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The Squad: Killer Spirit by, Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
4/5⭐️⭐️⭐️

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death

High school sophomore student, Toby Klein is facing death in a few different ways. First she has been nominated for Homecoming Princess and her brother's taken it upon himself to endorse her campaign and now it's looking like she might win which is a disaster and could very well end in death for her at the hands of her senior, cheerleading/super secret CIA agent captain-Brooke. Second, with the new mission that they've been given Toby has cheated death at least twice while tailing some suspects.

As usual I did enjoy this book as I love her writing and how she writes her characters. I was a little off put with Noah's character though, IDK he just kind of annoyed me. This one was better then the first as there was an actual mystery and more of a plot. I do wish we could have seen more of the squads characters.

mrsannmariefarris's review

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1.0

I really liked the first one. This one I couldn't even finish

callmepops's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

laono's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

abiluvr's review

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3.25

Solid read, had fun and that’s what’s important. Wish there was a book 3 though, competition season would’ve ate. The twist wasn’t super memorable but I didn’t see it coming.

abbyv518's review

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

4.75

Yes

charmaineac's review

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1.0

So, I just realized that Jennifer Lynn Barnes has a book called Killer Instinct AND this one, Killer Spirit. Unfortunately, I didn't feel like this book contributed anything meaningful. It was more of the same, and Toby's "Woe is me, I hate my life" attitude gets old after a while. Nothing really happened on the Jack front, and a lot of the big plot points (e.g. Alan? Using Jack?) went unsolved. This is all probably coming in hindsight, as I know this series did not continue on. It was probably meant to get picked up as a looong series with many missions (think: Baby Sitters Club or Madison Finn, some of the really long series of the time). I can see why it wasn't, and I'm also really glad that YA has moved past that trend.

liralen's review

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3.0

Fluffity fluff, filed somewhere in my brain near [b:The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber|328723|The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber|Lauren Mechling|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348310791l/328723._SY75_.jpg|319345] and...trying to think what other guilty-pleasure reading has stuck in my brain for this long...[b:Secrets of My Hollywood Life|196549|Secrets of My Hollywood Life (Secrets of My Hollywood Life, #1)|Jen Calonita|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391992981l/196549._SY75_.jpg|1416200], maybe, though I think Secrets is a step above either of the other two in terms of writing and need to suspend one's disbelief. But in terms of sheer entertainment (cheer entertainment...?), this never disappoints. Now if only there were German editions so that I could pretend that rereading the series is productive...

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