A review by lizanneyoung
The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

4.0

 
TROPES
💗 (Fake) Marriage of Convenience
💗 Amnesia
💗 Mistaken Identity
💗 Touch Her and Die
💗 Dual POV

If you loved the Gallagher Girls as much as I did as a tween/teen, then you should definitely be reading Ally Carter’s first adult offering, The Blonde Identity. It is very much GG-coded, even though there are no shared characters. But, spies and twins and amnesia and Paris? It’s a great rom-com with equal parts action and romance.

Our main female character wakes up with an operative standing over her, telling her to run. The only catch is she has no idea who she is, who this operative is, or how she ended up in Paris. The only thing she does know is this operative, who we can call Sawyer, is the only person who can keep her safe from the dozens of people trying to kill her. But, they are mistaking her for her twin sister, a twin the operative didn’t believe existed until now.

Everything about this is what I wanted for an adult GG-esque book. There is romance in the worst of times, spies and tricks and double-crossing galore, and an ending I didn’t predict. I thought I knew where it was going, and then the story took a massive right turn, and I’m here for it. 

We also can’t ignore that our MMC has some personal growth for the better, which makes for a great internal monologue to be privy to. And, as our FMC tries to put together the pieces of her life, we get a fun aha moment when we figure it out along with her.
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