mayapapaya2618c 's review for:

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

4.0

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Middle school reread because I'm feeling nostalgic, and yep, this still holds up. It's fun and lighthearted, but the few seriously emotional scenes still strike a chord. It's kind of a sad story on the whole, but I thought it was kind of nice that the entire book didn't revolve around her romance. Also because Josh is a cardboard cutout with a personality like plain Triscuits, but that's kind of the point. Josh isn't what's important, it's the fact that he represents normality to Cammie, and when you look at the overarching narrative of the series, book one is basically just setup - Cammie solidifying her intent to become a spy, and to forgo all promise of a "normal" life.

I loooove the world that Carter introduced in this book: the badass sisterhood, the Hogwarts-like mansion with secret passageways and trap doors, the insanely cool classes like Covert Operations and Protection and Enforcement (P&E, lol). Her friends, Bex, Liz, and Macey didn't get much time here but that's fine because there's like 5 more books to do so iirc.

So, yeah, basically I wanna be a Gallagher Girl. On the research track though. No CoveOps for me, thank you very much.