jen_baroness_mom's review
5.0
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Author. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Spies Never Quit by M. Taylor Christensen is spectacular! I love the empowerment and camaraderie. The Banana Girls are fantastic spies.
Mari isn't your average college student, but most people haven't figured that out. When Mari's mom is kidnapped for her nanobot code, the culprits try to get Mari too, but she is unexpectantly able to get away from them. Mari shows remarkable self-defense skills but is that enough to save her mom? Mari encounters the Banana Girls when the goons try to take Mari and when she tries to get the code from her mother's office.
It's nice to see Mari's growth as a capable agent emerges. If this case weren't personal, she might have had fewer waterworks.
Anna, Hannah, Susana, and Katiana are all ninja-like spies. They have a fancy penthouse apartment, cars, training areas, and high-tech gadgets. Each of the girls has a different specialty that makes the group work well. The dynamics of the girls are like a sisterhood. I love the way they play to each other's strengths and assist Mari with seeing her full potential.
I enjoyed reading Spies Never Quit, the spies and espionage parts are good, but my favorite is the girls' relationships. My rating for Spies Never Quit by M. Taylor Christensen is five stars. If you are looking for a sweet spy mystery, I highly recommend this one.
Will Mari turn over the secret code to save her mother's life, or will the Banana Girls figure out another way?
Mari Sandoval
Mari isn't your average college student, but most people haven't figured that out. When Mari's mom is kidnapped for her nanobot code, the culprits try to get Mari too, but she is unexpectantly able to get away from them. Mari shows remarkable self-defense skills but is that enough to save her mom? Mari encounters the Banana Girls when the goons try to take Mari and when she tries to get the code from her mother's office.
It's nice to see Mari's growth as a capable agent emerges. If this case weren't personal, she might have had fewer waterworks.
The Banana Girls
Anna, Hannah, Susana, and Katiana are all ninja-like spies. They have a fancy penthouse apartment, cars, training areas, and high-tech gadgets. Each of the girls has a different specialty that makes the group work well. The dynamics of the girls are like a sisterhood. I love the way they play to each other's strengths and assist Mari with seeing her full potential.
Five Stars
I enjoyed reading Spies Never Quit, the spies and espionage parts are good, but my favorite is the girls' relationships. My rating for Spies Never Quit by M. Taylor Christensen is five stars. If you are looking for a sweet spy mystery, I highly recommend this one.
Banana Girls Series
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Until the next time,
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mi_amors_wife's review
4.0
Received from a Goodreads giveaway!
A young adult book
An excellent read for teens or preteens looking to get into mystery or spy series. The story does drag and is a bit repetitive in some spot but overall a good story.
A young adult book
An excellent read for teens or preteens looking to get into mystery or spy series. The story does drag and is a bit repetitive in some spot but overall a good story.
leminter's review
5.0
I am head over peel for this fun and fresh read!! I was completely getting a Charlie's Angles and B.A.P.S vibe with its own unique twists. A great YA mystery with the perfect amount of romance mixed in, that I just could not put down. Looking forward to book #2, Spies Never Swoon.
chymerra's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
It has been a long time since I have read a YA cozy mystery. I have gotten caught up in other genres, and these books got pushed to the back burner. That all came to a stop last month when I decided that I would read Spies Never Quit. I am glad that I did because I enjoyed this book a ton!
Spies Never Quit has a face-paced plotline. The book starts with a bang and doesn’t slow down. There was a tiny bit of lag in the plotline in the middle of the book (when Mari was undercover). It didn’t affect the plotline, and the author was able to keep the plotline zipping along.
I thought Mari was a powerful main character. She adapted quickly to everything that the bad guys threw her way. She was also willing to do whatever it took to free her mother from the bad guys. What I liked the most was that the author humanized her. She wasn’t an instant spy, far from it. She was an average college girl who got sucked into that life by her mother’s kidnapping.
What I liked the most about this book was the girl power vibe. I liked that the girls (Mari and the Banana Girls) didn’t need a man to figure out how to rescue her mother. It made the book so much more fun to read.
Spies Never Quit is a clean read. While there is no sex or sexual situations in the book, there are some very mild kissing scenes—nothing graphic and, honestly, sweet.
I wish the author had spent more time on Mari’s mother’s technology (the swarming nanobots). I was very interested in that but could only glean bits and pieces of what she did from conversations between the bad guys and from what Mari/the Banana Girls knew.
I liked that there were strong parallels to Charlies’ Angels, James Bond, and Batman. What I would give to have the cars that those girls did!!!
The end of Spies Never Quit was action-packed. I loved how the storylines were resolved. I am hoping that there will be a book two because I would love to read it!!
I would recommend Spies Never Quit to anyone over the age of 16. There is mild violence, mild language, and some very mild kissing.
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