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A review by lil1smith
Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter
5.0
It's a heist story. By the one and only Ally Carter. Which meant that I had to pick it up eventually. And I'm glad I did.
It was a middle grade geared story, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect with that, since most of Carter's books are YA. I liked having the younger characters in the story though, it gave a new perspective and was somewhat different from what Carter has done before with her spyish stories. There were a few times I felt like the writing was a little too juvenile, and catered towards a younger audience in ways that aren't really that necessary. (Fart jokes? Really?) But it wasn't so much to keep me from enjoying the story.
My only other hiccup was some of the writing feeling rushed, so I felt like I was missing bits and pieces of information. There were a few sentences I read, and had to reread, because I was confused as to how we got from point A to point B. This could be due to the speed I ended up reading it at, but I felt like it was a little more than my speed reading skills failing.
This was a good middle grade read, and another hit for me from Ally Carter!
It was a middle grade geared story, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect with that, since most of Carter's books are YA. I liked having the younger characters in the story though, it gave a new perspective and was somewhat different from what Carter has done before with her spyish stories. There were a few times I felt like the writing was a little too juvenile, and catered towards a younger audience in ways that aren't really that necessary. (Fart jokes? Really?) But it wasn't so much to keep me from enjoying the story.
My only other hiccup was some of the writing feeling rushed, so I felt like I was missing bits and pieces of information. There were a few sentences I read, and had to reread, because I was confused as to how we got from point A to point B. This could be due to the speed I ended up reading it at, but I felt like it was a little more than my speed reading skills failing.
This was a good middle grade read, and another hit for me from Ally Carter!