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Spy Girl #7
The Echelon
From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the seventh book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.
The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding.
The disease was released.
People are dying.
Montrovia is surrounded.
The Americans have declared martial law, stripping its people of their rights.
And the world is in chaos.
Huntley has always been willing to sacrifice herself for the mission, but what she wasn’t prepared for is those she loves doing the same. Can Huntley stop what started in Montrovia, or is it too late to save anyone?
The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding.
The disease was released.
People are dying.
Montrovia is surrounded.
The Americans have declared martial law, stripping its people of their rights.
And the world is in chaos.
Huntley has always been willing to sacrifice herself for the mission, but what she wasn’t prepared for is those she loves doing the same. Can Huntley stop what started in Montrovia, or is it too late to save anyone?
288 pages, ebook
First published June 11, 2019
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1148 people want to read
About the author
Jillian Dodd
256 books6,742 followersJillian Dodd is a USA Today bestselling mother-daughter duo made up of Jill and Kenzie — two writers, one pen name, and a shared love for fun, binge-worthy YA romance.
With over fifty books and millions of happy readers, their stories range from small-town love in That Boy to glamorous adventures and swoony YA boarding school dramas in The Keatyn Chronicles, London Prep, Spy Girl, and beyond.
Jill lives in sunny Florida with her husband, while Kenzie lives in Scotland with her husband and family. When they’re not writing across time zones, you’ll find them planning their next adventure or dreaming up lovable stories readers can’t put down.
With over fifty books and millions of happy readers, their stories range from small-town love in That Boy to glamorous adventures and swoony YA boarding school dramas in The Keatyn Chronicles, London Prep, Spy Girl, and beyond.
Jill lives in sunny Florida with her husband, while Kenzie lives in Scotland with her husband and family. When they’re not writing across time zones, you’ll find them planning their next adventure or dreaming up lovable stories readers can’t put down.
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June 12, 2019
WHAT DID I JUST READ?!??? Jillian Dodd did it again! This book has been so anticipated for me, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!
Holy moly! The amount of research, time, energy, love and dedication Jillian puts into writing one of her stories, is out of this world. But this book, and this series is something special! WOW!
I couldn’t believe what I was reading, the timeline and extra thought into each piece of the puzzle that was unraveling! If you are a fan of action, romance, friendship, puzzles, surprises, and someone finding ones self, this book and series is for you!!
Jillian was able to tie everything together SO DANG WELL. I am still completely blown away! I finished this book a couple days ago, and still wasn’t sure how to write this review for people.
Just read it, y’all. Just.Read.It.
Holy moly! The amount of research, time, energy, love and dedication Jillian puts into writing one of her stories, is out of this world. But this book, and this series is something special! WOW!
I couldn’t believe what I was reading, the timeline and extra thought into each piece of the puzzle that was unraveling! If you are a fan of action, romance, friendship, puzzles, surprises, and someone finding ones self, this book and series is for you!!
Jillian was able to tie everything together SO DANG WELL. I am still completely blown away! I finished this book a couple days ago, and still wasn’t sure how to write this review for people.
Just read it, y’all. Just.Read.It.
June 13, 2019
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One thing that I really enjoyed about this series was overall just the storyline. I appreciated the fact that Huntley wasn’t just a damsel in distress as every other book written in history, but unfortunately there were just too many things about how this book was written that just really annoyed me and just made me want to hurry up and finish the book not necessarily because is was sooo good I just wanted to know what happens at the end, but because I had already read all previous books and thought “I might as well just finish it.”
These are just a few things I just found super frustrating:
1.) It was as if the author was terrified of using contractions. I mean you’re writing a book consisting of conversations not a formal email. It just made it awkward to read sometimes.
2.) Worst spy!! I mean seriously. Dodd had to ALWAYS tell everyone who didn’t need to know in the book how well she was trained, emphasizing & giving out unnecessary specifics, & explaining how she killed or took care of (x,y,z) to just anyone, and even how Lorenzo just spilled all the beans towards the end with his whole speech to Montrovia.
3.) EVERYTHING was repeated. Like again that speech Lorenzo gave to his people before announcing him & Huntley’s wedding and coronation. I literally just had to scroll & freakin scroll to the end of the speech cause I already paid to know everything he said in his speech because it was all just a huge UNNECESSARY summary of the previous books. I swear, I could just have boughten this one book and would have been fine because I would have gotten a summary about all previous books anyway.
