Heist Society by: Ally Carter Ending

In my last post, I told you about the setup of the book Heist Society.  Kat is a girl who comes from a family of great thieves.  She would often help her dad steal valuable pieces of artwork when she was younger.  When she was older though, she decided that she did not want to be a thief anymore, and went to a boarding school to try to be a normal person.  However, her friend Hale got her out of boarding school because Kat's dad was in trouble.  A bad man named Arturo Taccone thought that Kat's dad had stolen his paintings.  Kat decided to help her dad though because she knew that he would not steal those paintings.  I think that this setup is very good for a mystery book because it has so many different possible outcomes.  Many times throughout the book I tried to guess what was going to happen and who the real thief is.  I never was right though, because there are so many twists and turns.  Books like this are impossible to put down because you always want to figure out what the next surprise will be.  Some of my favorite parts in this book are when you first meet a new character.  One character that I thought was very exciting was Gabrielle.  Gabrielle is Kat's very girly cousin.  When I first met Gabrielle in the book, I thought that there was not a lot to her personality.  She just seemed like a really girly girl.  When Kat first sees her after a long time of not seeing each other, she feels the same way.  Later in the book though, Gabrielle shows that she has a dark side to her.  She has had a tough childhood because her mom remarries very often, and Gabrielle feels like she does not have a real father.  That is why she really wants to help Kat's dad, because he is like a father to her, not because of blood, but because she can trust him.  When Gabrielle and Kat get in one of their many arguments, Gabrielle tells Kat that Kat is not the only one who loves her dad.  Later Kat really starts to think about that, and the truth sinks in that more people care about her father as much, or maybe even more, than she does.  Kat decides to trust Gabrielle and makes her part of the crew that is going to help Kat's dad.  I think that this encounter with Gabrielle opened Kat's mind to the realization that she needed help and could not save her dad by herself.  This shows a lot of growth in Kat's character.  In this book, I feel like the growth in these characters has to do with overcoming moral challenges that occur in real life and not just in the fictional story.  This was one of the many times throughout the book where I could connect to the real world through the story.  I really loved that about this book.  Overall, Heist Society was so amazing that I decided to start reading the sequel, Uncommon Criminals.  I have just started reading this book, so I cannot tell you much yet, but I will next time.