A review by the_jesus_fandom
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee

3.5

 I really enjoyed this book. The dynamic between James and Mary was fun and cute and I liked seeing James’ way of thinking change via the way he talked in his POV chapters. Sometimes, though, he displayed a red flag that wasn’t resolved: “James Easton had never before experienced the urge to wring a girl’s neck. It was a powerful one, however, and he kept his fist clenched round her coarse cotton shirt in order to avoid acting on it.” “He didn’t want to talk about new developments. All he wanted to do was to roar at her until she cried and then pack her off somewhere safe” Yeah that’s not cute. 

I also didn’t appreciate how selfishness (

Angelica leaving her fiance and basically ruining him because now he’s going to jail

) was equated to emancipation