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    I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

    Written by Ally Carter

    Narrated by Renee Raudman

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    The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, it would be if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but it's really a school for spies.

    Cammie Morgan is a second-generation Gallagher Girl, and by her sophomore year she's already fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (one of which involves a piece of uncooked spaghetti). But the one thing the Gallagher Academy hasn't prepared her for is what to do when she falls for a boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.

    Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through town without his ever being the wiser-but can she have a 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 beginning her most dangerous mission-falling in love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 25, 2006
    ISBN9781423311836
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    I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
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    Ally Carter

    Ally Carter writes books about people who fall in love (while trying to stay alive.) After more than a decade of writing beloved YA titles like I’d Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You and Heist Society, she launched onto the adult scene with last year’s The Blonde Identity. A long-time lover of the holiday rom-com, Ally is also the writer of the Netflix original movie, A Castle for Christmas.

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    • 4/5
      I started reading this with the expectation that I would not finish it but it turned out way more fun than I thought it would be. Yes, it's silly and over the top but I found it to be original and very entertaining. I am definitely going to read the next book in the series.
    • 3/5
      How cute is this book? Super-spy in training Cammie meets a "regular" boy and she and her friends set out to figure him out and plan dates, Gallagher Girl style.

      I honestly like the Gallagher Girls and their teachers. I also like spy-fi and special boarding schools so you knew I'd like this. A fun beginning to a fun series.
    • 5/5
      If you are looking for a refreshing Young-Adult read, with college unlike any other - this is the perfect book for you. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You is the first book from the Gallagher Girl series, where we meet girls that go to a school for spies, and nobody except them, knows it.The Gallagher Academy is a typical all-girls-school, except, instead of normal subjects, they learn advanced martial arts and chemical warfare studies, they have exams where they need to spy, or go unnoticed, or steal.We meet Cammie Morgan, who happens to be the headmistress's daughter, and when she goes on a mission and gets noticed by a boy - everything changes and her life is suddenly everything but normal. She knows how to kill a man in seven different ways, and she can speak fourteen languages, but when a cute boy comes and says hi - she is definitely not trained for that. What's worst - he thinks she's just an ordinary girl, and she is falling in love with him.Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through town without his ever being the wiser - but can she have a 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 beginning her most dangerous mission - falling in love.I loved the writing style, and I loved something new and refreshing - it is a plot that I haven't read before, and I really enjoyed it. Sometimes when it felt a bit childish, I would remember I am not thirteen anymore, but even now at twenty-one, I got lost into this silly world of spy girls and the drama and love life of Cammie.I liked Cammie - she is the type of girl that you would love to have as a friend, because she always makes you giggle with her silly comments. I also liked how brave and honest she was - not always honest though… Sometimes, she was too whiney for her own good, and making little things out of nothing, but then again, all teens kind of do that all the time, so it's acceptable.I loved her friends - they were such a team, and always covering their backs. I loved how, even despite all their differences, they manages to fit right in and have their own impact to the group friendship.Overall, quite an enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend it to you guys, if you love anything YA, or fantasy, or spy girls, or college related. I enjoyed this book, and I wish I read it way sooner. I can't wait to read the rest of the series as well.Thank you to my friend and author, Michael Kott, that send me this book after recommending it to me, as Ally Carter is one of his favourite authors, and he enjoyed this book as well. Check out his book Piasa - it is amazing!
    • 5/5
      Wow!! As soon as I started reading this book I was enjoying it. I found myself laughing. This is a story about Gallagher Academy which is a school for girls. It is different then your usual private school. These girls are geniuses and being trained to be spies.I loved the fact that this book is about girls in grades 7 on. The main girls are the girls in the Sophomore class. Cammie who is known as the Chameleon, because people don't notice her, is the one who meets a normal boy and 'falls in love'. The town near the school thinks the school is for snooty girls. So they usually don't socialize with them. I enjoyed the girls using what they have learned to look into this 'normal' boy to make sure he wasn't a spy. I know I will be continuing with this series.
    • 4/5
      Was really good!
    • 3/5
      A cute story about a teenage girl at spy school who is trying to navigate through learning to be a spy while having her first crush. It was nice to read a story where the 15 year old protagonist acted her age (minus the whole spy tidbit of course). There was nothing particularly thought provoking nor any major drama/issues, but it was a good, light read. It is easily recommendable for all ages who enjoy reading about first crushes with a spy school backdrop.
