It took me a while to realize this, but I really like this story. So when Avery steps into the picture, there is complete disarray, as she could be the key to everything, or she could be what brings their fall. But there are some issues, such as The Order, which is killing off Circle members left and right. The Circle has the power to change history and they do so on the regular, but their biggest mission is deciphering an ancient family puzzle that, if concluded, would mean enormous power for one of them. It is made up of twelve families, all descendants of Alexander the Great. The Conspiracy of Us contains a secret society called the Circle. Avery’s not the brightest at the beginning, but we’ll get to that in a minute. So when two attractive and mysterious guys tell her that her estranged family sent them to find her, she’s more than willing to go with them. She doesn’t know who her dad is and as far as she knows, her only blood relative is her mom.

She refuses to get attached to anywhere or anyone and is somewhat of a loner because of it. “The sun came out the next day, which it had no right to do.”Īvery West has moved around at least twelve times in her seventeen years of life. Clearly Avery’s story couldn’t be told in one story, and with a cliffhanger like that one, you’ll be wishing the second book was already released.Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Romance, Contemporary Certain plot lines could have been fleshed out or left out, but overall I thought it was a phenomenal debut novel and one that definitely needs to be read. The characters of Jack, Avery and Stellan are honest, frustrating and mysterious (also love triangle alert!) Avery was a little naive to begin with, I’m not sure how many other people would agree to go to Paris with a stranger. Hall pulls you into the story with an intriguing beginning of why does Jack have a photo of Avery? Things only get crazier from there and Hall does a wonderful job at keeping the book fun, engaging and conspiracy filled. The Conspiracy of Us is a fast-paced novel that shows the meaning of love is complicated. Sound crazy? It is, and somehow Avery is in the middle of it. Once in France she begins to unravel the complicated history of the different families who have ruled society for as long as one can remember. Her high school dance gets crashed by another suspicious dude and she ends up on a plane to France with him. It begins with Avery and her friend Jack, who is acting suspiciously. The Conspiracy of Us is Maggie Hall’s debut novel and it’s an intense one.

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The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall