by Roshani Chokshi
Wednesday Books, 2019. 388 pgs. Young Adult.
In Paris, 1889 the Exposition Universelle is about to open with its main attraction--the Eiffel Tower. Séverin Montagnet-Alarie is a treasure-hunter and a wealthy hotelier who has a bone to pick with society’s most powerful organization, the Order of Babel. But when the Order needs his help, they offer him a bargain: his true inheritance for the use of him and his crew. Séverin, along with his band of misfits, will have to use their wits and unique talents to find the artifact that the Order is looking for.
I’m a big fan of heists so I was really prepared to love this book. However, it was a little less about the heists themselves and more about the characters and the political climate with the Order of Babel. I found the writing to be confusing sometimes especially during action sequences, but the reader still gets a pretty good sense of this version of 1889 Paris. A big draw for this book is that it has an extremely diverse cast of characters. There are characters of color, characters on the LGBT spectrum, and possibly characters with mental disabilities (not explicitly stated, but implied). I would recommend this book for readers trying to read more diverse books as it checks pretty much every box.
AU
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