    • 4/5
      Cameron Morgan does not own a cat, is not homeschooled, and mint chocolate chip is not her favorite ice cream. But Josh Abrams doesn't know that. He also doesn't know Cammie goes to the Gallagher Academy, and he doesn't know that she's training to be a CoveOp spy like the rest of the students at the academy. In fact, everything poor Josh Abrams, completely normal kid, knows about Cameron Morgan is a lie.I'm not a romance reader. I'm not. I'm really not. But this one was about a teenage spy.... So...I caved.Writing style! It's in the first person POV of a fifteen-year-old girl. That saying, she's an incredibly fast talker. Some may say that problem can be solved by reading more slowly, but that doesn't help. It's the sentence structure Ally Carter used that makes it seem as if her character is talking so intensely fast. In the middle of a thought she'll quickly tell you off-handed about a time when her mom defused a bomb with a bobby pin and a piece of gum (which is awesome), but you were previously engaged with her other subject, so you're thrown wildly from the train of thought. After you get used to the teenage, semi-flirty girl voice, however, it's actually kind of funny.Her characters were well-developed, however, shallow, since the poor girls go to an all girl school and have no experience being normal teens. But that's how the author wanted to portray them, so she got that down pretty well. Her story was also pretty good, so it wasn't hard to finish this book.I must say: I love the school's idea of a test or final exam. Tailing a teacher at a carnival sounds just plain fun, along with the other things they have to do. The spy element made it funny to read, especially when they use their spy-ness to stalk the poor male protagonist (as in, climbing on his roof, intercepting his emails, and digging through his garbage can).All in all, it was a pretty good read, and I might actually read the next one, even if this one did mainly focus on a complicated relationship between a spy and her boyfriend.Things to Watch Out For:Romance: Guy and girl kiss; students crush on a "hot" teacher; character says the tone of voice a teacher used with another student sounded like "you're the most beautiful woman in the world, and I would be honored if you'd bear my children." In reality he was just trying to get the girl away from discovering the school's spy secret (pg 37); untrue rumor saying a new student got kicked out of her last school because she was pregnant with the headmaster's baby (pg 52); girls are the most hopelessly boy-crazy bunch I've ever met (well, almost...); characters decide to stalk a boy in case he's a male honeypot; character's mind overreacts when her friend finds a slip of paper in a guy's garbage, and she thinks he's taking drugs for a sex change operation, along with things like he only has six months to live and his family is moving to Alaska (pg 127); character says it's hard to look pretty or seductive when she has to go to the bathroomLanguage: A teacher is said to have sworn in French, but the words are not written; D-1 (pg 19); mention of polish expletives; B-1 (only the first letter. The rest wasn't written out) (pg 36); the "B word"-4 (not ever spoken) (pg 36, 38); "gosh"-14 (pg. 43, 121, 134, 154, 159, 168, 203, 205, 206, 207, 218, 246, 276, 282); "bloody"-1 (pg 69); "jeez"-4 (pg 147, 158, 255); "heck"-1 (pg 147); G** in Heaven-1 (148); H-1 (pg 223)Violence: Several of the tests at the academy involve kidnapping and fistfights; character often assesses how she can take out someone she doesn't like; character accidentally attacks a friend and flips him over her shoulder onto concrete; a teacher describes the seriousness of torture and shows faked video clips of studentsDrugs: Character mentions how a teacher stopped smoking; one teacher experiments with strange gasses that give odd side effects; juniors, as a school function, were put under the influence of sodium pentothal; teen character smokes; characters wanting to bust a drug cartel, like in Alias; character says the town dance festival is a place where people get drunk and can dance with people they aren't married to, but the actual event doesn't seem like it;Nudity: A character talks about mooning Academy girls, but is all talk; character is said to wear an "ultra miniskirt"; talk of female underwearOther: Characters continually lie several times a chapter and don't always feel sorry for them; teacher steals a van for a school assignment; mentions of movies and shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Bond, and Bourne movies, and mention of the magazine Vogue; character dislikes his parents
    • 4/5
      Cammie Morgan goes to an all girls school for spies. She knows all the basics of becoming a spy, how to put bugs into the president's limousine, hacking into the library of congress website. The school teaches her everything she needs to know. But one thing the school hasn't taught her is love. So what happens when Cammie falls for a regular boy? Will she walk with him, or will she walk away?
