"Oh boy, I'm never sure what's going to happen when he goes nutty with the chocolate."

The book I am reviewing today is one I started, thinking I had found a fun, quirky story. I was very disappointed in it and only finished in the hopes it would get better.
 The book is called A Spy Like Me. The summery sounds fun. A girl who has to spy on a boy she likes, because he seems to be out to kill her. It is set in Paris, with pasties and coffee and chases involving poodles.



 I will give some things to this book. It is well written. It is fast paced, with a good voice, and the characters are fun. Savvy, the main girl who is telling the story, is a scared, reckless, kind of innocent bystander. Everything she does seems to fall a part on her, and she has an insanely wild imagination. (Much like me, with thinking there are assassins under my bed.) When her friend goes missing, Savvy turns spy to find her and learns that Malcolm - this rather handsome boy - is out to kill her. Why, she has no idea. But she is going to get the answers even if it means getting into a cake fight.
 Now, what made me dislike this book.
 One, there was a lot of language in it. Sometimes, in books, I don't mind some language if it is few and far between. But this was all over. 
 Two...there were a lot of sexual implications in it. Savvy and Malcolm kiss...A LOT - if a fellow was out to kill me I wouldn't kiss him every chance I got. And sometimes the kissing implied it would turn into something more. (As in, he would touch her arms and she would get all swoony and they would kiss more and before anything could happen something would interrupt them. Thank goodness!) I don't know why someone would write a book like this, intended for teen girls. They have enough of that without needing to read something like this.
 Anyhow, I would not recommend this book at all. So, if you are misled like me and think it is just a fun spy story, take my warning and skip it. It is not worth the money, I feel, or the time to read. (I was rather disappointed I didn't know about all that before hand too. I could have bought another book instead. But at least I didn't buy the second one!)

 Now, on a more cheerful note...

 I was tagged by Kelly. You can find her blog HERE.

 What is the working title of your book?
 Not telling anyone that yet. (Mostly because I don't know if the title is going to stay. More on this later.)

 Where did the idea come from for the book?
 From me reading a book about airships and wishing I could fly on one.

 What genre does your book fall under?
 Steampunk. Maybe pirates, but that isn't a genre...though it should be. There's enough pirate books for it to be.

 Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
 The thing with this...my friends are insistent that my books will one day be movies. I don't protest much because the whole movie making fascinates me. So I made a promise that I'd never let this happen unless I get to be a part of it. I want to go and watch them film, I want to watch them edit, I want to watch every step of it. And that means, I'd be about so much I'd get to meet the actors, right? So, since I get to meet them...let's cast all my favourite actors so I can shake their hands! Even if they are too old to play my characters. I would cast David Tennent, The actor who played Nine, Merlin and Arthur, Bennedict Cumberbach, Martin Freeman, Thornton,  (Hm, all boy actors. *Walks away innocently with hands behind back while whistling.* They're British too...)

 I shall not be posting again until Sunday, or Monday. I will be out of town, spending two wonderful days in a natural hot springs to celebrate some birthdays and Christmas. I will be eating Star Trek cookie men, playing Creature from the Black Lagoon with my brothers, and enjoying myself while I do nothing productive.
 So, Au Rievor!

 Quote is from Toothiana, the third guardian book. A comment by North when Bunnymund eats a special chocolate which helps him fight.

 Allons-y!