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Spy Goddess, Book One: Live and Let Shop

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This book was soo great! I could really relate to Rachel! Stayed up soo long just to finish it! Now I am getting the 2nd!

5 starz!!!!

This was a really good read. Each chapter was crammed with witty humor and teenage follies. This is a great book for a teen reader who loves humor and suspense skillfully woven into a book.

I picked up this book in paperback because I was intigued by the title. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. It was a story that just kept me turning the pages and I got mad when I had to stop reading because of homework.

Rachel Buchanan is a really interesting character. At first you're not sure if you're going to like her. But she changes over the course of the book. She figures things out and she's brave and not afraid of life like she is at the beginning.

She get's sent off to the Boarding School, Blackthorn Academy, and at first she doesn't want to be there. But the way the author describes the school you get so caught up in the mystery of the place that you know Rachel is going to uncover the mystery. And the characters in the first book are awesome and I can't wait to read more about them.

I'm buying the next book right away and I recommened this for anyone who likes a fast paced fun adventure story.

I read this in practically one sitting. I LOVED it! The main character, Rachel Buchanan,is a spunky, rebellious, 15 year old with a big imagination. I think any teen would like reading this book.
I can't wait to read the sequel.
My recommendations (both by Francine Pascal):
* Fearless series
* Fearless FBI series

From the title and summary of this book I was expecting a girl power, slightly unrealistic "teen-ish" book; it was quite the opposite. Although the story line is entertaining I find the parallel universe, evil-out-to-get-the-world villain out of place.

Spy Goddess is entertain but it is not a really believable book. I found it to be a let down because the storyline could not seem to decide between girl power teen fluff, and action packed superhero wannabee novel. The story constantly rotates back and forth between the two.

This novel would be most entertaining to the preteen (10-12) girls crowd, but is a definite no-way for the boys.

I loved this book! From the very first chapter, you know that the main character, Rachel Buchanan, is going to have a lot of life changing stuff happen to her.

The story opens with Rachel getting sent to boarding school because she's caught joy-riding in a car and won't tell the police or the judge who was with her. So the judge makes her go off to this weird boarding school in Pennsylvania called Blackthorn Academy.

When she gets there she meets the headmaster Mr. Kim who knows all about her and promises her that she will grow to love Blackthorn Academy. Rachel gets into lots of arguments with him and it's all very funny and witty.

But the main thing she does at first is try her hardest to get out of the school. She tries to escape the first night but that doesn't work out.

Then she starts noticing there are a lot of weird things about Blackthorn. She has to take weird classes like Code Theory learn Tae Kwon Do.

From there the story really zips along. I found that I almost couldn't read it fast enough. There's lots of excitment and action and when Mr. Kim mysteriously dissappears, Rachel uncovers a dark secret about Mr. Kim and the Academy and she is the only one who can find him. It's a really exciting finish and it left wanting to read the next book right away.

I really, really loved this book and I can't wait for the next one!

Meet Rachel who is 15. She's had trouble with her mouthy attitude, problems with school, and her parents who don't seem to have time for her. Now she's in major trouble with the law. She goes before the judge and she gives Rachel a choice: Go to Juvie or to a private school for a year. It's a no brainer, Rachel choses the school and she's not sure she made the right choice.

She now goes to Blackthorn Academy. Rachel soon finds out that everything isn't what it seems to be. First off, she's not in normal classes, she's taking martial arts, CSI classes and Code Breaking classes. She finds out that the top floor is locked and is just open for 10 special students, and Rachel isn't one of them. She's not going to let that stop her to find out what's up there.

The headmaster at Blackthorn Academy is no ordinary headmaster. Mr. Kim has secrets to who he is and who he was growing up. One day, he vanishes and nobody seems to care or notice, nobody but Rachel. Rachel takes the task to to find out what happened to him and to discover a secret of a book, a book people will kill Rachel to get.

This book was such a fun read, I loved it. This book has a lot of great characters that will get the reader hooked and not let go into the last page.

This is a great series and I can't wait to get the second book. If you start it, I can promise you won't be sorry. I know I wasn't.