Out of Sight, Out of Time: Book 5

Boy, this got dark FAST. At the end of Only the Good Spy Young, Cammie had left the school, alone, to find out why she was being hunted. And in the start of this one, she wakes up four months later, with amnesia and bruising all over her body, pointing out to the fact that her summer was much more dangerous than she had planned. Worse, no one knows really knows what she was up to or where she went, and most of the book is her and her friends and family (I'm calling it the Gallaghe Squad) piecing together the where, how and why of her summer mission. As for Cammie, she has become a mystery to herself - she has changed both externally and internally. She can't trust her mind, or what she may have done and there's a music that keeps playing in her head (ooh foreshadowing). Her biggest fear now is herself, as she demonstrates skills that she doesn't remember learning, and actions she performs on instinct rather than thought. Alongside that, Zach and Bex are naturally upset with her over disappearing, and it takes a while for her to find her way back to them (thank god the drama angle wasn't pursued much). The journey takes them across the Atlantic, as they try to keep things out of the main channels, and move, well, clandestinely. There are a few plot conveniences in this one which I didn't spot in the first read - but they are mostly like 'how did this person even pop up here?' or 'how would they have known THAT?' or 'Don't these employed agents have to inform where they are going/have eyes on them?' Overall, it is perhaps the most intense Gallagher Girls novel in the series so far, with an action-filled plot and some enhanced characterization.

This book is part of an amazing series of how to balance school life and the hardships of being a teenage girl. Though this story focussed more on the spy life, the dramas of a teenage girl's life are subtly mentioned making comedy scenes that would be great for a movie.

This book is so good! It is action packed and you will never see what is coming next in these books! Great for young teens