Scammed

by Kristen Simmons Narrated by Soneela Nankani

Overview

The stakes are higher. The cons are riskier. And nothing is what you think it is.
Brynn Hilder is living a life she never dreamed possible: She lives in a mansion, getting a top-rate education at Vale Hall. She has friends and an almost-boyfriend. Anything she wants, she can have.
The only catch? To stay in this life, she has to help the director of Vale Hall take down the bad guys of Sikawa City by collecting secrets and running cons.
Getting everything she wants and fighting evil doesn't seem like such a bad deal. The thing is, she's not so convinced anymore that Dr. Odin is really going after bad people after all. And the friends and almost-boyfriend that have made her life so different are all liars and con artists-so can she trust that any of it is real?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for The Deceivers
An Anthony Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel!

“The perfect con, full of clever characters, untrustworthy romance, and lie after lie after lie, with just enough truth tossed in to make you question everything. I could not devour this book fast enough.”— Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

“Lying has never seemed so much fun.”—Katharine McGee, New York Times bestselling author of the Thousandth Floor Trilogy

“The excitement of teen operatives learning to work complicated scams makes for compelling drama.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

“Addictive and delicious.” —Katie McGarry, acclaimed author of Only a Breath Apart

“A new twist on mythic roots.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Masterful, suspenseful, and brilliantly executed.”—Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae

Kirkus Reviews

2019-11-07
Brynn's life as a young con intensifies in this Norse mythology-themed sequel to The Deceivers (2018).

After successfully surviving her first big mission, senior Brynn Hilder begins to relax at secretive Vale Hall, giving in to her feelings for swoony classmate Caleb Matsuki and enjoying her new friendships with fellow trained con artists. When controlling school founder Dr. Odin announces that her former mark, the corrupt senator's troubled son Grayson Sterling, is moving into Vale Hall and is again her primary assignment, Brynn's short-lived sense of peace begins to crumble. Simmons keeps the pace taut and the romantic tension high, but readers may quibble at how often Brynn second-guesses what's truth and what's deception in every comment, gesture, or action—even a kiss. As her doubts mount, Brynn holds on to one constant: She cannot allow her single mother (or herself) to go back to a life of poverty (or, in her mom's case, a controlling relationship). Despite posing more questions than it answers, this installment delves deeper into the compelling main characters and sets the stage for what's likely to be a chaotic, life-or-death next volume. Most characters are white, but there's scattered inclusion in the story: Brynn is Colombian and white American, Caleb is Japanese American, and there is some racial and sexual orientation diversity in minor characters.

This twisty, fast-paced sequel will leave readers hungering for more. (Thriller. 13-18)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172660320
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Series:	Valhalla Academy , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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