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I'm a sucker for a book with a dress on a cover. So lets just go ahead and assume any book that has a dress on the cover .... was a cover buy!
I actually ended up really enjoying this book. I love the whole YA which guy is she going to go for kind of thing.
Also it's just a really cool spy book!
The characters are well written, its a fast paced book with lots of twists and turns but it makes you feel for the characters. Excellent read
I actually ended up really enjoying this book. I love the whole YA which guy is she going to go for kind of thing.
Also it's just a really cool spy book!
The characters are well written, its a fast paced book with lots of twists and turns but it makes you feel for the characters. Excellent read
yasss bitch!
This book surprised me to no end! The Conspiracy of Us was incredibly action-packed from start to finish, so fast-paced and thrilling that I just couldn't put the bloody thing down! I'm so pissin' excited to read what happens next. Maggie has presented us with a story that's so complex and gripping that I was scrambling to find the next two books in the trilogy because wtf is going to happen, dude we have two more books and so much has happened already
Also, let me just say, Stellan is the best thing about this book. By far. And I love him. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Highly recommend this book, it's underrated as fuck! READ IT, that is all.
“Avery West’s newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead.”
Thus begins the first novel in an exciting new YA series. Our heroine, Avery, is thrust into a world beyond her imagination when two guys show up at her school looking for her. Avery must find a way to figure out which of them to trust before she ends up in the wrong hands … or dead. This fast-paced read takes Avery from her hometown to Paris to Istanbul chasing a truth that seems just out of reach. With the help of her new friend, Jack, Avery must try to decipher what is going and why she’s ended up in the middle of it all. And to top it off, an old family friend is somehow connected, but he’s been kidnapped and Avery may hold the key to saving him.
I really enjoyed this book. It moves quickly and kept me guessing from chapter to chapter who she should trust and what might really be going on. As the secrets around her are revealed, I found myself as confused in places as the main character and yet the author gives just enough foreshadowing that I continually tried to guess what would happen next, only to be surprised each time.
The books ends with a giant cliffhanger setting it up perfectly for book two in the series, which I can’t wait to read.
Thus begins the first novel in an exciting new YA series. Our heroine, Avery, is thrust into a world beyond her imagination when two guys show up at her school looking for her. Avery must find a way to figure out which of them to trust before she ends up in the wrong hands … or dead. This fast-paced read takes Avery from her hometown to Paris to Istanbul chasing a truth that seems just out of reach. With the help of her new friend, Jack, Avery must try to decipher what is going and why she’s ended up in the middle of it all. And to top it off, an old family friend is somehow connected, but he’s been kidnapped and Avery may hold the key to saving him.
I really enjoyed this book. It moves quickly and kept me guessing from chapter to chapter who she should trust and what might really be going on. As the secrets around her are revealed, I found myself as confused in places as the main character and yet the author gives just enough foreshadowing that I continually tried to guess what would happen next, only to be surprised each time.
The books ends with a giant cliffhanger setting it up perfectly for book two in the series, which I can’t wait to read.
Sixteen-year-old Avery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily start a war. They are part of a secret society know as the Circle of Twelve, and they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead.
To unravel the mystery threatening her life, Avery must follow a trail of clues from the monuments of Paris to the back alleys of Istanbul with two boys who work for the Circle: beautiful, volatile Stellan and mysterious, magnetic jack. But both boys are hiding secrets of their own, and when the clues expose stunning new information, Avery realizes the conspiracy could destroy her life--if it doesn't destroy the world first.
Well, that was definitely interesting. I did have a little trouble getting into the book initially (not completely sure it was the book, the fact that I was in the middle of moving may have had something to do with it), but when I was finally able to get into it, it sucked me in.
I had a bit of trouble liking Avery. She just felt a little too...um...something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but my opinion of her wavered throughout the story. I liked her a lot more towards the end when she was finally opening herself up and starting to think through her actions before she did them. I understand that the need to meet the father she thought had walked away, but really, not talking with her mom first was just straight-up spoiled, petulant child. I get that she was mad, but if she'd talked with her mom first, she might have been able to get the root of some of the mysteries a little quicker. Or at least been a little less in the dark about things.
Jack and Stellan were both interesting and I'm glad the story basically only focused on Avery and one of them without making a love triangle. At least not in the strictest sense of the word... Although both of them could have used a little more fleshing out. We find out somethings about both of them, but I could have used a little more a little sooner (and just more in general). I mean, it's clear the two of them have a history and a connection and that whole history was sort of barely glazed over.
Luc struck me as someone that might actually be helpful. He clearly cares for his family, but something tells me that he'd just as soon not be one of them. Plus, there was Avery's little revelation about him (granted it was just to herself, but still, looking at it, it certainly makes sense). And there's the fact that he helped them out, so maybe they can go to him in the future for assistance? He'd definitely be able to help considering his family and their connections.
And that ending!! Those last two pages do a great job of really setting up the next book. I will definitely be reading Map of Fates! Can't wait to see what else Avery discovers about the Circle!
