Dear Friends,
I just finished the book Don’t Judge a Girl By Her Cover by Ally Carter. This is the 3rd book of a Science Fiction book in the series, I‘d Tell You I Love You But Then I‘d Have To Kill You. I loved all 3 of these books but especially this one because of the action and suspense. I rated this a 9 out of 10 because Ally Carter doesn’t give you much time to recover from the last “mission”. But I still love her writing because she explains and describes everything (even if that’s a spy’s job to do.) I hope she makes another book because she had a VERY suspenseful cliff hanger at the end.
In this book the Gallager School for Exceptional Girls has to work EXTRA HARD to keep the most precious secret they have. Yes the girls are VERY exceptional there but the twist is that they are spies. Macey McHenry, the most well know girl in America, finds out she is the last descendant of Gilly Gallager, the spy who made this school. Macey’s dad is running for Vice President, but there is a little twist that happens in Boston at one of their campaigns. Lets just say Cammie (The main character) and Macey battle some people that hate the Gallager girls and Macey gets a broken arm and Cammie gets a concussion and at the end of the book Cammie’s Aunt Abby gets shot! (Wonderful school right?) Macey got really mad when she found out her three best friends, Bex, Liz, and Cammie, knew she was Gilly’s great-great-great-grand daughter. Macey ran to the one place she knew she was safe. “’It had better be,’ I said as Bex came to a stop. ‘Mr.Solomon owns it.” She ran to the hottest teacher’s lake house. Mr. Solomon’s house was safe for the time being, but the had to get Macey to DC so she could be with her parents, who don’t know that it is a school for spies.) So four sixteen-year-olds set out across America in the coolest but motherly car in the world. (A minivan with a engine that could go 247 miles per gallon.) You will have to read the series to find out the REALLY REALLY sad/ cliff-hanging ending. (Its really exciting.)
What got me really hooked on this book was the action and suspense of it all. For one, their spies. How many spies do you know? Plus all the futuristic inventions, even though they are in “present day” that they have, its all so cool! Plus Ally Carter leaves you off in the biggest surprise, cliff hanger, I’VE ever read. (You’ll have to read what happens!) Plus every other chapter there is fighting, and there isn’t much blood. Only two or three times was there blood. That’s why I got really hooked on this book.
If I were the author, I personally would have had more romance between Cammie and her “boyfriend” Zach. There was a seen on a train where they had to hide in a bed but he never kissed her like in the last book. I was a little mad! The only kissing was Macey and the first son to-be, Preston! (THAT WAS A TWIST! They hated each other before, or so I thought.) And the surprise kiss at the end from Aunt Abby to Mr. Solomon. (“Someone had to.”) I was hoping for more romance, not just action and revenge and killing. It’s all so hurtful!
I say the theme of this book is that “Someone knows.” Not only because it is repeated across all books, but that you might not think anyone knows what you do, or what happened, but someone knows. It’s like The Giver (Not to that extreme… but….) Someone is always watching, always listing, always hunting for a good “mission”. You might not know it at the time, but if you REALLY want to know something, or get something, you have to work hard for it. Nothing of importance will be handed right over to you. Remember “Someone knows.”
I don’t understand why the people who were supposing going after Macey, are going after Cammie! The whole book he secret service was protecting Macey when the real danger was Cammie, what if she had gotten hurt? (Like Zach or her mom would have let them.) Also how would they know Cammie was going to be in Boston? There are many things I hope she makes another book to clear up some of my questions!
I’d compare Ally Carter to Lois Lowry. Lowry wrote the book The Giver. The reason I compare these to writers is because how they explain and describe everything that’s happening and what’s around the characters. They both have their own way in describing, like how Ally Carter describes the people, while Lois Lowry starts to describe the colors and the room and how Jonas sees red. Even though they have to describe differently, they both do a good job and it’s like a I see a movie when I read these books.
I really liked Don’t Judge a Girl By Her Cover. I wouldn’t recommend it to guys because its got a love story in it also. I sure hope Ally Carter makes another book to answer my questions and to finish off the story! Remember, Don’t Judge a Girl By Her Cover. Also, “Someone knows” Watch out, you never know who could be a spy!
Your Friend,
Maddie Griz