    • 5/5
      My all-time favorite series! Funny, heart-warming, suspenseful, and romantic all at the same time! Always on the edge of my seat, whether there's an intense scene or I'm just simply laughing my butt off :)
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book, the first in the Gallagher Girls series and can't wait to recommend to young teen girls. Well written, lot of fun action and a budding romance which I think the tweens enjoy.
    • 5/5
      Yes, this book is as fun as it's title. Cam not only has to get through the trials and tribulations of high school but she also attends an ultra private girls' school for SPIES!! James Bond meets Meg Cabot. I was Cammie last year for Halloween. It was pretty sweet.
    • 2/5
      I'm not the target audience for this book (I'm 35.) but the premise and the cover grabbed my attention at the book store. I may read the others in the series now that I've read the first one. It'll be interesting to see if the writing tightens up and the story line flows more smoothly. It seemed to jump around in this book.
    • 4/5
      Excellent brain candy. Highly recommended if you're looking for a fun read that's so well done that you don't have to feel guilty about indulging yourself. A spy school for genius girls that masquerades as a snobby prep school provides the setting and there are plenty of thrilling spy school hijinks to balance out the story of Cammie's first romance. We also have a hint that there's a bigger story somewhere in Cammie's past that will come forward in future books. So pleased I've got the other three of these on my shelves already - now to just figure out how quickly I can move them to the top of my to-read pile.
    • 4/5
      Cammie or Chameleon as she is known to her friends is in a school where her mother is the headmistress. It's an exclusive school, where all the female students are training to be spies. Cammie is doing well until a covert operations class has her out in the local town and she meets a guy. Falling in love is hard enough but she lies to him, and the lies are going to have repercussions.It's a fun read, if you scratch it it doesn't really make a huge amount of sense but it's fun. I was caught by the Gallagher Academy thing because my mothers parents were Gallaghers but it was a cool read and doesn't take itself seriously.
    • 5/5
      This book is a quick and a fun read. This book is about a girl named Cammie who goes to an all girls school for spies. At this school, the girls learn all about being a spy and what the line of work entails. They take classes such as covert operations, advanced encryption and they learn to speak fourteen languages. This book has something for everybody. It has adventure, suspense, romance, best friends and typical high school drama (if you're a spy). I would definitely recommend reading the entire series. In my opinion each book is just as great as the last. Also as you read each book of the series the plot thickens as new characters are introduced and more information is revealed. Right now there are five books in the series and soon to be a sixth.
    • 4/5
      I would definitely recommend this book to those looking for fun, light-hearted read, especially to those looking for a series of fun-lighthearted reads, as this is but the first book in the Gallagher Girls series. I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the books and continuing to follow Cammie's adventures! With Cammie starting her sophomore year, her life undergoes many changes. There is a hot new teacher, a bitchy new girl enters her class, and someone--a hot, sweet normal boy--notices her, breaking her chameleon cover. At times, Cammie acts like the young teenager that she is. She stresses over her appearance, her mind keeps straying to Josh (hot boy), and she doesn't want to like Macey (bitchy new girl). However, she is very real with the way she struggles to deal with normal teenage problems even as she attends a school for genius girls training to be government agents.
