Review: Also Known As

Also Known As
by Robin Benway

Book Description:
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.

Review: 

I really enjoyed this light-hearted spy story.

The teen voice was perfect. Maggie and her friends were all totally believable, each with their own foibles and backgrounds. The action was both believable in the sense that Maggie was not the perfect spy... and had me on the edge of my seat at times.

The romance...ah, the romance... I loved it. It was rocky. It was funny. It was just gushy enough.

I did not want to put this book down at all as soon as I started reading and in fact, I would love to see a follow-up story! Fun, funny, and full of surprises.

Recommended for high school readers looking for a fun summer read!