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I'm sadly disappointed in Scarlett Undercover. I was expecting a fun mystery with a teenage private eye, but everything is kind of jumbled and all over the place. It was certainly a quick read, and I enjoyed learning more about Islam, but overall I'm left more puzzled than entertained. Scarlett is our fifteen year old PI, and she's just taken on a case where the client's older brother has been acting oddly, especially after his best friend supposedly committed suicide. After a bit of snooping, Scarlett sees a familiar symbol carved over and over in his door, but she can't quite place where she's seen it before.

Scarlett Undercover started off good. I love family secrets, so I really liked when Scarlett realizes that her current case is linked to her father's murder. She ends up learning ancient family secrets as well as some Islamic mythology, which may not actually be myth. And that is where the story started to lose me. Is this Paranormal? I honestly have no idea. Suddenly there's djinn and magical rings and portals to other worlds. This was interesting, but also felt really out of place because it came out of nowhere. Then when Scarlett needs help, a character can no longer interfere because of mystical reasons (how convenient). And there's a pile of slaughtered dogs, which was not okay and I don't understand why it even happened.

By the end, I was just confused by Scarlett Undercover. Other than wondering if this was meant to be a Paranormal Mystery, and why it was necessary to kill a bunch of dogs, I also couldn't figure out how Scarlett got her own office. She's fifteen! Surely that isn't legal? And I honestly don't believe that her sister would rent it for her. I can definitely suspend belief for Scarlett being a PI (Veronica Mars, hellooo!) but the fact that she has her own office away from home where clients come to her was quite unbelievable.

I really wanted to like Scarlett Undercover, but the plot was a bit of a mess. It starts out as investigating odd teen behavior, then moves to family secrets, then it's suddenly paranormal. There's also this completely undeveloped romance just to have some kissing. But those dead dogs! WTF?!


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Scarlett Undercover Jennifer Latham Books Reviews

This book started off well, but it quickly declined. My ability to read any book hinges on my ability to suspend belief; this book has a couple of unbelievable things that I simply couldn't ignore. I returned it.
I’m a fan of mysteries and of cultures other than my own. The blend of both elements in Scarlett Undercover is spectacular, floating as it does just on the edge of fantasy without leaving the real world.

I want more from Jennifer Latham. Please tell me this will be a PI series.
Tulsa's NPR station aired an interview with Jennifer Latham a couple days prior to this book's release. The interview piqued my interest enough to cause me to pre-order. I was not disappointed. A good blend of mystery, teen angst, magic and ancient mysticism, all wrapped up in a Muslim teenage female hero. Don't let any of those categories scare you away, however. The story is not heavily dependent on any one genre. It is an easy read that I thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm not usually a YA reader. I tend to go for the racier stuff. But Jennifer Latham graduated from my high school, and, as we all know, when one person from your hometown makes good, it's like we all succeeded, too. And I remember Jennifer well. She lived a few streets away from me and I always thought she looked like the teenage empress of Orchard Park whenever I'd see her out walking her exotic Basenji dog (regal girl, regal dog. They made an impression).

And I knew Jennifer was super-smart. I think she might have even been valedictorian of her class. But that doesn't automatically mean that she'd be a good story teller, right? But she IS! Wow! This story is wild! There are real heroes, real bad guys, real danger, and a couple of age-appropriate, tingly smooches. This book has it all!

I thought the supernatural and Muslim elements of the story were fascinating. The Solomon's knot story isn't one I'd heard of before (though, when I looked up a picture of Solomon's knot, I'd certainly seen that design before. I'd just never wondered about it), so the story felt completely fresh and new to me.

I adored the George Fagin segment. It's an important part of the story, so I won't give anything away. A previous commenter said she wanted Scarlett's sister, Reem, to get her own book. And I think that would be great. But if Ms. Latham is going to turn this into a series (and that would be so cool!), maybe George Fagin could head up the prequel.

My only (minor) complaint is that there are a lot of unusual names here, and I found myself getting lost a couple of times. Like, 'wait - who's The General?' 'who's Mook again?' I suspect that it's not a problem with the story-telling, but rather just my ADD brain skimming over all the back-story parts, and jumping ahead to the action scenes. It happens all the time. )

So yeah. This book is really, really neat. I'm so happy I read it, and, as a parent, I can recommend this for middle-schoolers, and even advanced elementary-school readers. There isn't anything in this book that would make concerned parents feel that the wrong thing was being celebrated. Scarlett is a tough-but-vulnerable, American, likeable kid. Readers are going to love her.
I'm sadly disappointed in Scarlett Undercover. I was expecting a fun mystery with a teenage private eye, but everything is kind of jumbled and all over the place. It was certainly a quick read, and I enjoyed learning more about Islam, but overall I'm left more puzzled than entertained. Scarlett is our fifteen year old PI, and she's just taken on a case where the client's older brother has been acting oddly, especially after his best friend supposedly committed suicide. After a bit of snooping, Scarlett sees a familiar symbol carved over and over in his door, but she can't quite place where she's seen it before.

Scarlett Undercover started off good. I love family secrets, so I really liked when Scarlett realizes that her current case is linked to her father's murder. She ends up learning ancient family secrets as well as some Islamic mythology, which may not actually be myth. And that is where the story started to lose me. Is this Paranormal? I honestly have no idea. Suddenly there's djinn and magical rings and portals to other worlds. This was interesting, but also felt really out of place because it came out of nowhere. Then when Scarlett needs help, a character can no longer interfere because of mystical reasons (how convenient). And there's a pile of slaughtered dogs, which was not okay and I don't understand why it even happened.

By the end, I was just confused by Scarlett Undercover. Other than wondering if this was meant to be a Paranormal Mystery, and why it was necessary to kill a bunch of dogs, I also couldn't figure out how Scarlett got her own office. She's fifteen! Surely that isn't legal? And I honestly don't believe that her sister would rent it for her. I can definitely suspend belief for Scarlett being a PI (Veronica Mars, hellooo!) but the fact that she has her own office away from home where clients come to her was quite unbelievable.

I really wanted to like Scarlett Undercover, but the plot was a bit of a mess. It starts out as investigating odd teen behavior, then moves to family secrets, then it's suddenly paranormal. There's also this completely undeveloped romance just to have some kissing. But those dead dogs! WTF?!