    • 4/5
      I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (#1)Pages: 284Release Date: April 25th, 2006Date Read: 2012, April 8th-14thReceived: Finish Copy via NetGalleyRating: 4/5 starsRecommended to: 12+SUMMARY -Cammie Morgan is totally normal. Except, she's a genius. Okay, and she goes to a private all-girl's boarding school. Okay, and she's a spy, too. But that doesn't stop her from at least trying. (Trust Cammie when she tells you it's harder than it looks!) When adorable Josh Abrams befriends Cammie during a CoveOps mission, Cammie must go undercover and live a normal life if she wants to see Josh again - and she might even find he's her soul mate.MY THOUGHTS -Yep, this book was radical. A little slow at first, but it picked up the pace like crazy and swept me away. I'm love struck, for sure!So, can I have Cammie for a BFF? Oh, wait, I think I already do. Seriously, she reminds me of one of my dearest friends (you really should check out her blog A Work of Fiction...). She's got the wit, the sarcasm, the drama (I mean this in a totally and completely endearing way, of course). I can't get enough of Cammie!The story lacked a bit at the beginning, but when they went on that CoveOps and Cammie met Josh - whooohooo!! Talk about fast! :) Josh is charming, lovable, and totally sweet - and perfect for Cammie. And he shares my last name. How cool is that, right?I think this series has a lot to offer; it's fun, sharp-witted, and heartfelt. The end was happy, but not in a perfect-ending kind of way. I really appreciate that. It made it more realistic and has me wanting more - and very very soon!This book reminds me of...Best friends (seriously, you want to check out A Work of Fiction)The color blueReally cool (last) namesInnocent romanceOverall cutenessWitty jokesThe best kind of dates (burgers and a movie)SpiresAnd a smokin' hot teacher who I pictured as something like Josh Duhamal ;)For the Parents -Nothing! Such a fun tween-teen book! :D Recommended 12+
    • 4/5
      I can't believe it took me until now to read this book. While I typically don't read lighthearted contemporary books, I really enjoy the ones that I do like, and this book falls in that category. In general, spy books aren't associated with laughs and quirks, but Cammie is a fifteen-year-old spy with a crush on a normal boy. When she begins using her studies to help her pursuit of love and happiness, it's hard for the atmosphere to stay dark and somber.With Cammie starting her sophomore year, her life undergoes many changes. There is a hot new teacher, a bitchy new girl enters her class, and someone--a hot, sweet normal boy--notices her, breaking her chameleon cover. At times, Cammie acts like the young teenager that she is. She stresses over her appearance, her mind keeps straying to Josh (hot boy), and she doesn't want to like Macey (bitchy new girl). However, she is very real with the way she struggles to deal with normal teenage problems even as she attends a school for genius girls training to be government agents.Cammie is surrounded by a wonderful group of friends whose personalities compliment one another. Liz is the bookworm genius, who wants to classify everything and has trouble dealing with normal problems, as she wants to break it down until she understands what makes things work the way they do. Bex is a fearsome opponent, strong in combat and always open to the fight. Then there is Macey, who proves that one doesn't need to train from the seventh grade to be a good spy--or a good friend--and that first impressions are just that, not permanent records.I enjoyed watching Cammie bungle through her first relationship with a guy--a normal guy. She may be a skilled spy-in-training, but she is clueless when it comes to guys. I would definitely recommend this book to those looking for fun, light-hearted read, especially to those looking for a series of fun-lighthearted reads, as this is but the first book in the Gallagher Girls series. I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the books and continuing to follow Cammie's adventures!
    • 5/5
      I had seen these books advertised around for a while but was never really interested in reading them. However, I was reading the description a couple of weeks ago on Goodreads and realized that it really sounded like it would be a really fun read. And I wasn't wrong; this book was really fantastic in a completely fun, adorable way.So, Cammie Morgan is a student in a typical, prestigious, private, all-girls school called The Gallagher Academy. Or, at least, it WOULD be typical, except that this is a school for female spies. While on an assignment for her Covert Operations course, she meets a boy named Josh, and that's when Cammie's well-planned, well thought-out world completely changes. She can't tell Josh anything about herself, because of where she goes to school and who she'll be in the future, so what follows is basically Cammie living two different lives: her real one, and the one she creates for herself when she's with Josh.First of all, all of the spy stuff in this book was awesome. I loved all the backgrounds for the teachers, and the lessons in their classrooms, and the little asides about various accidents that the girls have had while learning to be spies. However, the big draw of this book for me personally was just that the whole thing had a really fun, totally cool vibe about it. I loved Cammie. She has such a quick wit and sense of humor, and there were some serious laugh-out-loud moments in her narration. She just seemed very real to me, and I loved every second of her. Her interactions with Josh were absolutely perfect; this is truly a book that describes that feeling you get when you meet your first crush and are starting out in a relationship. Honestly I can't find any other word to use to describe Cammie and Josh except for "adorable". The whole thing just made me want to draw hearts all over it.
