This was a very easy book to read. I think that overall this book would be great as a free choice reading book for middle school girls. A strength of this book is the language used. It is written very well, so that weaker readers can be very comfortable. A weakness of the book would be that it really doesn't have a strong plot line. ( )

This series is a great book for girls. The girls in this novel are smart and don't try to hide it! ( )

I enjoyed this book tremendously as a quick and fun read. Not heavy or deep, just light-hearted and easy. I might even read the sequel. Takes place in a boarding school for exceptional girls who are being trained to become spies. The protagonist's mother is the headmistress and a former spy. Lots of funny asides by the author and believable feelings on the part of the characters. Nice little romance as well. ( )

had high hopes for this book. I think the concept has oodles of potential, and the characters are fun and likeable. Yet somehow this story fell just a little flat for me. I liked it, I would even read the next book in the series, but without significant improvement, The Gallagher Girls series won't be topping my recommendation list.

I've put some thought into interpreting my reaction to the book, and I think my issue is this: there isn't enough of a challenge for the characters in this book. Here they are, butt-kicking super-spy chicks, and the worst thing they have to face is a final exam? Or sneaking out to the movies? It was entertaining, but it just didn't GRAB me. This book felt a little like an extended exposition, getting the characters and situations set up, but not really getting into the main story. I'll be interested to see if the second of the series has more oomph to it. ( )

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You was a pretty fun read with not as much intensity as James Bond and Indiana Jones, but it definitely has its girlish charms! I think sometimes the spy stuff was laid on a little thick, but some of the spy gear and how the girls overreacted to the "normal" world was pretty entertaining! When you first get used to the Academy, it reminded me a lot of Hogwarts without the magic and ghosts - but perhaps a lot more secret passageways.

The ending seemed to rush as the excitement and suspense all rolled into each other as the Gallagher Girls embarked on their CoveOps finals and Cammie decides if Josh should know that she is actually not a "normal" home-schooled, cat-loving girl who likes to pass notes via a loose brick on the wall.

I really liked how the girls would apply their spy skills to scouting Josh out and figuring out if he liked Cammie. It was pretty amusing to see them try to decipher "boy talk," and certainly any girl can relate to that, spy or not. ( )