All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)

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All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)

2015 | Contemporary | Young Adult (YA)

Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:

1. She is not crazy.
2. Her mother was murdered.
3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.

As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her -- so there's no one she can completely trust. Not her grandfather, a powerful ambassador. Not her new friends, who all live on Embassy Row. Not Alexei, the Russian boy next door, who is keeping his eye on Grace for reasons she neither likes nor understands.

Everybody wants Grace to put on a pretty dress and a pretty smile, blocking out all her unpretty thoughts. But they can't control Grace -- no more than Grace can control what she knows or what she needs to do. Her past has come back to hunt her . . . and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down. 



Published by Orchard Books

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ISBN 9781408334379
Language English
Edition Hardcover
ISBN 9781338134148
Language English

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated

Sep 5, 2019  
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All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)
Ally Carter | 2015 | Contemporary, Young Adult (YA)
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8.7 (3 Ratings)
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I think this is my ninth book by the author and I have to admit, my least favourite.

I didn't gel with the characters like in the Gallagher Girls or Heist Society series. The storyline wasn't as engaging for me as young criminal minds or girl spy schools.

If I'm brutally honest I got bored in places but I have to admit that like all the authors work I found it quite a quick read.

I haven't decided as of yet if I'll continue the series.
  
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Hazel (1853 KP) rated

Dec 14, 2018  
All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)
All Fall Down (Embassy Row, #1)
Ally Carter | 2015 | Contemporary, Young Adult (YA)
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8.7 (3 Ratings)
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<i>I received this book for free through a Books With Bite giveaway.</i>

Ally Carter has become well known for her <i>Gallagher Girls</i> series, which was followed by <i>Heist Society</i>. Now she is back with a brand new young adult series: <i>Embassy Row</i>. After witnessing the death of her mother three years earlier, sixteen year old Grace is shipped off to Adria to live with her ambassador grandfather at the United States embassy. Well known for her dare devil, rebellious history, she is now expected to settle down, become more ladylike and attend international balls. Grace, however, has other plans.

Grace is convinced her mother was murdered and that she knows whom the murderer was. The only problem is no one believes her; not her grandfather, not the many psychiatrists; and even her friends have their doubts. So, Grace does what any “self-respecting mentally unbalanced teenager” would do and takes matters into her own hands.

It is exciting to read about Grace putting pieces of the puzzle together by investigating underground tunnels, tailing a scarred man around the city and, all in all, behaving rather like James Bond. As the plot begins to climax it is difficult not to rush through the novel to discover how it ends, where the reader is left with another mystery.

As well as the mystery storyline, Ally Carter also explores the theme of mental health. Naturally Grace has had issues since the death of her mother and finds herself, time and again, trying to convince people she is not crazy. Readers who have experienced mental health problems may relate to not being taken seriously and understand Grace’s frustration.

Overall, <i>All Fall Down</i> is a fantastic and exciting story to read. The air of mystery and feeling of suspense keeps the reader on their toes as they race through the book. It is also refreshing to read a young adult novel that does not focus on a teenage love story. The only problem is the wait for the second book to be published!