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United We Spy by Ally Carter
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bookshelves: young-adult, read-2015, continuations

(This is a review of the entire series)
My first impression:

I enjoyed the first book, and immediately thought of my youngest sister. This series is really geared for her age, with not too much violence in the beginning, and age appropriate romance. It’s not a series I plan on rereading, but I am glad I finally did. I liked the four main girls quite a bit, though I wished for more of Macey and Bex plot lines. While there are several boys throughout the books, I honestly didn’t particularly care for any of them (certainly not as crush worthy as other fiction boys I’ve read of this year. *cough Tobais Eaton cough*)

Things I liked:

I liked the youthfulness and innocence of the series. I enjoyed that as the girls aged, this lessened, but never fully disappeared. Cammie’s indecisiveness about her future rings true to my heart (as it does with most, I suppose.) The involvement with the Circle of Cavan intrigued me. The fifth book was my favorite. I don’t know what it is, but I feel that the fifth book of any series tends to have more angst and darkness.

Things I didn’t like:

While I understood the set up of the first book, there were characters introduced that were never used again. It’s almost as if it was a waste of time — I’d been happy with the first two books combined. I also found the end of book five incredibly rushed — I wanted more explained. I don’t want to spoil anything about the book, but it was as if one large question was answered, so why focus on all the other questions built up over the book? My final issue was with the forced adult relationship. I could have done without them, or at least changed who Joe Solomon ended up with.

This review can also be found on my blog: La Foi Aveugle
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Reading Progress

Started Reading
August 21, 2015 – Shelved
August 21, 2015 – Shelved as: young-adult
August 21, 2015 – Shelved as: read-2015
August 21, 2015 – Shelved as: continuations
August 21, 2015 – Finished Reading

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