Not If I Save You First

by Ally Carter

• ISBN10: 1338134140
• ISBN13: 9781338134148
• Publish Date: 27 March 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Scholastic US
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Being friends with the president's son can be really intense.

After a botch kidnap attempt, Maddie's dad quits his post protecting the president, and moves Maddie out to the Alaskan wildness. For six years, he prepared her to prepare and save herself out there in wild, just in time for the return of Maddie's (former) best friend, Logan.

I found myself throughly entertained and often on edge as Maddie and Logan fought both the bad guys and the Alaskan wildness for survival. I thought Carter threw us a couple of great twists, and I especially loved how strong, fierce, and prepared Maddie was. She totally lived up to her "Mad-dog" nickname time and time again in this book.

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[Mary-Allyn]

100% Ally Carter’s best book to date. Banter in the face of danger, realistic risks and skills, nonstop action, and simply a book you cannot put down.

Putting these characters through another ordeal like this would be cruel but wow do I want more Maddie Manchester in my life.

[nightingalereads]

2.75 stars

I enjoyed this book primarily because of Ally Carter's writing. I grew up reading the Gallagher Girls series and then Heist Society - both of which I loved. But her Embassy Row trilogy fell a little flat for me, and this book follows along those same lines enjoyment-wise. I may just be spoiled by her first two series, but there's a spark missing in these characters. Their personalities and relationships feel slightly more contrived, and I don't get that same sense of connection. Overall, though, Ally Carter's writing is so pleasant and unique that reading this was still fun.