Blog Tour Review—Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Her name is Sarah. She's blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish in 1939 Germany. And her act of resistance is about to change the world.
After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of weapons. He's part of the secret resistance against the Third Reich, and he needs Sarah to hide in plain sight at a school for the daughters of top Nazi brass, posing as one of them. If she can befriend the daughter of a key scientist and get invited to her house, she might be able to steal the blueprints to a bomb that could destroy the cities of Western Europe. Nothing could prepare Sarah for her cutthroat schoolmates, and soon she finds herself in a battle for survival unlike any she'd ever imagined. But anyone who underestimates this innocent-seeming girl does so at their peril. She may look sweet, but she's the Nazis' worst nightmare.

Review:

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

I’ve got to admit—that was a brutal read. By that, I mean that there were things that happened in the story that had me cringing; but I was so fascinated by it all, that I couldn’t look away. Sarah, is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jew—who just so happens to run into a man that changes her life. She goes from being on the run, to becoming a spy at a prestigious boarding school for national socialist’s daughters.

The beginning was a bit slow for my tastes. I didn’t feel like anything really started happening until Sarah does start going to the school. It’s there that she encounters girls that gives mean girls a whole new definition. The trials and bullying that Sarah had to deal with were crazy. There’s no other word I could describe it with. Orphan Monster Spy was CRAZY. So why couldn’t I stop reading?

Overall, I thought this was a fantastic read that showed us a us a great point of view during the World War ll era—even it was fictional. I think Killeen was able to bring Sarah’s story to life in a profound and sensitive way. She also made me love the story simply because I loved her determination. If you’re looking for a book with a strong female lead and a story so compelling you feel as if you’re part of the book, then this is for you.

*Thank you to the publisher for providing a copy for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Buy the Book:
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AUTHOR BIO:

Matt Killeen was born in Birmingham, in the UK, back when trousers were wide and everything was brown. Early instruction in his craft included being told that a drawing of a Cylon exploding isn't writing and copying-out your mother's payslip isn't an essay "about my family." Several alternative
careers beckoned, some involving laser guns and guitars, before he finally returned to words and attempted to make a living as an advertising copywriter and largely ignored music and sports journalist. He now writes for the world's best loved toy company, as it wasn't possible to be an X-wing pilot. Married to his Nuyorican soul mate, he is parent to both an unfeasibly clever teenager and a toddler who is challenging his father's anti-establishment credentials by repeatedly writing on the walls. He accidently moved to the countryside in 2016.

BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE

WEEK ONE

3/12 – Crossroad Reviews – Review

3/13 – Twinning for Books – Q&A

3/14 – Live To Read – Review

3/15 – Spinatale Reviews – Review + Creative Picture

3/16 – Bookworm Banter – Review

WEEK TWO

3/19 – The Young Folks – Playlist

3/20 – Cracking the Cover – Review

3/21 – Bookish Connoisseur – Review

3/22 – Bookfoolery – Review