What an absolute ride — I breezed through Lady Eve’s Last Con with a huge grin on my face, enjoying every minute spent with those fabulous characters who could have put Ocean’s 8 to shame in matter of style (and I say that with deepest fondness for the movie) and loathing the thought that I will eventually inevitably run out of this book. It’s full competence, swagger, leather jacket and elder sibling energy, and as much sapphic chivalrous nonsense as my heart can fit and some more. I loved the chemistry between Sol and Ruthi, sizzling from page one, Sol’s every over the top sweeping stupid sexy antics, the similarities between them as elder siblings, the humor running through every description of the glitzy scene Ruthi was in. I am sorely tempted to start rereading this, like, right now.

A million thanks to Netgalley and Solaris for letting me read an ARC. What a good book.

This is just CHARMING AS HELL!! I’m going to have to come back later with more thoughts, because right now, all I’ve got is !!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

OK, now that I've slept on this book, please allow me to tell you why this book is the bee's knees! Part of the plot of this is a heist of sorts, REVOLVING AROUND KOSHER DUCK IMPORTATION. Like. I just. My people living their best Jewish lives in the future, having ALL of the opinions on transporting meat across galaxies on Shabbat! Gosh that is the BEST subtle bit of world building. But also the relationship between Sol and Ruthie slayed me. I'm just such a sucker for "I don't know who I am without my persona, so I'm going to let my guard down around you to remind myself of the truth" in a romance, but I don't know if I've ever seen it done in conjunction with a con artist and one of the people being conned before. Gosh, that level of shared intimacy is SO GOOD FOR ME! Also the exploration of class and how it impacts how you can move in the world just made me SWOON. Y'all, I will be rereading this book for AGES, it is an absolute DELIGHT.

(This is a review of an advanced copy given to me freely in exchange for an honest review.)