A review by kba76
To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai

funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

From start to finish, this was completely ridiculous. The characters were infuriating, the situation they were in was most unlikely and yet I found myself quite entertained by its daftness.
Sumi is fed up of her parents trying to set her up with a husband. She’s in growing debt, her apartment is flooded and when she goes to meet her best friend she ends up implicated in the theft of a very expensive necklace.
The mysterious man who she meets outside the museum on the night in question wasn’t the thief, but he certainly intended to take the necklace. When he turns up with a crazy plan to take back the necklace, Sumi finds herself going along with it. Alongside her ragtag bunch of friends/associates she sets up a wedding planning company and finds herself taking responsibility for the wedding of the daughter of a local mafia boss, just so they can steal the necklace.
This went from crazy to even more crazy early on, and continued in the same vein. Highly improbable, but certainly entertaining.