A Million to One
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Adiba Jaigirdar
Adiba Jaigirdar, author of one of Time's Best YA books of all time, gives Titanic an Ocean’s 8 makeover in a heist for a treasure aboard the infamous ship that sank in the Atlantic many years ago. A thief. An artist. A acrobat. An actress. While Josefa, Emilie, Hinnah, and Violet seemingly don’t have anything in common, they’re united in one goal: stealing the Rubaiyat, a jewel-encrusted book aboard the RMS Titanic that just might be the golden ticket to solving their problems. But careless mistakes, old grudges, and new romance threaten to jeopardize everything they’ve worked for and put them in incredible danger when tragedy strikes. While the odds of pulling off the heist are slim, the odds of survival are even slimmer . . . Perfect for fans of Stalking Jack the Ripper and Girl in the Blue Coat, this high-seas heist from the author of The Henna Wars is an immersive story that makes readers forget one important detail— the ship sinks.
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Author
Adiba Jaigirdar
Pages
368
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2022-12-13
ISBN
0062916378 9780062916372
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"This was a good time!"
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Zariah Grant
"A mix of Oceans 8 meets The Italian Job on the Titanic. Clever characters with daring hyjinx on the backdrop of a luxurious ship will leave you on the edge of your seat. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder who will make it off the ship and who will freeze to death. Some LGBTQ love in there for those who are looking for it. A fun novel for the in-between series. "
Rachel Temp
"The second book of 2023, complete! I just have to start with saying about half way in I got scared there was about to be a bury your gays trope, and it would have almost been hilarious because I was using my Illumicrate TBR reading prompt cards, and chose "favorite trope" because of the heist. Anyway there wasn't, but I still sobbed my ******* eyes out and my cat kept almost like... checking on me?<br/><br/>I loved how short the chapters were! This was a reasonably over 300 paged book, and it felt less than, because each chapter I don't think was more than honestly five pages, and the countdown til the ship sank was really great and was an amazing tool to stir up extreme anxiety in the reader. I really liked the diversity, the characterization and personalities and how Ocean's 8 really was the perfect comp title for this one. I tabbed so much of this book, let's just say thank god I have another set of tabs from literally, Albertson's of all places. Heists will not soon be no longer my favorite trope/plot and I can thank Six of Crows originally for that, and now A Million to One for securing it. <br/><br/>Amazing job and I'll have to see if Adiba Jaigirdar will be coming out with anything else soon."
Jillian Selwyn
"This was a very weird book experience for me. I thought the concept of a group of teenage girls working together on a high seas heist sounded fun and exciting, but unfortunately somehow not much happens. The characters are all kind of bland and same-y (except that one had this constant low key racist mental monologue going on, which was kind of weird for a character who was clearly meant to be sympathetic) and a lot of things are glossed over. The characters made inexplicable decisions (why would seeing a scary guy heading your way make you decide to get out of the life boat?????) and the use of real people felt borderline disrespectful, particularly matron Wallis (who steals something from one of the girls for no reason) and Phillips."
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