Today we are really excited host our stop on the How to Lead a Life of Crime blog tour. Peeps, I’m reading this one now and let me tell ya, HILARIOUS. It’s a prep boarding school with teen criminals. Sound like a good time? You bet. If you’re looking for a something new and different from the norm with a strong main character, you’ll want to check this one out. Need more persuasion? Check out the post to take a look at Mandel Academy’s course catalogue and enter the giveaway for a chance to win an ARC!
A Meth Dealer. A Prostitute. A Serial Killer.
Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear.
Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or will the school destroy them both?
Class is now in session at the Mandel Academy, the school for criminals in Kirsten Miller’s new book, How to Lead a Life of Crime! To help you solidify your schedule for the semester, we’re highlighting different class options each day along the tour. Choose your favorites, pick up a copy of How to Lead a Life of Crime, and enroll in the Mandel Academy today!
Excerpt from the Mandel Academy course catalog:
Mining the Masses: Big Profits from Little People
Many students leave the academy with their eyes peeled for a single big score. But those with a little patience find it can be just as rewarding. Some of the largest fortunes in America were built a few cents at a time. Figure out how to take a quarter from every person in America, and you’ll end up with a $75 million fortune. This course will show you how.
Where to find more Mandel Academy course highlights:
Thursday, 2/21: Mundie Moms
Friday, 2/22: Books With Bite
Monday, 2/25: Parajunkee’s View
Tuesday, 2/26: GreenBeanTeenQueen
Wednesday, 2/27: Cuddlebuggery Book Blog
Thursday, 2/28: The Young Folks
Friday, 3/1: Alice Marvels
Monday, 3/4: Fiktshun
Tuesday, 3/5: Ticket to Anywhere
Wednesday, 3/6: Birth of a New Witch
Giveaway
Thanks to the awesome folks at PenguinTeen, I’m giving away my ARC of How to Lead a Life of Crime!
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missbonnie13
This does sound incredibly original. I’ve heard great things about this author in general too, and her Kiki Strike series. This one sounds like tons of fun though!
Tammy Sparks
I love the idea of a school that trains criminals! And I would like to think I could possibly fit in there! Thanks for the giveaway:)
Lexxiee15
I’ve been waiting for this book since I read about it months ago! I’m so excited.
BooksForMe2
Wow, to be bad for once in your life…yeah, I’d go!
kaethefierce
I love the premise. Unfortunately, I think I’d be offed by my classmates within a week were I to attend the Mandel Academy. I’m not ruthless at all.
Guppy5700
No Im too chicken to lead a life of crime so attending a school to ‘train’ to be one wouldnt happen. I love to live vicariously through others though, so I’ll just read about it!
brainz4christ
I think I could attend Mandel — I can be cutthroat ambitious when I want to be (not a great trait =/). But I might not make it physically. Love the premise!
Anastasia
The plot of this book sound so interesting! such an unique idea! and hmmm it depends, If I really really wanted to I probably would(:
Lisa FicTalk
I really like the idea of this story SO MUCH. I can definitely see myself reading this, but besides the premise, the title and the cover with its colors really attracted me to this book. And now I must read it!
mariya
Well, this is certainly an interesting concept for a book. I like it. . . I think, lol. I don’t think I would want to attend such a school being that I am not a criminal (nor do I wish to be one) but I’d love to read the book instead.
ele05gs
I fell in love with the idea of this book the second I read the blurb. I can’t wait to read it! 🙂
Amanda
This sounds very fun!
Kamira
Exciting for a book, but I’m not sure I would be able to live in such enviroment.
tamara216
I don’t know if I’d fit in at Mandel Academy, but I’d love to try 🙂 I like the premise of this book, it sounds exciting and dangerous.
tessa
id fit in just fine. just. fine >:)
BritzJones
I really want to read this book! It sounds so exciting, and Steph’s made it sound so funny on Goodreads.
JuliaRainWellman
I probably wouldn’t fit in, unless it was as some kind of civil disobedience scholar. My husband, however…well, if I win, I have a feeling he’ll love this book.
Shelver506
I think the premise is FASCINATING, but no, I wouldn’t fit in well. I’m too much of a straight arrow goodie two-shoes.
Kassidy
Nooo I definitely could not! haha, but I would love to read about the people who do! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReadRinseRepeat
I could do it. I’m not afraid to shank a beyotch.
Jenny
I don’t think I’d survive a day there. LOL!
Angela
I think I’d be an outcast… I’d probably fail in a school like that. It sounds really cool though. Just not for me.
sazbah
Oh, Steph, your rec alone would be enough, but the blurb of this sounds GOOOOD.
Anne C
Nooooo! I won’t survive in a school like that. I can’t do what they are doing there.
Haraiah
Suuure. That would be really cool. You know, I’ve always wanted an
adventure like that, something that’s not what teenagers normally do. It
would be really fun!
erinf1
I love the sound of this book! I like how it’s centered on a life of crime 🙂 But I don’t know if I’d attend myself b/c I wouldn’t be any good…
Billie
what an original story! i HAVE to get my hands on this!!
almevk
it look nice the premise …. mmm mmm i don’t think that i could live like that
Rebecca D
I would never get it. Too much of a goody two shoes. But I really like the sound it it!
BookDen
Oh, yes. I’m as ruthless as they come. 😉
Olive
I wouldn’t survive a day there, but it’s a pretty awesome premise!
Cee
I would love to attent that school but I am not ruthless at all.
Cee
I would love to attend that school but I am not ruthless at all.
zarah
I am loving the outline of this book and am really looking forward to reading it! 😀
SBBCreviews
Oh I’d love to attend a school like that. It’ll teach me a lot more productive and interesting things than what I learn in my school now so I definitely want to go to this school.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
mego
love the premise but hope i’d never find myself having to attend.
Wendy
I would love to attend Mandel Academy.
veela_valoom
This is one of those books I really wanted on Netgalley and was very sad to be rejected for. Sounds so good.
veela_valoom
This is one of those books I really wanted on Netgalley and was very sad to be rejected for. Sounds so good.
Sam
Are you kidding, Mandel Academy or work at office? I’ll have to go with Mandel Academy.
Sam
Are you kidding, Mandel Academy or work at office? I’ll have to go with Mandel Academy.
Niinjax11
Not sure I could make it at Mandel academy, I think I would prefer dealing with books and normal study sessions. xD
At first glance the idea appeared slightly cheesy/corny but yet fat from boring and well actually unusual/fresh, which is why I would like to read it more than many other YA-novels with a worn-out subject.
SmcGG
This sounds like a mix of Battle Royale, with a dash of Heist Society and Gallagher Girls.