    • 4/5
      Cammie goes to an exclusive girls school. But this school is not just for rich girls, or just for smart girls, this school is for training future spies, Gallagher Girls. And Cammie has been happy to be a spy in training, until she meets a boy in town. A boy who can never know who or what she really is. I enjoyed this first book in the Gallagher Girls series. I found Cammie and her friends fun and pretty normal for girls who can kill you with a mascara wand (or something like that). Tweens and teens should enjoy this book. I will be reading more in the series.
    • 4/5
      **some spoilers follow**Cammie goes to the Gallagher Academy, which everyone thinks is a snobby prep school. In reality, it's a spy school. Besides normal classes, Cammie and her friends Bex and Liz learn several different languages, disguise, and how to avoid a tail. Then, she goes out on a school project and meets a cute boy - and her friends decide to make him their extracurricular activity. Is he trying to infiltrate their school, or just a normal guy? Commence background checks, stakeouts, and laughs!This is the first book of the Gallagher Girls series, which I've been meaning to read for awhile. The plot moves right along, while Cammie throws in some one liners about her school and her life (I am still waiting to learn how to kill a man with a piece of uncooked spaghetti). Other than Cammie, who is narrating, the characters fell a little flat. Liz is a stereotypical nerd. Macey had some potential as the bad girl who's out of the loop in spy school, but there was more of a sudden switch in her behavior rather than any development. Josh seems a little contradictory to me, and I got the idea that Cammie liked the idea of being a normal girl than him specifically. Still, the idea of her having to hide her identity and school from him makes for a unique situation that I think teens can still identify with, as many feel that they are hiding their true selves from others. Though I didn't absolutely love it, I think it has a lot of potential and will certainly read the next book in the series.
    • 5/5
      Cammie's a sophomore at the Galllagher School for Girls, supposedly for rich kids but really for spies in training. Her parents were spies; her dad dies in a mission and her mom runs the school. Sometimes she just wants a normal life, so when she meets a local boy she pretends to be someone she's not in order to have a relationship with him. Predicatably, things don't stay secret for long. Quite humorous and entertaining. Listened to on CD.
    • 4/5
      This is about a teenage girl who is at an all girls school that has a special secret. Even though it is an all girls school it is learning how to be a spy. She has a crush on someone she sees, but, if she is caught with him, she could be in trouble.
    • 5/5
      I love this series! It makes me want to go to a private school for spies. They live such adventurous lives - secret identities, mysteries, suspense, and boys. It's so fun!
    • 4/5
      As an adult's book, this would never have flown. Not enough detail, on any level (depth of feelings, depth of history, level of detail about fight scenes, etc) to be an adult's book. But this isn't an adult's book. It's a book meant for tweens and teens. And for that, it's pretty damn good. I know that if this had existed when I was a 13 year old, I would have been hooked. Teenage girls, not that much older than me, being trained as full-fledged spies? Come to me! It would have been fun, frivolous, and a glimpse into a world I would never have belonged to (assuming such a world actually exists somewhere, which I'm sure it must, in some manner). The only reason I didn't give this higher than 4 stars is still the lack of depth. Cammie losing her father at a younger age, for whatever reason, is something that many teens have gone through, and going into some depth about her feelings and how she coped would be a help to many. And the plot? Flimsy, at best. My guess is that Carter will go into more depth about such things and have better plots in subsequent books; after all, this was her first novel. She wanted to capture the fans before moving onto more serious subject matter.All in all, an enjoyable read. I don't know that I'll buy it myself, but I'll be content with borrowing it from friends/the library and reading it whenever the fancy strikes.
    • 5/5
      I love the adventure in this book and the entire series is great!
    • 5/5
      This book was very good. It was action packed, but also meaningful.
    • 5/5
      When Cammie goes on a spy operations assignment, she runs into a boy who can see her. Usually she blends right in and no one notices. Using her spy abilities, she spies on the boy to see if she wants to date him and decides she does. The only problem is how do you tell your boyfriend your a spy in training?A cute, humorous book filled with action, adventure, and romance. Readers who like spy novels, romance, and adventure will love reading this book.
