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Conspiracy 365 Book 11: November by Gabrielle Lord

I liked it

Here’s the second to last book, and there’s still so much for Cal and co. to do!

Read: February 10 – February 11, 2024

Genre: Action/Adventure
Audience: Teen; Young Adult
Book contains: conspiracy, on the run, attempted murder, implied murder, theft, death

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Winding Down to the Last of It!

With two months left on the countdown and nothing to show for it, Cal must somehow find out who has the Riddle and Jewel, retrieve them, and get enough money for a trip to Ireland before his enemies can claim the Ormond Singularity. Along the way, he discovers a sixteen-year-old family secret. Can he juggle everything at once?

After he saves his uncle from an assassin, Cal is on the run from the police yet again. They’re more determined than ever to catch him, especially after the kidnapping allegations that Oriana is facing. Though they don’t make much progress concerning what to do about the Singularity, they’re building the blocks and preparing for their final month of time.

This book was super interesting, so I read it quicker than usual.

Book 11 of 12 isn’t going to make any major changes to the structure or layout. It’s written in first person from Cal’s perspective. We still get a few newspaper clippings and blog posts, though no other images, as they’ve figured them all out. There are 179 pages, counting backwards to 001 again.

The main concern of this book is whether Sligo will discover Winter’s duplicity, and how they’re all going to get to Ireland to find the last two lines of the Riddle – the first six which they don’t have either. It’s kind of hard to believe that they can get it all done in the next book. Ryan Spencer also makes a valiant return! And Cal finally learns why, exactly, they look identical.

The trio continues to be as close as ever, though with the cops closing in, Cal has to be more careful where he stays. Sharkey is a great help as always, even if he’s not around most of the time, and I keep waiting for him to double cross them – because of his name (usually names have hidden clues in books). Cal contacts Rafe again, and it seems like Rafe cares, but I still don’t trust him either. Since the banquet, Sligo and Oriana have teamed up, which makes them so much more dangerous to Cal, but luckily, Winter has a plan.

The mystery and intrigue are great, and though in the past books, the lack of information bothered me, it didn’t in this book. We’re finally getting answers! Though there are some things revealed in this book that feel retconned; it didn’t read that way in the previous books.

So much happened in so little time in this book. A lot of days were skipped because they had nothing to do, but the days that were included were packed with new information and new questions.

I continue to recommend this series to preteen and teen boys who like action and a good mystery!

Conspiracy 365 Book 11: November by Gabrielle Lord

Winding Down to the Last of It!

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