I'm genuinely so disappointed because I thought the premise of this book sounded so good. It might have just been me slightly comparing this to the Six of Crows duology in my mind, but I really don't think that would have changed my opinion much anyway. 

The major plot twists were predictable to me and the Casimirs are always being described as being these amazing notorious criminals but they never truly did anything much worth being notorious for. And I did hope that the tea aspect of the whole thing would play a much larger role but besides a few mentions here and there nothing much was actually done with it. They also spent pretty much more than half the book preparing for a heist that was SUPPOSED to be the entire plot line of the book. We spent more time running around than actually in the heist so I was left constantly just waiting for something ANYTHING. I didn't like Arthie being so obviously instantly attracted to characters as well. Just as a way to set up for a love interest or betrayal, I feel like that was so lazy and could have been worked in so much better than it was. 

Honestly there was so much more that could have been done and I really thought it had a lot more potential than it turned out to be. Not sure I'd read the next book unless I have to for a book club.