Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls #2)

Reader reviewed by Claire

This is the amazing sequel to Id tell You I Love you but Then I'd Have to Kill You. In this book, Cammie Morgan and the other Gallagher Girls are facing an exciting but difficult year. Cammie is still getting over Josh, then, one day Cammie and her friends overhear a conversation between Cammie's mother and their CovOps teacher Mr. Solomon. The conversation is about something called Black Thorn. She, along with Macey, Bex, and Liz must figure out what, or who, this mysterious Blackthorn is, but then Cammie gets the blame for something big at the Gallagher Academy that could put the secrets of her scool at risk.  Cammie and her friends must clear Cammie's name, while also figuring out what Blackthorn is. Can they do it?
This is a great book if you already read the first  book in the series and want to hear more from the Gallagher Girls, or if you just like reading about spies.

Reader reviewed by Pheonix

The second book to the Gallagher Girls series. 

Despite Cammie's best intentions, trouble comes quickly.  Cammie,
Bex, Macy, and Liz learn that the Gallagher Academy is hosting guests from
another spy school -- a school that is known to the world as the Blackthorn Academy--a secret spy school for boys.  After the disaster

with Josh last fall, Cammie isn't sure she's ready for the boy spies - especially after she meets Zach -- an arrogant cutie who everyone thinks is so perfect.

Personally I liked this book a whole lot better then the first one. Cammies a great lovable character despite being a spy, she's still a fun and reliable character. There never really seems to be much spy books. Yes there's Alex Rider, but I mean one with a herione. Thats one of the reasons I enjoed this book. Ally Carter does not disppoint. After you read this book you'll go through torture waiting for the next book.

Reader reviewed by valerie

This book is the second sequel to Ally Carter's Id Tell You I love You but then I Have to Kill you.
This books is intense and awesome. I seriously could not put the book down when I started reading it. I was quickly obsessed with spy stuffs and started to act like one. It was fun!

Anyways, this book is also plain funny and hilarious! I would love to read the third one, Dont Judge a Girl by Her Cover. I cannot wait to read that one. I highly recommend this one to girls out there whose dreams are to become a spy. :D

Reader reviewed by Kit-Kat

As mentioned in the title, I did find this book more enjoyable than I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You.

There is more of a story and we learn more about the characters. The new characters entering the scene are more developed than in the first book, where some of the personalities fell flat. I think she really pulled off the Zach character - mysterious, yet strangely drawing you into him.

The book is fast-paced and funny and along the way Cammie discovers some very valuable lessons wrapped up in normal, everyday activities. Well, as normal as anything can be for someone who is a spy.

Reader reviewed by Alexandra M.

Let me start off by saying: you would be crazy to A) Not get this book and B) not like this book. Well, you're entitled to your own opinion but still. I'm sure you would love it.

"I'd Tell You I love You, But then I'd Have to Kill You" was the first book in the Gallagher Girl series. Cammie, who isn't dating Josh anymore, is in her second semester as a sophmore at the Gallagher Academy for Exeptional Young Women. But...there are some exeptional Young Men coming to the academy...

I'm in love with Zack. By far the greatest guy in the world, and so is Cammie--but can she truely admit it? Hmmm...

This book will leave you hungry for the 3rd one
A great continuation and full of humor! It does not--and I repeat DOES NOT outshine "I'd Tell You I Love You, But then I'd Have to Kill You".


To me, it's a work of art :)

Reader reviewed by Tasha

Cammie Morgan returns from winter break to a debriefing at the super secret CIA headquarters in D.C. While her whole surrounding amazes her she can't help but to be nervous as it dredges up all the old memories of Josh. On her way home from her debriefing Cammie finds that her mom is acting very weird, but when she asks her about it she simply says nothing. When Cammie finally arrives back at Gallagher Academy she is overjoyed to be reconnected with her friends and even schoolwork, except she senses that something isn't quite the same. Her suspicion is soon confirmed when it is announced that the boys of Blackthorne Academy will be spending the semester at Gallagher Academy. Having never really been exposed to boys all the girls are shocked and don't really know quite how to handle the situation. While most girls are head over heels excited about the boys' visit, Cammie and her friends are a little skeptical. Even though she's a little hesitant Cammie can't help falling into a hard to read relationship with Blackthorne cutie Zach. Will Cammie figure out her relationship with Zach? Are the Blackthorne boys at Gallagher for a good reason, or are they up to no good?



I was really excited about reading this book as I really, really liked the first one, I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You. I liked this book almost as much as the first one. The story was still great and the book was jam packed with lots of adventure, but I found Cammie wallowed a little too much in this book. Other then that though the book was great. I loved all of the spy adventure that was going on and especially loved the girl power! I think this series is almost like a girl version of Alex Rider, except Cammie's not as adventurous, yet! I also really liked how Cammie grew as a person in this book. She started off a little shaky, but then resolved all her trust problems and returned to the good old Cammie we knew in the first book. As always with these kind of books though the ever so talented Ally Carter left us hanging on a thread as to what was going to happen next! All the information regarding the next book in the series, including the title, is highly top secret, but I do know that it is in the works and I cannot wait.

Reader reviewed by Lilly

Ally,

Oh my gosh, I love your Gallagher books! They're the perfect amount of drama, love, friendship, fiction and reality! Cammie is a great character to relate to because she's nice and cool, but not gorgeous and some times messes up. Her mistakes and awkward times keep the book down to earth and the plot is so new and different from other books! In the second book, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, I think Zach is sooo sweet! Josh is too, but I want Cammie and Zach to stay together in the end. You had me completey fooled with the last Code Black! I can't wait to read the third book!

Reader reviewed by the book muncher

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy is the second book in Ally Carter's Gallagher Girl series. It is just as cute and well-written as the first book.

It's a new semester at Cammie's spy school. But getting through the next part of her Covert Operations class isn't her only challenge; the school is also keeping a secret from its students, a secret called Blackthorne. Soon, it's up to Cammie and her genius friends to save the school.

In my opinion, some parts of this story are predictable, but the storyline is cute, so I read it anyway. In fact, this is one of the few series that I collect. I was disappointed that the sequel to I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You wasn't longer, because I really enjoyed reading about a spy-in-training's love life. The good news is, Gallagher Girls is not going to be limited to a two-book series.

This is a quick and light read. I recommend this book for fans of action and romance novels.