To unravel the mystery threatening her life, Avery must follow a trail of clues from the monuments of Paris to the back alleys of Istanbul with two boys who work for the Circle: beautiful, volatile Stellan and mysterious, magnetic jack. But both boys are hiding secrets of their own, and when the clues expose stunning new information, Avery realizes the conspiracy could destroy her life--if it doesn't destroy the world first.
Well, that was definitely interesting. I did have a little trouble getting into the book initially (not completely sure it was the book, the fact that I was in the middle of moving may have had something to do with it), but when I was finally able to get into it, it sucked me in.
I had a bit of trouble liking Avery. She just felt a little too...um...something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but my opinion of her wavered throughout the story. I liked her a lot more towards the end when she was finally opening herself up and starting to think through her actions before she did them. I understand that the need to meet the father she thought had walked away, but really, not talking with her mom first was just straight-up spoiled, petulant child. I get that she was mad, but if she'd talked with her mom first, she might have been able to get the root of some of the mysteries a little quicker. Or at least been a little less in the dark about things.
Jack and Stellan were both interesting and I'm glad the story basically only focused on Avery and one of them without making a love triangle. At least not in the strictest sense of the word... Although both of them could have used a little more fleshing out. We find out somethings about both of them, but I could have used a little more a little sooner (and just more in general). I mean, it's clear the two of them have a history and a connection and that whole history was sort of barely glazed over.
Luc struck me as someone that might actually be helpful. He clearly cares for his family, but something tells me that he'd just as soon not be one of them. Plus, there was Avery's little revelation about him (granted it was just to herself, but still, looking at it, it certainly makes sense). And there's the fact that he helped them out, so maybe they can go to him in the future for assistance? He'd definitely be able to help considering his family and their connections.
And that ending!! Those last two pages do a great job of really setting up the next book. I will definitely be reading Map of Fates! Can't wait to see what else Avery discovers about the Circle!
sehr gutes Buch, ich konnte es gar nicht mehr aus der Hand legen! Ich hätte nur einmal gerne ein Buch, in dem der/die/das Hauptcharakter nicht von mehreren Personen umschwärmt wird, sondern schlicht und weg einfach für sich lebt. Gerade bei Jugendbüchern finde ich so etwas ausgesprochen wichtig.
I just reread this book for the first time in years and the audiobook really enhanced this reading experience. I thought it was good when I read it in highschool but with some books I've reread later in life, the flaws have made the stories very difficult to continue. That was not true for this book and I have enjoyed it more on the reread because I can better appreciate all of its elements. The plot is amazing and has great twists. The pacing is perfect for this style of pseudo-adventure story and the writing style kept me continuously engaged. I'm even more excited now to finish this series.
I do not care how much shit this book gets. This will always be one of my comfort reads. Also Stellan is hot as fuck. Jack fuck off.
Real rating: 3.5 stars
What drew me to The Conspiracy of Us was the concept, and that was really what drew me in. I LOVE contemporary books with intrigue and family politics and spies and conspiracies, and on that front The Conspiracy of Us delivered very well. In this book you get a group of twelve very important, very powerful families filled with alliances and plots. What you also get is a pretty awesome prophecy that everything in the book comes circling back to. It was great.
The other thing that this book did really well was… A love triangle. I know you’re probably shaking your head already. “A love triangle!” You cry, “It’s so cliche and terrible!” But this triangle actually works, and I normally hate love triangles. In The Conspiracy of Us the love triangle was not cliche or annoying, and it actually make sense. Plus, the actual bit of romance there is in this series’ first installment was really nice and well done.
What I was left wanting more of while reading this novel was details about pretty much everything. We get a little bit about the hierarchy of the families and the people who work for them, but not enough detail to really flesh it out in my mind. We learn that the families control a lot of what goes on in the world… But not who or how or what. We learn about the prophecy and how it came to be and that it’s super important… But not enough for me to be super attached to how it plays out. As this is the first of a trilogy, I’m hoping this is something that will come in the future books, but for now… I’ll be waiting until I can read book two.
What drew me to The Conspiracy of Us was the concept, and that was really what drew me in. I LOVE contemporary books with intrigue and family politics and spies and conspiracies, and on that front The Conspiracy of Us delivered very well. In this book you get a group of twelve very important, very powerful families filled with alliances and plots. What you also get is a pretty awesome prophecy that everything in the book comes circling back to. It was great.
The other thing that this book did really well was… A love triangle. I know you’re probably shaking your head already. “A love triangle!” You cry, “It’s so cliche and terrible!” But this triangle actually works, and I normally hate love triangles. In The Conspiracy of Us the love triangle was not cliche or annoying, and it actually make sense. Plus, the actual bit of romance there is in this series’ first installment was really nice and well done.
What I was left wanting more of while reading this novel was details about pretty much everything. We get a little bit about the hierarchy of the families and the people who work for them, but not enough detail to really flesh it out in my mind. We learn that the families control a lot of what goes on in the world… But not who or how or what. We learn about the prophecy and how it came to be and that it’s super important… But not enough for me to be super attached to how it plays out. As this is the first of a trilogy, I’m hoping this is something that will come in the future books, but for now… I’ll be waiting until I can read book two.
The premise was good and really interesting (I'm always a slut for ancient conspiracies) but the romance stuff ruined what was good about it.