4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted 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: No

“I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I Would Have to Kill You” by Ally Carter is the first book in her YA Gallagher Girls series. Cammie attends an all-girls school in Virginia where her mother is the headmistress.  However, this is no ordinary school.  The town’s people from the small village near the school think all of the girls are rich snobs who attend the school.  The rich part is partially true but the school is a school for training future spies.  Many students who attend have parents who are also in the spy business. The problem starts when Cammie and her friends end up in town for one of the classes and Cammie meets a boy named Josh from the village.  Josh and Cammie hit it off and she knows he cannot know her true identity so she makes up a story. Can Cammie keep up her story?  What happens if Josh finds out?  This is a cute story with a little spy twist.