An interesting mystery and spy thriller with a teenage girl as the main protagonist is a wonderful combination. I am pulled into this book, The Itsy Bitsy Spyder, right from the first page as Samira (Sam) got me hooked with her quirky, out-of-the-box humor and thinking.
Genre: Young Adult, Mysteries, and Thrillers
Author: Apeskha Rao
Publisher: Amazon, Kindle
My Review of Itsy Bitsy Spyder
This novel is very refreshing and fresh in the YA spy thrillers genre. Once, I picked it up on Kindle, I just couldn’t put it down till the end. I was searching for more pages of this book towards the end, as I didn’t feel like putting it down. So many questions are left unanswered; maybe they would be handled in a sequel. But waiting for the sequel has become a dampener if you may put it across so.
Samira (preferred to be called Sam) is a typical teenager but from not so a regular family with a familiar background. She has been trained to be a spy by her own family members so that she would look at everything in life with a different set of eyes.
So, Sam is fighting a two-sided battle when compared to the other typical teenagers. She needs to protect her family and pose a normal facade outside, adding fuel to the identity crisis that any regular teenager would have.
The author weaves the story beautifully with lots of personal episodes from Sam’s life, which give the feeling that Sam is gearing up for bigger adventures. The attitude Sam displays throughout the novel is like any other typical teenager. She is amply supported by her quirky and not-so-typical grandmother. This book is peppered with lots of quotes that are funny but catchy at the same time. The best I liked are:
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“I wanted Samira to grow up on stories of women who refused to wait for a stupid prince to find them, especially since modern princes can barely find their own bums without GPS. I wanted her to grow up on stories of women who had tried to change the world so that one day she could go out and do exactly that.”
Don’t you think most of the parents of this generation can agree to the above quote?
About the Author:
Apeskha Rao is a YA writer from India. She has written a lot of short stories and horror mysteries. She specializes in writing the YA genre. While not writing books, one can find her on her blog, where she chooses to talk about her passions.
Her debut books based on the teenage girl Samira have both become big hits on Amazon.
You can follow her at:
Website: https://apeksharao.in/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ApekshaRaoOfficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/apekshar
Author’s Note: I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Blogchatter as a part of the Blogchatter Book review program. My reviews are in no way impacted due to this, and you can read my other reviews here.
Very crisply reviewed – you have put out the best parts of the book out there without really revealing the entire story.
Thank you Shalini
Glad you enjoyed the book. I have been meaning to add it to my TBR list. Thanks for the review.
Its definitely a good read Rajlakshmi. Please do read it.
Oh, I loved this novella, and now I can’t wait for the book release!!
I thoroughly enjoyed the book too. Apeksha has such an easy and enjoyable writing style!
Thats very true Corinne
Thank you for the lovely review!
Thanks a lot for giving me the opportunity to review?