I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
September 9, 2006 — Mary Childs
This is one of the preview books our district gets from book publishers. We then read them and write a short review that goes back to the publisher. This is a first book in what looks like a coming series called the Gallagher Girls adventures. The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is outwardly an exclusive girls’ school but is really a front for a spy school. All subject matter taught at this school, including advanced encryption, covert operations and instruction in 14 languages, is designed to develop the girls into well-trained spies. At this point I couldn’t help make the comparision with Hogwarts, but it’s definitely without the depth of a J.K. Rowling book.
Cammie’s problem comes with she’s out on a CoveOps surveillance assignment and happens to meet Josh–a regular guy from a regular school, but of course she can’t tell who she really is or anything about herself. How much is she willing to go through in order to have this little bit of “normal” in her life?
It appears there will be more “Gallagher Girls” books in the future, so watch for sequels.
