The Crims by Kate Davies

The Crims by Kate Davies

Published by HarperCollins

Published on December 5, 2017

Genres: Children's Books, Mysteries & Detectives, Homor

Page Count: 304

Source: Publisher

Format: Paperback (Hardcover)

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Description: The Addams Family meets Despicable Me in the first book of this new trilogy, perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch!

The Crim family is full of notorious criminals. Notoriously inept, that is. Uncle Knuckles once tried to steal a carnival. Great-Uncle Bernard held himself hostage by accident. Aunt Drusilla died slipping on a banana peel. But Imogen is different. She was born with a skill for scandal. A knack for the nefarious. A mastery of misdemeanors.

Despite her natural talent for all things unlawful, Imogen got out of the family business years ago. But when the rest of the Crims are accused of pulling off a major heist—which seems doubtful, to say the least—Imogen is forced to step in to clear their names. Because only a truly skilled criminal can prove the bumbling family’s innocence….

Hello Readers.

I had such high hopes for this story. The premise promised to be a good one. I enjoy Lemony Snicket and any book that is said to be similar to that excites me. I wish that I could say that this book lived up to my expectations but it didn't. Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad book. However, when a book is slated as something, I get disappointed when it falls short. 

There were moments where the story drug and I can see where the target audience (8-12 years) may get bored. The characters were enjoyable but I found myself mixing them up. There were points where a character was mentioned pretty much just to be mentioned and served no true purpose to the scene. There were holes in the story that I am hoping will be addressed in the other two books.

I am rating this book Three Orange Books because it didn't move me. Marketing it the way that it was marketed created a level of expectation that it could not meet. It was a good idea and the potential is there. It will be interesting to see how the trilogy reaches completion. 

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