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Content Review: I'd Tell You I Love You, but then I'd have to Kill You by Ally Carter

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls)

Intended audience:  YA
Age of Main Character:  15

The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school teaches advanced martial arts in PE, chemistry always consists of the latest in chemical warfare, and everyone breaks CIA codes for extra credit in computer class. So in truth, while the Gallagher Academy might say it's a school for geniuses what they really mean is spies. But what happens when a Gallagher Girl falls for a boy who doesn't have a code name? 

    Cammie Morgan may be fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti), but the Gallagher Academy hasn't prepared her for what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through a mall without him ever being the wiser, but can she have a regular 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 doing something riskier than ever—she's falling in love. 


Sexual Content:


-There is no sex or sexual innuendo in this book. 

-Cammie meets Josh and has a crush on him. A lot of the book is about her investigating him, and sneaking out to meet up with him. Since she is a spy this is all done in a professional/spy way with the help of her spy friends. 

-Cammie and Josh kiss

 

Language:

-None

 

Did I like this book?  

Yes, this was a very cute book. The other books that have followed (so far) have been equally cute and appropriate for teens (in my opinion). My daughter really enjoyed this book also! 


Rating:

8 out of 10. You may want to tell your daughter that she’s not a spy, and isn’t allowed to sneak out….. 


Other books in this series:

Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy

Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover