You're under arrest for threatening homeland security and suspected terrorism 
 THE REASON 
 I was given an e-galley copy of MODEL SPY for the purposes of providing a complete and honest review. I was intrigued by the gorgeous, vivid pink cover, and I honestly had not even read a description of the plot when I decided to read this book. 
 THE PLOT 
 Kelly is a stunningly gorgeous teenage girl who just happens to be a complete and utter genius when it comes to computers. She can code everything and hack anything -- and she has a ridiculously high IQ that leaves her feeling awkward and isolated from her classmates. 
 But, there is this one guy, David, who is pretty cute and very intelligent -- and he even seems comfortable having conversations with Kelly. He approaches Kelly one day, saying that he needs her help in uncovering the details of a family secret. He has found a top secret letter from a male asking David's father to watch over David since his real father has gone missing. David has never been given any information about being adopted, and he has always assumed that the man who raised him was his birth father. So, he just needs a teeny, tiny favor from Kelly -- one that happens to involve hacking into secret government information. 
 Well, it turns out it was all a setup and Kelly is instantly arrested. She is given two options -- go to the juvenile detention center or completely change her identity in order to become a spy. Kelly feels trapped but decides that it might be exciting to live an entirely new and different lifestyle. 
 On her first day at spy school, she runs into none other than the handsome boy who led her into this mess -- David. It turns out Kelly's skills are needed, for real this time, to uncover the location of David's father, who has been kidnapped by dangerous terrorists. Since Kelly is so stunningly beautiful, she will pose as a supermodel at the terrorist's supermodel school and try to crack the case wide open. 
 Is shy, awkward Kelly ready to be a supermodel .... OR a spy? 
 MY THOUGHTS 
 I'm honestly just really torn on this one. The premise is cute, the writing is good, but I just felt so disconnected from the story. 
 For one thing, it seemed awfully convenient that Kelly was not only a ridiculously intelligent GENIUS but that she was also tall, skinny, gorgeous, and frequently mistaken for a Victoria's Secret model. These over the top characteristics just made Kelly unrelateable to me as a reader, which honestly made me feel less invested in her story. 
 And, Kelly's personality just really didn't make a lot of sense to me. She's allegedly so shy and awkward and self-conscious, and is frequently described as tripping and falling and stumbling over herself, but at the same time she just seems strangely confused and even a bit cocky. She says she pushes off her looks and wishes she didn't look like a supermodel -- which I don't understand -- but then later gets upset when someone doesn't acknowledge her amazing supermodel good looks. Which is it? 
 Another downfall was that everything just seemed TOO easy and TOO convenient in this story. Oh, the terrorist has a supermodel school? How lucky! We have a spy who looks like a supermodel! And the terrorist has hidden the locations in a statue that can only be deciphered by a talented hacker? Lucky! She's THAT too! And, I get that Kelly is supposed to be just THAT good, but should it really be THIS easy to hack into a government website AND into a terrorist building? 
 That's not to say it isn't a cute or fun story -- I just don't feel that I'm exactly the target audience. I think a younger teen or even a pre-teen girl would probably really get into this story, as well as older readers who like adventure-based type novels. 
 MY VERDICT 
 It just wasn't the book for me, but that doesn't mean it won't find an audience somewhere!