Tween Tuesday Review: Day of Doom

* The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers: Series #6 *

~ with some spoilers form the previous books

Amy and Dan have just handed the Vespers the last of the devices required. They're waiting for their kidnapped friends and family to be returned to them but it's not going to happen. The Vespers retract their previous deal.

Now Amy and Dan need to uncover their location and figure out what Vesper One wants to do with the machine. They uncover the fact that Isabel Kabra is in fact Vesper Two and she's headed to Washington D.C. They decide to follow her in hopes of learning more before leading a rescue attempt on the hostages.

The doomsday device will trigger a shift in the tectonic plates creating massive destruction. The weather's already starting to act crazy but they'll need to travel once they figure out the plan. Can they stop the Vespers?

My Thoughts: I really love this series! It's full of action, adventure, and danger. The combined plot twists and action make this book hard to put down. After the ending of the last book, Amy lost some of her focus.  Now she digs deep within herself as an attempt to forget the horrors they've helped unleash and to save both the hostages and the world.
I love Amy's strength, even though she gets knocked down - she gets back up and fights. She's fierce, tough, and always ready to kick butt. Dan follows his sister's lead and is always ready to lend a hand. His smarts make him valuable. Together they make a formidable team - hard to beat as they keep trying. I love their determination, their loyalty, and their outside the box thinking.

Just when I thought it was over -there's another series coming Unstoppable

Cover Thoughts: Love it!
Source: my library

Review: Shatterproof

 * book 4 in the Cahill vs Vespers series*

Dan and Amy are still at Vesper One's beck and call. This time they're on a mission to Berlin to steal the Golden Jubilee diamond, part of a visiting exhibit from Thailand. The security surrounding the diamond is almost impossible to break, as the Cahills and their companions find out.

The appear to accomplish their task, which baffles them.  There's too much interference with the Vesper team. Vesper One isn't happy with Amy and Dan from their previous actions. Could he be mad enough to hurt one of the hostages? Amy and Dan will have to walk a very fine line to keep him happy and to figure out the rest of his time sensitive clues

My Thoughts: Roland Smith is an excellent addition to this team. I love the action, the drama, and the danger of this series. I love never knowing exactly who Amy and Dan can trust. I love the relationship between Amy and Dan - their bantering, their arguments, and their love for each other. These books leave me on the edge of my seat and eager for the next book in the series.

I love the time in Timbuktu, especially the moments in the library. I love learning about other libraries. I found the scrolls fascinating. I liked the perspectives of the hostages and how they used the most of their time. I like that readers get glimpses of them. Mostly I love traveling around the world with Cahills learning about different cultures, people, artifacts, and history. 

Cover Thoughts: Cool!
Source: My Library
Fun Fact: This is Roland Smith's first book for the 39 Clues series. He wrote the action packed Storm Runners series (which is now on our Middle School Summer reading list - along with the 39 Clues series)

Tween Tuesday Review: Dead of Night

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*The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Series #3 *


Amy and Dan are still following the orders from the Vespers. At the moment, they've lost control of the situation. They didn't share all their information. Vesper One isn't happy.


And there are consequences. Atticus, Dan's only friend who is 11 years old, is kidnapped. The Vespers think he'll have additional information. They interrogate him. 


Atticus does remember something, but it didn't come from Amy or Dan. It came from his mother, right before she died. Now he's beginning to understand her mysterious words. It's not a coincidence that he and Dan are friends.


My Thoughts:  I really liked this addition to the series. I love the snippets between Amy and Dan - whether they are fighting or kind to each other. They have a great relationship.  I liked reading the different perspectives with the other family members trying to help locate the clues and perform research tasks. I like reading about Ian's adventure and his decisions. His actions make me curious and I'm eager to learn more about what he's trying to accomplish. I enjoyed reading the perspectives from the family members in captivity. Their drama makes Amy and Dan's situation more traumatic.  I love this series for the plots twists, the siblings' relationship, the puzzles, the danger and the action. I love the historical trivia written into these books. I find them fascinating. The action and danger keeps me turning the page even when I need to stop reading. These books are very hard to put down and I'm happy there's such a short wait time between them.


Cover Thoughts: Cool, I love the stars in the telescope.


Source: my library

Tween Tuesday Review: King's Ransom

Amy and Dan still need to jump to the tune of Vesper One - who has a hostage from their family and all the other Cahill family branches. Amy and Dan scramble to locate and uncover an ancient map. A map no one has seen in the last 50 years.

It doesn't matter that they just stole a priceless piece of art or that they found an impossible to find map. Vesper One certainly has an agenda. He's not afraid to hand out consequences if the siblings and their relatives don't complete the assigned tasks.

Now that they're on the scent of this map, time is running out. Vesper One is growing impatient and he's not afraid to start eliminating the hostages.

Does the map really exist and if so can Amy and Dan recover it in time to save their loved ones?

My Thoughts: I'm so addicted to this series for the adventure, the danger, the heists, the ancient artifacts, and for this family. I love Amy and Dan. The rest of the family is growing on me as well. I also love the publishing schedule of these books and how the next one comes out in March.

Cover Thoughts: Cool

Source: my Library

Up Next: Dead of Night

Tween Tuesday: Medusa Plot

It's been two years since the 39 Clues search ended. Amy and Dan have tried to go back to normal life. It hasn't been easy.

Amy's been learning how to defend herself - taking martial arts classes. She's broken out of her shell a bit and even has a boyfriend. She's kept him in the dark about the truth of her family.

Dan's had a harder time adjusting. Life seems boring. School is pointless. He has no friends -except one boy he met online. In truth - real life is tame compared to the 39 Clues search.

Unfortunately, things are about to change. The Vespers kidnap one person from each family - and Nellie. They don't harm anyone. Instead, they make an impossible demand of Amy and Dan.

Amy and Dan get the old team back together - the young ones of the family. Together they must steal a priceless piece of art from one of the most guarded museums in the world. Amy and Dan thrive on the impossible tasks, but is this one out of their league?

My Thoughts: The start of a new 39 Clues series is off to a fabulous start. It has all the crazy action and danger as the first series. Amy and Dan are a little wiser, a little tougher, and a littler more determined. I love the art heist. I love the significance of the art itself. I love how the team comes together again. I simply love this series, I'm so happy to have more adventures of Amy and Dan!!

Cover Thoughts: LOVE!

Source: BEA -signed by the author!

This book comes out: August 30th

The next one: King's Ransom comes out in December