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Conspiracy 365 Book 9: September by Gabrielle Lord

I liked it

75% done with the series now with book 9! Things are starting to look up a bit for Cal as the mystery starts coming together.

Read: January 27 – January 28, 2024

Genre: Action/Adventure
Audience: Teen; Young Adult
Book contains: conspiracy, on the run, attempted murder, strangulation, kidnapping

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Some Relief at Last!

Cal Ormond has just lost everything. The police are still after him, more now than ever as they believe he’d kidnapped his sister. Oriana de la Force has stolen the Riddle, the Jewel, and now Gabbi, for whom Cal offered himself and everything else she’d need to solve the mystery in exchange, only for one of the goons to toss his little sister off the bridge into a raging river! Cal dived in after her, finding the sleeping bag, but his sister was gone!

Spoilers out of the way first, because luckily the author did not kill off Cal’s nine-year-old sister in this series. That would just be too dark. Also, my mom and I came up with some theories as to how she might’ve survived, and I can’t believe how right she was!

I got sick Sunday morning and nearly didn’t finish this book on time, but luckily I could swap some things around in my schedule. I read the second half of this book between short naps.

This book had 181 pages this time, still shorter than the majority, but longer than the last one. As always, the page numbers were counting down instead of up, and the chapters were represented as different days of September, with timestamps at the start of each scene. The story is told from Cal’s point of view.

With Gabbi safe and sound back at home, Cal feels more determined than ever to retrieve the Riddle and Jewel from Oriana so he can solve the mystery and finally put an end to the year-long danger following him. His friends are a great help as usual, though there isn’t much trouble from the villains of the story until the end, as Cal and his friends do some reconnaissance.

Repro makes a comeback, as do Three-O and Freddy, who are causing trouble, but luckily Sligo isn’t much of a problem for Cal in this one, after having lost two of his goons in the same night back in book 7. Cal’s faith in his friends is unshakable, and his hatred for Oriana de la Force is stronger than ever after she kidnapped his sister and almost had her killed.

Fewer technical mistakes in this book again! Last book had it bad, but this book more than made up for it. I only saw a few pieces of missing punctuation, but the rest was good. The writing quality in general was up to par with the rest of the series, action packed with a spy-esque mystery feel during the info-gathering and sneaking around. Very fun!

Shorter book, but the pacing was both fast and slow. The first half was a lot of talking and figuring things out, and the second was where they put their words into actions and then faced the consequences.

Nearly done, so you might as well continue the series. I definitely recommend reading this book and continuing all the way to book 12!

Conspiracy 365 Book 9: September by Gabrielle Lord

Some Relief at Last!

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