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A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar Published by HarperCollins on 12/13/22
Genres: Historical, LGBT, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 367
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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Josefa is an unapologetic and charismatic thief, who loves the thrill of the chase. She has her eye on her biggest mark yet—the RMS Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world. But she isn’t interested in stealing from wealthy first-class passengers onboard. No, she’s out for the ultimate prize: the Rubiyat, a one of a kind book encrusted with gems that’s worth millions.
Josefa can’t score it alone, so she enlists a team of girls with unique talents: Hinnah, a daring acrobat and contortionist; Violet, an actress and expert dissembler; and Emilie, an artist who can replicate any drawing by hand.
They couldn’t be more different and yet they have one very important thing in common: their lives depend on breaking into the vault and capturing the Rubiyat. But careless mistakes, old grudges, and new romance threaten to jeopardize everything they’ve worked for and put them in incredible danger when tragedy strikes.
While the odds of pulling off the heist are slim, the odds of survival are even slimmer…
Short and Sweet Review
A thief, an actress, an artist, and an acrobat aboard the Titanic in hopes of pulling off a heist. Josefa is a thief and she enlists her friends Violet, Emilie, and Hinnah to help her because they all come with certain skills that’ll help this mission be successful. The goal is to get the Rubaiyat a book that is encrusted with jewels and is worth millions. Any little mistake could jeopardize this groups mission so they have to be careful not to this heist slip through their hands.
This was such a good book, I love mysteries and I also love a good heist. Each girl has a skill that would help ensure that they could pull this heist off. I will say even though Josefa was friends with each of the girls some of the girls weren’t friends with each other, Violet and Hinnah were weary of Emelie but her being artist was really helpful. We see these girls make plans and scope out the Titanic, I loved seeing the girls do recon and go off and make sure each step of the plan would go off without a hitch. There’s this guy named Lake and he’s the one who’s guarding the book but he also has an assistant, August who has history with Josefa so it just complicated things a little more. The setting of the Titanic was great because it just added to the suspense of stealing something and having nowhere to run when you get caught.
This book was one that I couldn’t put down. The heist was great, the friendship and bond that these girls eventually form was heartwarming and we see that each of these girls really had a reason to trust Josefa and try to make a better life for themselves when all was said and done. I will say the ending was kind of bittersweet but it didn’t take away from all the other amazing things that happened throughout the book.
