THE SCAM LIST By Kurt Dinan

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

The Scam List by Kurt Dinan
Published by Crime Spree Books on 8/3/20
Genres: Contemporary, Humor, Young Adult
Pages: 266
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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Boone McReedy: high school conman, smooth-talking charmer, and the idiot who just got scammed out of $15,000 of his mom's money.

Darby West: ass-kicker, straight-shooter, and Boone's ex-girlfriend.

Now, they must team up to save their parents' business, one con at a time.

That is if they don't kill each other first.

Of course, they're only going to scam people who deserve it.

That's a promise.

Would they lie to you?

Short and Sweet

After Boone gets scammed out of $15,000 of his mom’s money, he has no choice but to get the money back one con at a time. Boone decides to team up with Darby his ex-girlfriend. These two have to work together to get the money back without killing each other in the process.

Characters

Boone: Boone is out main character, and he’s known for being a conman. Boone means well but he gets a kick out of doing cons. After losing his mom’s money he knows he has to pull out the scam list which is a little book full of cons his dad used to pull.

Darby: Darby is feared by most of the people in town, she has a tough exterior but she tries to do good. Darby agrees to help Boone with his cons as long as the people they’re conning deserve it. I liked Darby as a character she’s about empowering women and she tells it like it is.

Romance

Boone and Darby: Boone and Darby went out on three dates and after that she started ignoring him. But now that they have to work together we see that they do have chemistry and they’re both good people they just go about things differently which was the reason for the split in the first place.

My Thoughts

~ Golden Mountain is the flea market Boone’s mother owns and with the $15,000 stolen Golden Mountain is under the risk of shutting down.

~ It was interesting seeing how Boone got scammed out of the money and it was even better seeing who was behind everything.

~ Boone’s father is in prison for running cons and Boone goes to visit him to catch up and get advice for how to get the money back.

~ I liked seeing each of the cons, Darby and Boone make a good team.

~ We get to meet a lot of characters and one of my favorites is Roadie he has a booth at the flea market and he ended up helping Boone a lot in this book.

Overall

I really enjoyed this book! It was funny and it had a bit of a mystery and I loved seeing how the cons would play out and I just wanted to see if Darby and Boone would reach their goal. If you wanted a bit of background on Boone and Darby there’s also a novella out with a few short stories! I would recommend this book it was funny and held my attention until the very end!