And she gets along with them! GASP! AND! Guys, Maggie gets GROUNDED. They aren’t so much main characters, but they are present for sure.
This is a pretty big deal, as any long-time, frequent reader of YA will know. I know that I’ve been gushing about Roux, but I actually want to start by shouting out Robin Benway for giving Maggie parents who are actual PARENTS who have a role in Maggie’s life. The son, one Jesse Oliver, is Maggie’s mark, but he’s also mad cute and charming, and between her growing feelings for Jesse, her AMAZE friendship with school outcast Roux, and, HELLO, ACTUAL SCHOOL, her first job is turning out to be more difficult than Maggie imagined. That is, until The Collective sends her family to NYC so that Maggie can work a different kind of magic on the son of Armand Oliver, a publishing magnate who has come into possession of a list of Collective agents and is going to print it. She’s also never gone to a real school or had any friends. Maggie herself is basically the best safe-cracker IN THE WORLD. They never stay in one place too long because they are always hopping around, working their spy magic for The Collective. So the gist of ALSO KNOWN ASis this: Maggie and her parents are super international spies, which is AWESOME. Anyway, Robin Benway’s book about a family of spies whose daughter, Maggie, goes on her first solo assignment, is pretty dang enjoyable. I liked this whole book, friends, but Roux made it for me. Most importantly in ALSO KNOWN AS, though, is ROUX. The characters are spunky and fun and likable, the action is fast-paced but not overwhelming, and the writing is snappy. all while trying not to blow her cover.ĪLSO KNOWN AS by Robin Benway is just about the most fun that you can have reading a book, friends. She’ll need to attend a private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school’s security system, and befriend one aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the essential information she needs to crack the case. Then Maggie and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, and all of that changes. But for Maggie Silver, the biggest perk of all has been avoiding high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations.
Cons: Never staying in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend. Pros: Seeing the world one crime-solving adventure at a time.
Genres: Contemporary YA, Spies, Young Adultįormat: eARC Also in this series: Going RogueĪlso by this author: Going Rogue, Emmy & Oliverīeing a 16-year-old safecracker and active-duty daughter of international spies has its moments, good and bad. Published by Bloomsbury on February 26, 2013 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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