Title: All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)
Author: Ally Carter
Pages: 247
Publisher: Orchard Books
Release date: 5th February 2015
Blurb from Goodreads:
1. She isn't crazy.
2. Her mother was murdered.
3. Someday she's going to find the man with the scar, and then she is going to make him pay.
From the bestselling author of Gallagher Girls and Heist Society, a thrilling new series set in the glittering international world of Embassy Row.
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to
Hachette Children's Books and NetGalley*
2.5/5
stars
Grace is
moving back to the US embassy in Adria where her grandfather is the ambassador.
Several
years ago her mother was murdered.
Everyone
says it was an accident but Grace knows otherwise - she saw the bullet wound
before the fire destroyed the building and she saw a scarred man.
Everyone
thinks Grace is crazy but she's not and she's going to find the scarred man and
prove it.
This was
my first Ally Carter novel and after hearing good things about the author I was
expecting to really enjoy it but I was slightly disappointed.
The
setting was interesting - a row of embassies - and I liked that Grace's friends
were from different countries.
The
writing style made this easy to follow but it didn't grip me.
The plot
was okay - I didn't guess the ending but I did get bored several times.
I felt
sorry for Grace, especially because of the PTSD she was suffering from but she
did start to annoy me after a while.
I was
surprised at how little contact Grace had with her brother and father
throughout the book.
Overall
this was an okay but disappointing read.
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