Medici Heist

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2024 by Feiwel & Friends.

ISBN:
978-1-250-90718-9
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Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Seventeen-year-old conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns to take up the reins of power. This is not a coincidence. The new Pope is extorting a mountain of indulgence money from the people of Florence to bolster his power and standing, and Rosa has a plan to take it back.

To pull off the Renaissance’s greatest robbery, she’ll recruit a team of specially-chosen, highly-skilled misfits: Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, and Giacomo, the irrepressible master of disguise. To top it all off, and to smooth their entrance into the fortress-like Palazzo Medici, Rosa even enlists the reluctant help of the famed artist Michelangelo.

But as the authorities draw closer and the Medici’s noose pulls tighter around the land, old secrets resurface and tensions in the group …

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Not feisty enough for me

Rosa wants payback, specifically from the Medici family, and especially from Pope Leo X.

I didn't enjoy this much, and was quite bored through long stretches. It just wasn’t for me. I found it tropey, full of cardboard cutout Special boys and girls that are tediously young in a specifically YA way, a telegraphed twist, and lacking any of the thrills a good heist can provide. I'll continue waiting for the next Gentlemen Bastards novel.