Crow Flight is exciting and well-written young adult fiction. It's a book I would gladly add to my classroom shelf and use for independent reading...and I'm sure some hungry readers would gobble it up quickly. Cunningham has created an interesting character in Gin, and one I'm sure students would relate to in many ways.

With a cover like that, I seriously wasn't expecting something like this, to be honest. I was sure it had something to do with coding, but this book honestly surprised me.

Spy crows (my patronus and some of the best animals on Earth? Check. Cute romance? Check. Being a badass coder? Check. Being a badass coder who accidentally brought someone to justice? Check.

Honestly, this was all I wanted and more. The only complaint I have is that maybe the relationship moved a bit too fast.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this novel was pretty intriguing. Definitely a decent Ya novel with suspenseful elements. Gin is an amazing young woman who has the whimsical, awkwardness of adolescence that is real. She a genius programmer and lives her life following the advice of the computer apps she's created. I love that her relationship with Felix allows her to see the freedom in living in the moment.

As for Félix I liked him more towards the end of the novel where he shows vulnerability and quiet passion for Gin. In the beginning I felt he was too mature and preachy. Always asking questions that were philosophical and intense for a kid barely 18. But that could be just me. I like my young characters to maintain that youthful innocence, that reckless abandonment to explore life even when the world is falling apart.

Even so I enjoyed this novel and hope to read more from this author.

This book was a nice surprise, not what i expected at all, but extremely satisfied! Very good book.
Story about a young girl that studies the flight patterns of crows, which leads her on a coming of age adventure and her trials of getting into Harvard.
Thank you NetGalley for free advance reading copy!

Crow Flight has alot of crows and like the name suggests surprisingly the book is literally about crow flights. The name spiked alot of interest for me, and in the start, it really hooked me on by its mysterious writing. 

Gin- Regina Hartson is our sweet teenager who is a little awkward and heavily relies on logic. If you bring her something that is proved by numbers she is bound to accept it. Brought up by a genius programmer she is Gin at an early age takes interest in computer modeling, so much so as a high schooler, she has modeled enough programs to helps her run her life smoothly. 

Felix Gartner- the new guy in school, is the only son of the biggest tech company in the country. But that's not what stands out to Gin, but his weird habit of talking to crows. 

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I'm very very VERY thrilled that I gave this book a chance. No mystical creatures, no royal families trying to take over the world its just a smooth read from the beginning to the very end. I could not put this book down. This is my first Susan Cunningham book I read from her and she brought it all in this lovely gem. 

I was a bit nervous about getting into the book, I was thinking this was going to be like the Matrix with a little twist with some Crows into it. I was totally wrong and that's a good thing! The beginning of the book hooked me and I needed to know more of what was going to happen and therefore I could not wast any time with anything else besides reading the whole book to find out.

From the beginning, we are introduced to a very intelligent young girl name Gin. Gin has a dream to get into Harvard University. She has a talent for designing programs. Programs that help you on what to wear, what to eat, when to be social, and possibly who you should date. 

Going to Harvard is not her only goal. Gin is taking a computer simulations class that is a college-level course. The mentor of the class is Ms. Sandlin who is offering a summer internship to the best modeler. Gin who is determined to get this internship and put her talents to the test to achieve this goal. 

Gin meets a boy in her class name Felix. Felix is also very intelligent with computers and designing programs. They are partners where they have to work together and design models. Gin starts to fall for Felix and learns that he and his father like to train Crows as a hobby.

"A plane flew across the sky and for a second, she imagined the rows of people tucked neatly inside, watching movies and sipping sodas. No idea they were flying over a boy training crows."

For their final project, they decided to use the Crows and all the data over the years. Felix's father who owns one of the biggest tech companies is not too excited about learning that his son and his partner are using the Crows for their project. With that being said things get really interesting and a dark secret that Gin will soon discover. 

Susan Cunningham was detailed with her writing and I enjoyed every second of it. She did a wonderful job putting this story together and the pace of the story was perfect where I just wanted to know what was going to happen. I adore Gin's and her best friend Hannah relationship (We all need a Hannah in our life's) The ending was great! Highly recommend this lovely gem. I am not big on computers or designing but this story was just too good where you don't have to be into computers or programming to have an understanding of the story. 

Unique story, mystery vibes, a little romance! 5/5

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Crow Flight by Susan Cunningham
352 pages
4 Stars

The curious flight patterns of crows lead a teen computer programmer down a path of mystery and romance.
Gin trusts logic a little too much. She even designs programs to decide what to eat and how to spend her time. All that changes when she’s paired with a new transfer student, Felix, on a computer modeling assignment to explain certain anomalies in the behavior of crows.
As she enters Felix’s world and digs further into the data behind crow behavior, Gin uncovers a terrible secret. And the wrong decision could equal disaster squared . . .

I really enjoyed this book. The cover of the book has a Matrixy kind of vibe, which was initially what attracted me to it. I've always been interested in computer programming/ coding. I love that Gin, the MC, is presented as an intelligent female, who excels at computer modeling that is still a male-dominated field. Another thing I loved about this book is that the plot is so original.

She officially meets Felix in her modeling class and instantly falls for him. She discovers early in their friendship that he and his father, track and train crows as a hobby. The closer Gin gets to Felix, the more she finds out about the crows and their training. Eventually, for their final project in their modeling class, they decide they're going to use years of data collected from the crows for their final assignment. Felix's father, who owns one of the biggest tech companies in the area, is not happy with this and suddenly Gin and Felix's relationship gets rocky.

At my age, I thought the romance between Gin and Felix was a bit "teenagey", but when I was a YA, I would've eaten this up. The writing flowed easily and the reading wasn't too heavy. The story also began to read as a bit of a mystery, which I really enjoyed. I found myself intrigued by the story, wanting to know what happened next.

Overall, I gave this book 4 stars for its originality, an interesting story, and the mystery aspect.