Recommended to me by Amazon a year or so ago, the Gallagher Girls books have proven to be far more entertaining than I expected them to be and I'm so glad I gave them a try. Set largely in the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, the stories follow Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan and her friends Bex, Liz and Macey as they train to join the ranks of the famous "Gallagher Girls" - women who comprise some of the cleverest spies ever. Along with studying covert operations and code-breaking, the girls also deal with the usual hazards of teenage life.
Ally Carter is a talented writer who not only entertains me, but has enticed me into caring about her characters. I am engaged in the lives of these smart, resourceful - and sometimes so painfully young - girls, and the people surrounding them, including parents, teachers and the inevitable boys. They intrigue me. I want to know more about them and the world they inhabit, and that keeps me turning pages and looking forward to each new book in the series. Carter delivers on plot and paces her stories superbly. She gives us a good balance of dialogue and narrative and an even better balance of humor, danger and poignancy.
The Gallagher Girls books are fast, fun and very satisfying reads. It is worth noting, too, that each successive book in the series (and they should definitely be read in order) has grown in complexity and has a slightly darker edge than the volume preceding it.
Only the Good Spy Young
follows that trend. Cammie faces increased danger from the mysterious "Circle" and is forced to make difficult decisions about who to trust, who to care for and whether or not she can continue to do that most dangerous of things - Hope. Of all the books, I was the most emotionally tied into this one. The ending suggests that Book 5 (I don't know how many more books Carter has planned for Cammie & Co., but I hope it's several) could be even more of an emotional roller coaster ride. I am so there.
Highly recommended.
The Gallagher Girls books, in reading order, are:
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Only the Good Spy Young
Another of Ally Carter's recent books,
Heist Society
, about a family of con artists and thieves, is also definitely worth checking out. I loved it and am keeping my fingers crossed that it is only the first in another entertaining series from this talented author.
Fans of the Gallagher Girls might also enjoy Susan Runholt's Kari + Lucas Mysteries, another series featuring smart, resourceful teens that begins with
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia
.
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