie or tv series. 4.5/5⭐️

Usually I'm not huge on YA but I couldn't pass up a good heist! Though it got a little slow in the middle, I overall enjoyed the book and looked forward to seeing how it played out.
3.5 stars rounded up to 4

Olivia is reeling from her parents’ divorce that forced her and her mother to start over in a true riches to rags story. After her mother’s accident, Olivia hatches a plan to steal millions of dollars from her father to help support the two of them. To do this, she recruits a rag tag team of fellows high schoolers (and one adult) to help pull this off during her father’s wedding. Can Olivia truly execute the heist, or will her entire plan go down in flames?



I have a complicated relationship with Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka’s books, particularly their young adult books. The last few haven’t been my favorite (although I LOVE If I’m Being Honest), and while I really wanted to like this one, it just didn’t do it for me. The pacing was a little too slow for me, especially for a book about a heist, and I couldn’t connect to the characters. I will say, the premise and overall story did give me Oceans Eleven/The Inheritance Games/Such Charming Liars/Thieves Gambit vibes, but the execution wasn’t quite there.



Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown and Company for the ARC!

Book:
HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Books for the Arc: Out: June 4th

Review:
4⭐
I picked this up because of THE INHERITANCE GAMES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes comparison...I stayed for wittiness of the characters as they embarked on their heist.
HEIRESS TAKES ALL is a quick and easy read. This high-stakes book enthralled me, the first chapter pulling me in before the rest of the book kept me there. I enjoyed the heist aspect as the plan played out(and the way it played out.) HEIRESS TAKES ALL is tactful and thrilling, and I found myself rooting for the characters as they completed task after task and had obstacle after obstacle. This is a must read id you're looking for something different, something to get you out of a reading slump.


What I Liked About It:
*the taking what's rightfully yours aspect

This was a fun book that definitely fits into the young adult genre. However, I enjoyed it as an adult and believe that a junior high-aged kid would also like it. It has some cussing and kissing moments, nothing too crazy, but it's something to be aware of if you're selecting it for your child. Personally, I think would be fine for my teenage child to read. The book gets right to the point, and I found it to be a pretty quick read overall. While there were a few moments where the plot slowed down, it was mostly high-paced.

I really enjoy heist stories, and this book was no exception. You do have to suspend belief for most of it, but that's part of what makes it fun. It's been compared to Inheritance Games combined with Oceans 11, and while I think it's more like Oceans 11, I can see where the comparison came from. Tom and Kevin were my favorite characters, but I thought all the characters were well-written and enjoyable. Overall, I had a good time reading this book.

Ok I was really excited to start this book but was quickly disappointed. I read about 75% of the book and then just never picked it up again. The way the storyline was constantly shifting and the plot was getting more and more complex just made me confused and uninterested. I was really hoping for this to be similar to the Inheritance Games series but it was lacking in so many ways. It left me wanting less, not more.

Fun novel about a teenage girl on a mission to steal millions from her own father, during his wedding. As she is on her mission, things keep getting in her way like ex-step moms, ex-boyfriends and a bad kidnapping hostage. Great for fans of Inheritance Games.

A new author for me, but highly surprised! I went into this not knowing too much but the author captivated me! The main character is super vengeful for such a young girl but it works! The characters could not have been more different but yet all the differences make up for a truly unique cast! The energy in this story was immaculate, high stakes and everything a real heist story should be! I also appreciate such a well thought out plan! Very of the ordinary for me to pick up a story like this as I usually do not gravitate towards heist stories. The code names were also very clever, and the humor! I love that this story was not overly serious and I laughed so much!

This was a fun time! We get a deep dive into Olivia’s thoughts and daddy issues and find out why each crew member decided to be a part of the heist as the story unfolds. Also, we get short chapters! I was really happy about that. The pacing felt very slow at times and because of that I wasn’t reaching for my kindle often but when I did pick it up, I enjoyed the story. I just didn’t feel consumed by it. The vocabulary seems complex for YA but the overall vibe is definitely YA.

Thank you Little, Brown and Company for the advanced copy!

As always, I will say that a YA book can be hit or miss for me. This one was a hit! This has me hooked from chapter one. I love a good heist story and this one did not disappoint.


Olivia was an heiress but that all changed when her dad kicked her and her mom out of their home. Her dad is a real piece of work and is now on to his third marriage. Olivia has been pushed out of her former life and she wants needs revenge. She plans to steal her dad’s fortune on the day of his nuptials. Olivia has a whole team set and ready to help her accomplish her goals. They all have their reasoning for needing the fortunes. Will the risk be worth it? Can they pull it off?

What I loved:
- seriously this book had me hooked from the first chapter. The concept was fun, the writing was well done, and the pacing was excellent!
- I loved Olivia and her whole team of rogue bandits. Seriously, all the side characters were awesome. I was rooting for all of them to pull off their heist.
- The dash of romance was fun!
- The twists and turns kept me on my tors the whole time. I was absolutely shocked by a few things!

Can I just say that I NEED a sequel for this book? I love all of them and would be so down for another heist. Plus, I have a few questions regarding some vibes I was seeing 😏. This book was so fun and I look forward to the author’s future work. 4 stars out of 5. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!