Reviews with content warning for Gun violence - Out of Sight, Out of Time

This book felt a bit darker than the rest of the series has felt so far. Cammie does not remember multiple months of her life sine she ran away from school to keep her friends safe, and she is still on the run from the mysteries Circle of Cavan. This book was much more mysterious than the others, and felt like a good lead off into the series finale, since it helps uncover some more secrets about Cavan as Cammie retraces her steps with friends and family to figure out what happened and where she went after she left. This book was also quite sad because of this, as well as the way that the spy industry in this universe is so family oriented; it could mean that anyone you know, love and trust could be the enemy and be lying to you.

This book was much more tense, which is part of why I did not rank it as high as the others. I started this series because it was meant to be a fun read about how teenage girls are gonna teenage girl and do stupid things when it comes to boys, like using expensive spy equipment to run surveillance on him to see if he's planning on asking you to the school dance. This series has taken a large pivot from that, and has turned into a focus on espionage and betrayals. While I enjoy the latter, I still wish I had more of the former. I liked that this series did not take itself too seriously, but now it is taking itself a bit too seriously for how it started off. Even with my thoughts on that, I find this series and this book enjoyable since it was about time there were more spy novels about girls!!!!

This is still a fun series that I would recommend to anyone that is craving a little bit of childhood nostalgia in their reading lives.

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

A bit confusing. I was really enjoying this book at first. The book does make you want to read on and seems different to other books - an academy of girls who are spies.
Memory loss takes up the first half of the book and then more action is involved. Cammie seems in a lot of danger. I haven't read previous books in the series as they looked a bit twee/young for me, but I don't know who 2 of the characters finally revealed to be after Cammie are. I did guess one person who was after her and put her in danger.

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adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So far, my favorite of the series. Again building upon the narrative of the third and fourth installment, the characters are forced to reckon with some darker, more intense enemies and plot lines.

Cammie's memory loss is dealt with in a way that is realistic and her first person perspective is less frustrating to the reader than it is heart-wrenching. I very much appreciated this change in the typical idea of "what happened last summer".

This was the fastest pace of the first five so far as well and I read it in a single day.

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