Death Prefers Blondes

When you are a spoiled rich girl, how do you get your kicks when drugs and drinking are just so passe? You create a team of skilled students to help you rob museums, and other rich folks. And we are not talking about the Bling Ring, but a group with many more skills, and lots more balls. And to top

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it all off, the team dresses in Drag to help hide their identity. But Drag is not just a costume. It’s armor, and it’s Life.

Margo is the “poor little rich girl” in this book. But shes not bad. There is a purpose behind her thefts. It helps her friends with no other way to live, and helps secret organizations help others. But her life is not all champagne and caviar. Her father is sick with some mysterious illness, and everyone wants to rule her world. Only Margo can save the company and herself, but she will need all the help from her fabulous team.

Her team is made of of her best friend Axel and his brother Joaquin. Axel is a true Drag performer. It is his passion and his escape from the life his embezzling father left behind while in prison. Joaquin is the newest member of the team who is enamored with team member Leif. Leif, is a small town country boy moved to the big city to be himself, and attend ballet school. He needs the money from these jobs to pay his tuition as his strait laced religious parents will no longer help foot the bill for his alternative lifestyle. The last team member Devan is the car person. You can pull his drag hills from his cold body when he is gone.

This book was so much fun. It is very inclusive. Margo is bi, and the rest of the team is gay. And it just is. No explanation needed, no excuses, it just is, deal with it. (Love that). It also hits every point to be labeled a SAGA (sexual and gender acceptance) read. As well as having a cast of characters who can claim various nationalities and skin color. This book does contain sexual situations, but most are glossed over, or hinted out. However the innuendo is full on, especially when the team needs a sixth member. Some of it might be considered gratuitous, but then again, I think it is realistic to the teens it represents.

Overall this was a fun romp. I hope the author makes it a series for new adults. I could see the team becoming spies, or secret operatives. I think they could do it, forwards, backwards, and in heels.
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