[Review] Ally Carter: Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5)

Ally Carter: Out of Sight, Out of Time
[YA spy/mystery]
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 978-1-423-14804-3
320 pages

You can buy it here:
Out of Sight, Out of Time (Amazon, paperback)

Summary:
The last Thing Cammie remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy. After that, there's nothing. She knows she left school in order to protect her friends and family, but what happened in the months she has been missing? With the help of her friends who are still upset with her, Cammie has to find out what happened in the previous months before she resurfaced at a nunery in the Alps.

My thoughts:
So, I do not need to repeat how much I love the Gallagher Girls. The series is amazing as it is and I could not possibly imagine what it will be like when Ally Carter decides to write the last entry in the series. Sadness all over? Certainly! But what else? I'm sure it will be hard for fans like me. But with this fifth installment in the Gallagher Girls series, we come very close to the end of the girls’ senior year, so it is a valid point - one we need to think about. But not right now, as there is no end in sight yet.

Ally Carter lets us jump right into the story of Out of Sight, Out of Time. There is no time left to reacclimatize with the characters and what happened in previous books. While this can sometimes be annoying, Ally Carter seems to have mastered the art of putting us right back into the story, even if it has been a while since the last Gallagher Girl novel (in my case it was even longer than usual because my copy just would not ship and I had to cancel and re-order it). Also, in the case of Out of Sight, Out of Time, there is probably no smooth way to bring us into the story. After all, Cammie has lost her memory!

Ally Carter brings us to a number of settings outside of the school in this installment and while they are mere backdrops, the feeling is always different. The nunery in the Alps feels different from the Italian streets we walk on, and we revisit many old acquaintances from previous books - and there is even a big surprise in it for everyone! In fact, there's even more than one surprise. But you have to read Out of Sight, Out of Time yourself, to find out. I'm not giving anything away here.

Out of Sight, Out of Time is another wonderful installment in a series that shows girls that they can do it too! They do not need men to fight the bad people and they are not less intelligent, a sentiment that is still prevalent in some areas. The language at times may not be suitable for girls under 11 years old (but realistically, chances are they heard it all before).

Rating:
4.5/5

FTC: I bought this book with my own money.