This book is for the Gallagher Girls and all of the adults (including myself) who when they were 12 wished they had gone to the Gallagher Academy. The Blonde Identity was action-packed, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny, with a side of romance!

The Blonde Identity follows a woman who wakes up in Paris with Amnesia and discovers that her twin sister is a spy who has gone rogue. To stay alive, she has to work with a grouchy operative who she knows nothing about. As the protagonist tries to recover from amnesia she is on the run, looking for her sister, and unintentionally finds love.

I found the main characters in the book funny, charming, and smart. This is the perfect read if you’re in a reading slump!

Ally Carter is a genius. The depth to which she just “gets” deep connections between friends, family, lovers, is just sensational. You can’t help but feel totally connected to them, be totally sympathetic to them, and you end up knowing them so well and feeling for them so strongly that its hard to believe they are not real. She has a magical way with words. Speaks straight to your heart.

I grew up obsessed with the Gallagher Girls series from Ally Carter, so was very excited to read her first adult book! Sure, it’s a little flawed and has some cheesy lines, but it’s fun! Would make for a very fun adaptation

This book was so much fun. I ended up listening to the audiobook rather than reading the arc, and I didn't want to stop! It starts with life-or-death stakes and doesn't let up. I loved the Paris spy setting and how the reader learns alongside the narrator what is going on and who she is, due to her amnesia. This would make such a fun movie.

This fast-paced spy thriller/mystery (with a little romance thrown in!) hits a lot of boxes. It reads like it should be adapted ASAP into a Netflix mini-series. Because of that, I had a little difficulty getting into it (since it seems like it should be more "visual" than it is). However, overall a romp of a read, would recommend!

I loved the concept of this story a little more than the execution which was sad. Coming from a YA writing background, I think that might have informed this author's adult writing a little more than expected and more than I enjoyed. It felt a little on the immature side and I wish it was a little more aged up in it's character development. The action and the plot line was captivating though and it did feel like a great action movie.

I feel like this was made to be a netflix series! I loved this book. Half romcom half mystery.. I recommend this to everyone!!!

A delightful rom-com with a spy/thriller aspect. I really enjoyed reading this fast-paced story and will recommend all the time.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book! The title and this beautiful cover drew me in and i was excited to read this book! I will be recommending this book to others for readers advisory.

Reading this book felt like watching a Disney Channel movie. Like something I’d see on Hallmark. Did it make any sense? Not particularly. Was the dialogue cringey? Absolutely. Was I totally hooked and left wanting more? Yes and yes, please give Ally Carter seven more books and a Netflix deal.

Trope warning: insta-love.

I can get behind insta-love when it's done right, but this was not. The premise was interesting but I just couldn't get into it. It just wasn't executed well.

I grew up with Ally Carter reading her "Gallagher Girls" series so I was absolutely STOKED to see this book coming out. I enjoyed reading this book, it was like reconnecting with an old friend. Ally's voice is so distinguishable when she's writing books like this and it's so familiar and cozy and entertaining it was hard not to love it.

I do wish this book would have been in first person, but I understand from a stylistic standpoint with the characters positions why she couldn't do that. I did feel like I didn't connect with either of them on the level I could have if it were to have been in first person.

That's really my only critique, I loved the story line and I really did like the characters and getting to know them! And also all the little "Gallagher Girls" Easter Eggs really made this whole book!

Loved this book from one of my favorite authors. Ally Carter writes another winner with this mad dash rom-com around the world that's super fun, thrilling and of-course hilarious.

I am a lifelong Ally Carter fan, and this delivered exactly what my 12-year-old self would be happy to hear that I am reading late into my 20s.

I LOVE this book. It is a ton of fun. The protagonist wakes up and has no recollection of who she is or where she is, but she has an instinct to run. When she meets someone who calls her Alex, she assumes he can be trusted...at least a little bit, and partners up with him until he realizes she's not Alex, but her twin sister. It's a spies on the run sort of story. They're chased from Paris, and up on a river cruise, in the Swiss Alps, and more. It's sexy and silly and full of action.

I get why this was billed as an adult Gallagher Girls, but... this was not an adult Gallagher Girls book. I almost gave this two stars because I just didn't care for the plot, but I can't deny the fact that I am obsessed with Ally Carter's voice. I felt like the romance moved wayyy to fast and found the use of self-referential tropes to immediately take me out of the story every time. Our protagonist was overly sweet and not interesting enough to make me invested, and her love interest felt equally one-dimensional. The ending veered it a little to far into what felt like self-insert fanfic about her previous series, but I did enjoy some of the twists we got as we neared the story's conclusion. It was a quick read, and there was never any point where I wanted to quit, but there was also never any point where I actually felt like the stakes matched up with what was actually unfolding.

A very enjoyable read! I have read a few books by Ally Carter, and after reading this one, I cannot wait to get my hands on more. There was a great blend of spy, mystery and romance-three of my favorite things. It was also light-hearted and funny, just when you thought something was going to finally happen the story would take a sharp turn and you were in for something else. I would definitely recommend this book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

A fun romance + action spy book for adults?? YES PLEASE!! This is a super fun romp that has some really entertaining plays on classic spy movie/book tropes. It's fun and flirty and wildly entertaining. Also the narration on the audiobook version is AMAZING!

THE BLONDE IDENTITY is a combination of mystery and romance and it was such a fun story and throwback to the early millennium of the 2000s era. I loved the romance aspect and it had just the right amount of steam for me. The pacing kept me entertained and I’m excited to read more by Ally Carter.

*many thanks to Avon and Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

I've loved Ally Carter since I was a kid with her Gallagher Girls series and I also loved the tv show Chuck, This book seemed like a wonderful grown up mashup of these two concepts. It's face paced, there's spying adventures, there's romance. I got through this one in a day!