Starting with I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You
, Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls Series is fun, escapist fiction that will thrill the hearts of teen girls everywhere. Cammie Morgan attends the prestigious Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, an all-girls private school. What the outside world does not know is that the Gallagher Academy is really a school for spies. With classes such as covert operations and advanced encryption and having to speak one of 14 different languages every night at dinner, the students at Gallagher are ready for anything except what to do if a boy likes you. I personally would prefer a little more spy stuff, but your typical teen would probably find the mix just about right. The first book is mostly a stand-alone but the author does start to develop a little deeper story arc as the series progresses. I’m always up for some “comfort food” reading so I will be checking out book #4 when it comes out this summer!
Terrier (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 1)
I like Tamora Pierce. She writes wonderfully strong-willed female characters. That being said, the Beka Cooper series is my favorite of all. Pierce has really come into her own, adding strong writing to her already strong plots and characters. Terrier takes place in her familiar kingdom of Tortall but preceding the other series set in the same locale. Beka is actually the great-great-great-grandmother of Aliane of the Trickster series. Beka lives in the lower city and is training with the provost’s guard, essentially she is a cop. This book covers her first year of traning and is told as Beka’s diary. A must read for fantasy lovers and suitable for age 13 and up.
