Caramel reviews Spy School: British Invasion by Stuart Gibbs

Through these last few weeks of 2023, Caramel has been reviewing the Spy School novels by Stuart Gibbs in their chronological order. Today he reviews Book Seven: Spy School: British Invasion, first published in 2019. As usual Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

[Before reading this book, readers might like to check out the earlier books in the series. Here are Caramel’s reviews of the earlier books: Spy School; Spy Camp; Evil Spy School; Spy Ski School; Spy School: Secret Service; Spy School Goes South. Caramel also read and reviewed the graphic novel versions of the first two: Spy School: The Graphic Novel and Spy Camp: The Graphic Novel.]

Sprinkles: So Caramel, we are on Book Seven. What can you tell us about it?

Caramel: Of course I loved it.

S: Again?

C: Yep, again.

S: That’s wonderful! So tell us a bit about the book. What is going on this time?

C: Ben and his friends find Orion and make him hack a USB.

S: Wait, who is Orion? And what does it mean to hack a USB?

C: Orion is a hacker. And a USB is a file storage device.

S: I know what a USB is, but what do you mean by hacking one? Do you mean Orion helps them read the contents of a specific USB device? Or do they ask Orion to create a virus or something that can invade someone’s computer via its USB drive?

C: The first one. They find a USB device that belonged to Joshua Hallal, and they want to access the information in it.

S: I remember you mentioned Halal when you were talking about Spy School Goes South.

C: Yes, but he first appeared in the second book, Spy Camp.

S: I see. He is not a new character at all then. Do we meet any interesting new characters in Spy School: British Invasion other than Orion?

C: Yes. We also meet Mr. E, who is the leader of SPYDER.

S: Oh, that is exciting! Did we hear about him before?

C: No. It is a revelation.

S: That is really exciting!

C: It is!

S: Okay, before we move on, can you tell me why the book is titled British Invasion?

C: Well, because the book is mainly taking place in Britain. Ben is working with someone from MI6 to catch Mr. E who is hiding there.

S: What did you like most about Spy School: British Invasion?

C: I liked the part where Ben finds out SPYDER’s evil plan again.

S: Why?

C: Because it was hilarious to see Mr. E freak out about it.

S: So the book is pretty funny again, right?

C: Yep, it is.

S: So if I asked you to describe the book using three to five words, I am guessing “hilarious” would be one of them.

C: You know me well, Sprinkles. My description would be “hilarious, action packed, and suspenseful”.

S: Those work well! Does this book make you want to keep reading the rest of the series?

C: Yes!

S: So let us wrap up this review so you can move on to the next book. What would you like to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!