This review is part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program.What do you do when your mother feels that you don’t trust her? If you are looking for an entertaining read with impressive characters, a taut storyline and a different genre, then this one is for you. The epilogue hints at a sequel and I am very much looking forward to reading more of Samira’s adventures. The thrill in each of these missions is intact till the end moment keeping the reader thoroughly engaged. All the missions undertaken in the story - both by Samira and her parents are crisp, have different backdrops and are contemporary. The spy mechanisms, especially the use of technology is smart, real and makes the storyline authentic. The characters are perfectly balanced - Samira and the other girls have the innocence of their age, are stubborn at times but equally agile and smart.

The narration is so racy that the reader would want to read the entire book in one go. Young Adult (YA) fiction often gets cliched exploring only limited genres and themes story of an aspiring spy and a group of such teenage girls is a unique and interesting premise.

Why did Samira’s parents keep Spyders a secret from her and what would happen to her parent’s mission, forms the rest of the story. While her parents are away on a critical mission to stop a nuclear attack on the country, Samira accidentally stumbles upon a network of spies, of teenage girls her age - The Spyders. However, her parents Alka and Ranjit have a sudden change in mind after a recent operation in Georgia, much to Samira’s disappointment, and they now want her to concentrate on her studies, procure a seat to study medicine and forget being a spy. 175 INR(Kindle Edition) ISBN: 978–9389237122 Buy here: Īt seventeen, Samira Joshi is unlike any other teenager you would have ever met she is training to be a professional spy or so she thinks, as both her parents are undercover agents for RAW, the elite intelligence agency of India and they trained her in spy-craft since she was a toddler. Publisher: TreeShade Books Pages: 266 Price: Rs.

Along Came A Spyder by Apeksha Rao