I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You (Gallagher Girls #1)

Reader reviewed by Stephanie

The title is intriguing, and so is the concept: a spy-in-training at an all-girls spy school falls in love with a normal boy, whom she can never tell her true identity. But this story failed to live up to my expectations.

Cammie Morgan is a sophomore at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, which is a spy school posing as an elite all-girls private boarding school. Her normal course load includes PhD-level chemistry, Countries of the World, and hardest of all, CoveOps, which is taught by a ridiculously hot but severe Joe Solomon. Its almost a good thing that the Gallagher Academy doesnt train guys to be spies, because in between work for her classes and trying to put up with her new suitemate, Macey McHenry, a rich delinquent-like wannabe rebel who takes pleasure in others pain, Cammie has no time to worry about guys.

That all changes when, in the midst of a failed Covert Operation, she is seen by Josh. She, Cammie Morgan, nicknamed the Chameleon for her ability to blend in anymore, is seen by a cute guy. Josh is a normal townie who lives the perfect suburban life. He believes that Cammie is homeschooled, has a pet cat, and likes the same things he does. What he doesnt know, however, is that Cammie is not who she says she is; shes fed him a web of lies about herself because she cannot tell him who she really is.

Trying to keep up her relationship with Josh without her headmistress mother or Josh finding out her secrets while struggling to please Joe Solomon in CoveOps class is almost too hard to do. Something has got to give. What will Cammie choose: her love for a normal boy or her loyalty to her lifes calling?

This book makes for a quick and light read. More than a few times, the author seems to try too hard with her random humor, which doesnt succeed in making the story funny. That being said, there IS a decent amount of advice on guys that girls might like to read about.