Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

The quick cut: A teen guy and girl whose parents used to be married to each other find their lives intersecting once more when they all end up at the same billionaire's house for an important weekend.

A real review:

 Thank you to Delacorte Press for providing the arc for an honest review.

 Family is complicated enough, but what about the family you get when your parents remarry? Can they be as loyal and devoted as the others you've had your entire life? This is a question for Kat and Liam. 

 Kat and her mom have spent their lives together trying to minimize the chaos they've created. Her mom's latest venture has been as a jewel thief - until she announces that her next job is her last and they're going straight. The final job? Stealing a high value necklace from a billionaire's house. It all sounds like a spectacular final job until they show up and see someone they don't expect: Liam and his dad, a guy who Kat's mom was married to for 48 hours. Is this a coincidence? Or are they all after the same thing?

 This book started out a little slow for me, with my preference for Liam's narrative. By the end, though, I learned to appreciate both him and Kat. They really do complement each other quite well in that sibling sort of way. 

 Plot wise, the story here gets very complicated at the end. In the beginning, it's setup as a thief story. By the end, it's a messy conspiracy with so many threads you'd need a chart to keep them straight. I do think the author could have made this one less complicated and still made an amazing story. 

 Kat was never meant to become a thief, but she ends up right in the middle of the action when things go wrong. The step-brother she never thought she'd see again ends up being her partner in crime to survive the weekend. 

 In this story, the best character is easily Augustus. Although he's not a narrator, he's such a phenomenal secondary character that you want to see more from his perspective. Can we get a book for him please?!?! 

 A fun crime story that gets too complicated to track by the end.

My rating: 3.5 out of 5