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

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Title: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Author: Ally Carter
Genre: YA
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 284 pages
Date read: April, 2012

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"-but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission-falling in love.

Pretty good YA which turned out not to be quite as predictable as I had first feared. It didn't have much content of any substance though. I would have loved to read more about the classes and life at school rather than just life around school. Unusual schooling (like e.g. Hogwarts) always fascinates me, and there was FAR too little of that here.

Still, it was enjoyable enough and a quick read, so I wouldn't be totally adverse to reading more of the series.

Comments

[breathingbooks.livejournal.com]

This was one of those books I thought could have been really, really good, but lacked that spark. It was a problem for me with the author's other YA book too - The Heist.

[bogormen.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! I read "The Heist" last year and thought it was okay, but no more. I had higher hopes for this one, as I have a weakness for books that take place at boarding schools, but it ended up being exactly the same.

[breathingbooks.livejournal.com]

I had the same problem with another author their mutual agent represents. The plot was interesting and the characters were pleasant, but it was all too pleasant and zen for the type of story it was (and I like escapism).

[bogormen.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean. It has to be believable or appropriate escapism.