Tigerpetal Press : Book Review: June

Conspiracy 365 Book 6: June by Gabrielle Lord

I liked it

Here’s book 6. It’s funny, but it actually took me a while to figure out what the image on the cover was. I also accidentally picked up July instead of June, but the issue was quickly solved when I read the first line of the “previously” section, which mentioned the Ormond Orca crash. (No spoilers for me!)

Read: January 6 – January 7, 2024

Genre: Action/Adventure
Audience: Teen; Young Adult
Book contains: conspiracy, on the run, guilt, nightmares, burglary, theft, car chase

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More Clues Than Ever!

After crash-landing the Ormond Orca, Cal is closer to being in police custody than ever, and must flee for his life. (What else is new?) Now, as the months get colder, he needs a new place to stay where he won’t freeze his toes off, and he must find the Ormond Jewel on top of everything else.

Some of the things that Cal has gone through are completely unbelievable, but that’s what makes these books kind of fun. There’s also the fact that he’s doing things that no ordinary person should do either, and it’s nice to be able to step into his shoes and experience the craziness of his life so we can appreciate our own safe lives.

This book took a little longer again, but it didn’t disrupt my weekend; I got it one in the time I’ve set aside for weekend reading. It and the rest of the series, has been a good break from my busy weekdays and usual genres – since I read mostly Fantasy, not Action/Adventure.

Being from Cal’s point of view continues to allow us to step into his shoes, and the past-tense nature takes a little away from the intensity of the scenes where it seems like Cal is going to die – so it’s not completely heart-stopping. The urgency and terror are still there, which is good for this kind of book.

Cal continues to rely on his friends and allies – Boges, Winter, Repro, Jennifer – but now with his great-uncle gone, with no idea where to find his great-aunt, and the clock running down, he’s at a bit of a standstill. This book is much more for Cal figuring out the clues that he found in the previous book, and I’m right there along with him making theories. A few pieces of information were shared with the reader in previous books which Cal has forgotten, and a few were mentioned but not explicitly stated (for example, the name of the solicitor which Cal later forgets). I think this I the case because the author doesn’t want the reader to be able to flip back through the pages to find the answer before the big reveal comes in the future.

Cal has never known whether he can trust Winter, but he gets much closer to her in this book. No romantic relationship yet (luckily, considering everything that’s going on), but something big happens at the end that might break their mutual trust forever. I can’t wait to see the blowout from that. Boges is, as always, Cal’s rock, and though he can’t empathize with Cal’s situation, he’s a very understanding and helpful friend, always being there for Cal and figuring things out to solve the Ormond mystery.

With the tracker gone, Cal can have a bit of a break from Oriana de la Force’s goons knowing exactly where he is at all times, but he’s getting in more danger with Sligo’s goons now that he suspects that Sligo was the one who broke into his house back in January and stole the jewel.

We get more clues about what the Ormond Singularity is as well and how it could possibly make Cal and his family rich, but there still isn’t anything concrete about how it works. He needs the jewel and the whole riddle to be able to figure it out, and though he now has a suspicion as to where the jewel could be, he still has no clues about the last two lines of the riddle.

This book was another fast-paced plot, particularly near the end, when he’s thrust into a series of escapes. He’s forced to do things he’s not proud of, but I’m glad to see that Cal hasn’t lost his innate goodness and human decency – as demonstrated by a risky move earlier in the story.

A great story for lovers of action/adventure and for mystery-lovers. Trying to solve a mystery in a story is fun sometimes because the author generally doesn’t give you enough to be able to solve the riddle before the end, but they also tend to give you a lot of clues you don’t realize are clues until way later.

Conspiracy 365 Book 6: June by Gabrielle Lord

More Clues Than Ever!

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