Review: I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

Mar 27, 2010 by shanyn

Title: I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Date: May 1, 2006

Book Summary:
The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school teaches advanced martial arts in PE, chemistry always consists of the latest in chemical warfare, and everyone breaks CIA codes for extra credit in computer class. So in truth, while the Gallagher Academy might say it’s a school for geniuses what they really mean is spies. But what happens when a Gallagher Girl falls for a boy who doesn’t have a code name?

Cammie Morgan may be fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti), but the Gallagher Academy hasn’t prepared her for 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, and track him through a mall without him ever being the wiser, but can she have a regular relationship with a regular boy who can never know the truth about her? Cammie may be an elite spy in training, but in her sophomore year, she’s doing something riskier than ever—she’s falling in love.

Review:
The main premise of these books is that there is a school for girls who are training to be spies. This means plenty of cool classes and tasks (all spy related, of course). These kept my attention the most, because I found the author to be quite clever with her use of the spy techniques the girls were using. I was also glad that spy techniques weren’t abused – everything didn’t always go perfectly for Cammie.

I really enjoyed this book and am glad I have the next few in the series to read right away – I want to know what else they learn about spying and more about the creative spy school that Ally Carter has created!

3 Comments

Maria the Bookworm

March 27, 2010

I've never really paid much attention to this book. But I just added this to my wishlist :D

Zoe Right

March 28, 2010

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April (BooksandWine)

March 30, 2010

O man these books look like so much fun! My sister really likes them I think, or maybe it's Kate Brian. IDK.

Anyways, glad to see you enjoyed the first so much, can't wait to see what you think of the next two!