    • 4/5
      Can I just say how much I adore this series? It must be one of my favorite YA series next to Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson, simply due to the fact that we have: a) realistic teen girls; b) secret spy training; c) ridiculous situations; d) highly entertaining attempts to "go out with" boys, which is completely against the rules.The first book in the series does something I typically don't like in 'firsts' -- it drops the reader into an established world where the main character has already existed for some time. For example, the main character in this series is in her second year at Gallagher Academy, so she's already learned all about the school, she's already made friends, and already knows how the rules of the world works. We don't get to experience the excitement of discovering spy school for the first time, or taking the first 'Ops' class, or anything like that. In fact, previous adventures are occasionally referred to, and it makes you wonder whether you missed a book before this one. You didn't -- that's just how the author chose to begin her series.Usually this would annoy me to the point of hating the book (it has in previous series), but for some reason it wasn't so bad in this one. I didn't mind it, and I didn't feel overwhelmed with missing information. I think the author wanted to be able to get right into the action of 'young female spies doing things' rather than spend time 'discovering', and I understand that, and in this case I think it worked. All told, though, I've read the second book and I think the second book is a much stronger installment than this first one. That said, these characters are adorable, the writing is spot on, and the teenagers -- though it's absolutely ludicrous that they're teen girls in spy academy -- are realistic to the core and very intelligent. But of course, intelligence doesn't always mean something when hormones are in play! :)I'd definitely recommend this series to both MG and YA readers. And adults who enjoy those genres, of course.
    • 5/5
      I kept putting off reading this book because I had so many other young adult fantasy/romance books on my list. Then, I read that Ally Carter got the inspiration to write the Gallagher Girls books from the TV show Alias, I HAD to start the series. I love strong, spy type of characters that can hold their own as CIA, FBI, or whatever secret style, kick rears and take names kind of descriptions that follow. Just plain, 'ol AWESOME! Oh, I wish I was a Gallagher legacy!I'm typically more of a fantasy reader, but this book drew me in until the end. The main character Cammie and her sidekicks Bex, Liz, and the delinquent heiress Macey are fun to get to know. I would love to have Bex as my best friend. She is tough, yet funny at the same time. Liz would probably get on my nerves, being the know it all, black and white type, but she rounds the team out well. Everyone knows a good spy team needs a geek. Macey is the late comer to the team. She is a black sheep type, but will surprise you as the story unfolds. Minor characters that I hope to learn more about are Cammie's mother, the gorgeous Ex-CIA agent and current Head Mistress of the Academy, and the new Covert Operation teacher, Mr. Solomon. He too is a gorgeous ex-CIA agent. Both of these two were seen dancing at a local event and I'm wondering if things will evolve for these two gorgeous people. I also wonder if this will be OK with Cammie? She and her mother both still mourn the death of her father, who went missing during a mission.While the girls are learning CoveOps this fall semester, Cammie meets a local boy. The girls team up, practicing their skills to make sure he is safe for Cammie to date. The antics they get into while surveilling Josh made me laugh. One of my favorite scenes is where they are almost caught inside Josh's house, try to repel out the window while Liz the Geek gets tangled up in her cables. This is what Cammie says about it: Behind Josh, Bex must have fixed Liz's cable, because I heard the whizzing sound of two people in near free fall and then the clanging of someone landing in a pile of metal trash cans. Thankfully, Josh thinks it's raccoons. I also like how Cammie views herself while spying on Josh:This is probably a pretty good time to point out that while it may appear that I was lurking-I wasn't. Lurking is what creepy guys with random facial hair and stains on their shirts do. Geniuses with three years of top secret spy training don't lurk- we surveil.Ahh, teenage, genius, stalker, rationalization. I love it!Suffice to say, the book takes us through how Cammie sneaks around and dates Josh without anyone except her friends knowing. She knows that what she is doing could be dangerous for the Academy, but the attraction to be with Josh proves too much to resist. Cammie turns out to be a really good covert ops girlfriend, almost making a success of the relationship, although she has had to create a whole different persona just to be with him. They don't call her the Chameleon for nothing. But, when things get out of control and her cover is almost blown, Cammie has do something is that is really hard for her.The climax of the story is so much fun to read. I won't give too much away, but it involves CovertOps, the team, retrieving a disk, Mr. Solomon on the opposing side, and...Josh. The ending of the book leaves you satisfied with Cammie and her team, but in a world of unknown for the future of Cammie and Josh.I really enjoyed reading this book. It was a breathe of fresh reading for me and a very nice change from fantasy. I would say, The Gallegher Girls is like a Tom Clancy novel at the teen level. Since I love the Jack Ryan series of Clancy, that's a huge compliment. This is a great YA spy read!