Thursday 21 January 2010

Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott

From Goodreads:
My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember.

Dani has been trained as a thief by the best - her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting wealthy homes and making a living by stealing antique silver. They never stay in one place long enough to make real connections, real friends - a real life. In the beach town of Heaven, though, everything changes. For the first time, Dani starts to feel at home. She's making friends and has even met a guy. But these people can never know the real Dani - because of who she is. When it turns out that her new friend lives in the house they've targeted for their next job and the cute guy is a cop, Dani must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known - or the one she's always wanted.

There is something about reading an Elizabeth Scott novel that reminds me of reading Judy Blume when I was younger – it captures that magic I felt when I realised how amazing reading can be. I just loved this book – the plot, characters – I loved it all. I find Elizabeth Scott has a really simple but enchanting writing style and she really brings the characters to life. I identified with Dani immediately even though her situation is very unique and I just adored Greg. I love the way these two characters had a real connection and I really believed in their friendship.

As you’ve probably guess I really enjoyed this and can’t wait to read more by this author.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Awesome review, I am giong to have to go search out some of her work - I have yet to read anything by this author and it sounds like I should!

Unknown said...

Ooh that's exciting: I just noticed you hit 200 followers. Congratulations! Yay!
Back to the review, this book sounds really interesting. Sounds like it would make a great film. I am going to have to try at least one book by this author.

prophecygirl said...

I haven't read this one yet, but it sounds great! Have you read Something, Maybe? I loved that one!

Melissa (i swim for oceans) said...

What a great review! I love Elizabeth Scott's work :)

Lauren said...

Oooh, interesting. The comparison to reading Judy Blume has sold me. I've been wanting to read some Elizabeth Scott for a while - I'll try to start with this one, I think. Thanks for the review!

Nayuleska said...

This sounds fascinating - think I'll put it for the wishlist :) In a later wip I'll be including a thief, so it'll be nice to see how this is written.

So Many Books, So Little Time said...

I really want to read this one. It's sounds a little different.

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