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Forbidden City by James Ponti

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I absolutely loved this book! It was everything I wanted and more as the third book in this series.

In this third book, the city spies are off again as they try to keep their sights on the son of an important physicist. To do this, one of the team joins an elite chess match. The others create roles to keep tabs on those who have much more sinister plans for the physicist that they want to recruit.

I have to say that I think my favorite thing about this is how well written this story is. From the characters to the plot, the story is engaging and fast paced from beginning to end and you can’t help but love the found family that the city spies make up.

chrissiemwright's review

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adventurous inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

mint_the_muffin's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

jehansen127's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ktripp1021's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

shannonlian's review

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The young spies at MI6 have a new mission. The sinister organization Umbra wants to recruit a North Korean nuclear physicist and the City Spies need to put a stop to that, and preferably recruit the physicist themselves. In order to make contact without arousing suspicion Paris is going to play in the same chess tournaments as the physicist's son. The mission includes the whole gang - except for Brooklyn, who has to stay back to go to summer school - and it takes them to both Russia and China.

I'm always having a great time hanging with the smart kids from City Spies! Their intelligence is far above my level in many areas, but in others they behave like regular teenagers. Brooklyn is grouchy because she has to go to school when the others can go and "have fun", but since she was the last to join she's got some catching up to do. And since Mother has adopted all young spies he's not only their spy leader anymore, but also their father, and his decision to put Brooklyn in summer school was a parental one. They becoming more and more like a family is so sweet, including the kids fighting as siblings would!