REVIEW: “Red Rover, Red Rover” by Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick

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About the Book:

✦ Title: Red Rover, Red Rover

✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick


✦ Genre: Contemporary Spy-Comedy Novella


✦ Series: Book #1 of The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot


✦ Recommend for: ages 13/14 & up


My Personal Rating

4 ⭐️

📖 Synopsis

He makes terrible coffee, but he sure is good in a car chase!


Emily Abbott is working hard as a coffee barista in downtown Phoenix, keeping one eye on her tiny college fund and the other on the mysterious new guy with his profound lack of coffee-making skills. Just when she thinks they might be getting the hang of working together, she's abruptly thrust into his world of espionage and danger.


Brent Peterson, aka Agent Nighthawk, needs her help protecting a defecting enemy spy and keeping the information he carries out of the wrong hands. But she's just a barista—what can she do?


Much more than she thinks.


💭 My Thoughts 

This was such a fun read! It was quick (read it in like an hour), exciting, and just overall super enjoyable. Even though there isn’t really any romance in this first book, I still thought Emily and Brent were really cute together, with their code names and banter and teamwork. Now, was it realistic? No, definitely not. Was it outstandingly written? Not really. But for what it is, I really had a good time reading it and am SO excited to continue this series!

⚠️ Some content notes

Very clean overall, probably best for 13 and up but depends on the reader. Curses said & almost said but unwritten; a mention of someone flipping off another; some noticing (but not really in an attraction way); mentions of crushes and a young guy hitting on Emily; semi-descriptive fire, explosion, fight, gunfire, blood.


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Bookishly yours, 


Lottie M

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