Kaitlyn‘s review of The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter
Contemporary Romance published by Avon 8 Aug 23
Let me start by saying the YA spy school for girls series, Gallagher Girls, by @theallycarter was one of my all-time favorite series growing up. When I saw she wrote an adult spy romcom, I literally squealed in excitement. I never worked so fast to get an ARC in my life and then threw my TBR out the window to immediately devour this book.
If you loved Carter’s YA spy series, this book will give you all the nostalgia but with a grown-up spin. If you’re new to Ally Carter’s books, you’ll fall in love with her storytelling.
This story is hilarious. A woman wakes up in Paris with a head injury and amnesia, sees footage of her being a badass and thinks, “Omg, obviously I’m a spy!” Except she’s not – her twin sister is. But now she’s on the run in a foreign country with no memory, no spy skills, and her sister’s handsome, grumpy spy partner. How PERFECT does that sound?!
I loved every second of this book. Pretty sure I was stupidly grinning at my Kindle the entire time I was reading. It was so much fun and so easy to fly through. Add this to your TBR soon!
Grade: A
Summary:
It’s the middle of the night in the middle of Paris and a woman just woke up with no memory.
She only knows three things for certain:
1. She has a splitting headache.
2. The hottest guy she has (probably) ever seen is standing over her, telling her to run.
And oh yeah…
3. People keep trying to kill her.
She doesn’t know who. Or why. But when she sees footage of herself fighting off a dozen men there’s only one explanation: obviously. . . she’s a spy!
Except, according to Mr. Hot Guy, she’s not. She’s a spy’s identical twin sister.
Too bad the only person who knows she’s not the woman they’re looking for is this very grouchy, very sexy, very secret agent who (reluctantly) agrees to help her disappear. Which is easier said than done when a criminal organization wants you dead and every intelligence service in the world wants you caught.
Luckily, no one is looking for a pair of lovesick newlyweds on their honeymoon. And soon they’re lying their way across Europe—dodging bullets and faking kisses as they race to unravel a deadly conspiracy and clear her sister’s name.
But with every secret they uncover, the truth shifts, until she no longer knows who to trust: the twin she can’t remember or the mysterious man she can’t let herself forget…
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