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Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
4.0
This book was so good! I'm super picky about what I rate 5 stars because that pretty much only goes to books that are absolute all time favorites, and this was about as close as it could get without quite making it. I adored reading this.
Sarah's character was so well developed and I loved the story. A lot of action can often feel formulaic to me, but it flowed so smoothly here. I was invested right up until the end, and was honestly kind of bummed this was a standalone. I just never wanted it to end. If you like YA historical fiction about spies, I highly, highly recommend checking out this book. It's so incredibly worthwhile.
The thing that kept it from being a full 5 stars was that at times it felt a little too convenient, a little too coincidental, a little too over the top. I know to some degree all books rely on this, but I struggled a bit with suspending my disbelief at parts. And that's a small criticism. On the whole, this was utterly fantastic.
Sarah's character was so well developed and I loved the story. A lot of action can often feel formulaic to me, but it flowed so smoothly here. I was invested right up until the end, and was honestly kind of bummed this was a standalone. I just never wanted it to end. If you like YA historical fiction about spies, I highly, highly recommend checking out this book. It's so incredibly worthwhile.
The thing that kept it from being a full 5 stars was that at times it felt a little too convenient, a little too coincidental, a little too over the top. I know to some degree all books rely on this, but I struggled a bit with suspending my disbelief at parts. And that's a small criticism. On the whole, this was utterly fantastic.