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After having a WONDERFUL Christmas, I feel quite greedy for posting a Wishlist post right after this. I'm in such a grateful mood that I want nothing. However, this is a book that isn't published until 2013, so that doesn't mean I'm greedy...right?
Being a 16-year-old safecracker and active-duty daughter of international spies has its moments, good and bad. Pros: Seeing the world one crime-solving adventure at a time. Having parents with super cool jobs. Cons: Never staying in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend. But for Maggie Silver, the biggest perk of all has been avoiding high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations. Then Maggie and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, and all of that changes. She'll need to attend a private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school's security system, and befriend one aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the essential information she needs to crack the case . . . all while trying not to blow her cover.
Did you read that amazing-ness? Because I don't know how anybody can't be excited for this. She's a spy, going to New York (my dream home), going undercover, and it's all written by Robin Benway!
I'm reading one of her novels right now: Audrey, Wait! thanks to the incredible Alice from Alice in Readerland. I'll post a review of it once I'm done, but her writing is great. So along with the mentioned things above, I really don't see how it can get any better.
Also, I'd like to point out something:
The cover.
You guys, just take a moment and look. It's not gorgeous or anything, but I adore it. It reminds me of another spy book (well, series) The Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. The lower part of her outfit in this cover is so cute that I wouldn't be able to pull off, but my little sister could. Then there's all the different words in the background. Espionage. Mole. Spy. Sleuth.
Love.
What are YOU wishing for this Wednesday? What do you think of Also Known As?
Sounds pretty good! Hope you get it soon
ReplyDeleteHere is my Wishlist Wednesday
Lauren
Thanks!
DeleteSounds like a fun book. Good luck with waiting for it while reading your Christmas books.
ReplyDeletemy WW
Thanks :)
DeleteI think this is the UK cover, but otherwise, totally agree!
ReplyDeleteMy WW: http://shelversanon.blogspot.com/2012/12/wishlist-wednesday-19.html
Oh, puh sha. But thanks :)
DeleteOhhh New York, how I love it. I want to read this *adds to TBR list* Any book set in New York is one for me
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I thought! :)
Deletei haven't heard of this one, but it does sound good. Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteJanina
Thank you!
DeleteOoooh, spies! I love spies :D great synopsis, added to my TBR :D
ReplyDeleteMe too! I searched Google once I read the Gallagher Girls to find a boarding school to go to. Of course, they did not advertise if they were a secret school for spies, but...
DeleteAw, thanks so much for the shout out, and I'm so glad that you like Robin's writing style too!! :) This cover absolutely reminded me of the GG series as well. When I had seen that Also Known as was written by Robin Benway and was about a spy, I knew I had to read it before I even finished reading the synopsis! It's a real cute and fun read, but I think Audrey, Wait! is still my favorite Robin Benway book. :)
ReplyDeleteAlice @ Alice in Readerland
No problemo! YOU READ IT? Gah, so jealous. Oh, well I'm glad you liked it. Audrey, Wait! is a really cute book, I laughed out loud in several parts so Robin Benway gets a thumbs up in that area ;)
DeleteQuite remind me of Gallagher Girl series which is also a spy series. But this sounds really interesting too, I should check it further.
ReplyDeleteGreat pick! I hope you'll get this book soon =D
You should and thank you, Elisa!
DeleteI just saw the book on the listing and this looks really good! Hope you'll get it when it comes out. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my WW.
- Michelle
Thanks, Michelle!
DeleteYES to everything you just said. This sounds so good and Robin Benway is amazing. The cover does seem to emulate Gallagher Girls, so that makes me even more excited. Also, New York is my dream home, too. Maybe we'll be neighbors someday!
ReplyDeleteHappy (late) Christmas and reading! Enjoy Audrey, Wait! because I love that book.
I'm like a Robin Benway junkie now, trying to find everything about her. I finished Audrey, Wait! and just binged on The Extraordinary Lives of April, May, and June. I can't wait for this book even more now! Ah, yes. Then we can meet up for mochas and talk about books ;)
DeleteThank you, Emily! You too!