Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I'm pretty much always a sucker for a good heist tale. So, of course, I had to read this.

My takeaway:

It's REALLY heavy on relationships, betrayals, trying to make good, and trust, which is perfectly in line with MOST heist novels (or movies), but this one leans rather heavily into the push-pull of F/F burn and its fiery dynamism.

For me, I was mostly rooting for a burn this whole thing down ending for at least the first half of the novel, burying the mastermind in a shallow grave--but then a funny thing happened. I started hoping for a happy ending.

Of course, it wouldn't be a good heist without plenty of reversals, and this one has plenty. Suffice to say, it turned out pretty wicked.

I should note that my mind's-eye turned this whole novel into a full tale set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe and I'll die by my decision to do so. It just WORKS REALLY WELL that way.

Very happy with the tale.

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