I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You

Carter, Ally. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You. 2006. 284p. ISBN 9781423100034. Available at FIC CAR on the library shelves.

Hiding in plain sight is the best way for a spy to disappear. And Cammie Morgan has always been very good at being invisible. The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, the school Cammie attends, is full of teenage girls who go crazy for boys and the latest fashion. It’s a typical private school, aside from the fact that students are trained in lethal combat, chemical warfare, and special operations. Gallagher Academy trains America’s best spies (oh, and one British too).

You would therefore think that it is easy for Cammie to do anything. Sure, she can speak fourteen different languages. Sure, she can kill a man in seven different ways in under three seconds. Sure, she can break through heavy computer security. But when she encounters a normal teenage boy who thinks she’s a normal teenage girl, Cammie’s life takes an unexpected turn. Suddenly, she doesn’t know how to act or even what to do. Cammie is completely lost.

It’s a good thing, then, that the newest student at the school is an expert on boys. Can Cammie manage to keep her love interest and her life separate? This entire situation could turn deadly...