I loved Grace’s fearlessness and her inner strength, despite questioning her sanity. I loved the underground tunnel exploring.

I loved the mystery concerning ‘The Scarred Man’ Grace held responsible for her mother’s death. I won’t spoil this highly-charged-with-action plot, but it definitely got my blood pumping. I felt, as the reader, like one of Grace’s peers, trying to figure out if I thought she was lying for myself. I felt very sympathetic towards her, however what she chose to share with her friends and family made me doubt her judgement. Grace has been in a psychiatric hospital, and constantly thinks other think she’s crazy. Straightaway with Grace we’re exposed to flashbacks of her seeing her mother get shot and getting glimpses of her mother’s murderer. In the latter half of the Gallagher Girls series, things started to get more serious and life threatening for Cammie. This was definitely the darkest Ally Carter book I’ve read. (So no best-friend-boy-friend cliches either! Yay!) I think if something’s going to happen in the later books, it’ll be with Alexei who was Grace’s knight in shining armour, even if she didn’t think she needed help. Of course, Grace had her options in Noah, the boy next door, or Alexei, the mysterious friend of her older brother.

There wasn’t any! Ha! It was so refreshing to read a YA book that didn’t contain one kiss. An excellent mix and definitely something to be explored as the series continues. Boys, girls, nationalities, 12 years old or 16. Every character in Grace’s group of thief-spies (Grace is the exact combination of Cammie and Kat) had a different skill to add to the repertoire. He was hilarious and heart-warmingly concerned about Grace, which usually means he would be the optimum candidate for romance, but I’ll get to that later. My favourite character in the whole novel was Noah, her assigned best friend. I really loved that ‘Embassy Row’ explored Grace’s relationships with all of her friends and not-so-friends without rushing into things. Ally Carter is one of my favourite authors, the Gallagher girls is one of my favourite series, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the first book in her new series ‘Embassy Row’, starring Grace, a girl prone to injury and jumping off things from a height. I cannot contain my excitement over this book.

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