Overall just really disappointed in this book because it had so much potential.
One thing that I really enjoyed about this series was overall just the storyline. I appreciated the fact that Huntley wasn’t just a damsel in distress as every other book written in history, but unfortunately there were just too many things about how this book was written that just really annoyed me and just made me want to hurry up and finish the book not necessarily because is was sooo good I just wanted to know what happens at the end, but because I had already read all previous books and thought “I might as well just finish it.”
These are just a few things I just found super frustrating:
1.) It was as if the author was terrified of using contractions. I mean you’re writing a book consisting of conversations not a formal email. It just made it awkward to read sometimes.
2.) Worst spy!! I mean seriously. Dodd had to ALWAYS tell everyone who didn’t need to know in the book how well she was trained, emphasizing & giving out unnecessary specifics, & explaining how she killed or took care of (x,y,z) to just anyone, and even how Lorenzo just spilled all the beans towards the end with his whole speech to Montrovia.
3.) EVERYTHING was repeated. Like again that speech Lorenzo gave to his people before announcing him & Huntley’s wedding and coronation. I literally just had to scroll & freakin scroll to the end of the speech cause I already paid to know everything he said in his speech because it was all just a huge UNNECESSARY summary of the previous books. I swear, I could just have boughten this one book and would have been fine because I would have gotten a summary about all previous books anyway.
Overall just really disappointed in this book because it had so much potential.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 10, 2019
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The Echelon by Jillian Dodd
I can’t give this book/series enough stars!! Absolutely LOVED all of it! This is a drop the kids off at grandmas house and have a You day kind of book, because you will NOT want to be interrupted! I could not turn the pages fast enough!
I laughed, cried, swooned and had a ton of WT...CRAP moments. I just all around fell in love with this story, and characters! .
I want to be best friends with Huntley! Have a pizza with Daniel....or steal a pizza from him! And just look at Lorenzo...and drool probably....ok let’s be honest definitely drool!
I will not give anything away! But I was very pleased with how everything was wrapped up! Everybody had their story told. Great conclusion..... (or not conclusion... I’m game if you want to add more to this series @jilliandodd!)
#bestbookof2019 #summerreading #mustread
The Echelon by Jillian Dodd
I can’t give this book/series enough stars!! Absolutely LOVED all of it! This is a drop the kids off at grandmas house and have a You day kind of book, because you will NOT want to be interrupted! I could not turn the pages fast enough!
I laughed, cried, swooned and had a ton of WT...CRAP moments. I just all around fell in love with this story, and characters! .
I want to be best friends with Huntley! Have a pizza with Daniel....or steal a pizza from him! And just look at Lorenzo...and drool probably....ok let’s be honest definitely drool!
I will not give anything away! But I was very pleased with how everything was wrapped up! Everybody had their story told. Great conclusion..... (or not conclusion... I’m game if you want to add more to this series @jilliandodd!)
#bestbookof2019 #summerreading #mustread
May 31, 2019
I cannot describe how much anticipation I had for the release of Echelon and to get an advanced copy has made my year. Each and every book in the Spy Girl Series are a one sit read, because you can’t put them down. The Echelon was no exception. It takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, from wanting to scream, to falling even more in love with the characters, to holding your breathe not sure what may happen next or who will survive.
It was the perfect ending to one of my all time favorite series and usually I am not a fan of action added into my romance, but Jillian Dodd has a way with writing that pulls you in and makes it to where you aren’t just reading a scene, but with so much detail and description it’s like the story is playing out right in front of you.
If you love a strong female lead, lots of action, crazy missions, fun flirty relationships, with a side of hot, and characters that you cannot help but fall in love with then the Spy Girl Series is for you!!! I cannot wait to see what we get next from the author, I know whatever it is it will be an automatic one click!!
It was the perfect ending to one of my all time favorite series and usually I am not a fan of action added into my romance, but Jillian Dodd has a way with writing that pulls you in and makes it to where you aren’t just reading a scene, but with so much detail and description it’s like the story is playing out right in front of you.
If you love a strong female lead, lots of action, crazy missions, fun flirty relationships, with a side of hot, and characters that you cannot help but fall in love with then the Spy Girl Series is for you!!! I cannot wait to see what we get next from the author, I know whatever it is it will be an automatic one click!!
May 27, 2019
The perfect ending to an amazing and intense adventure. How can one girl save the world? I loved that even when Huntley felt like her world was falling apart she knew she needed to focus on the greater good. This story made me so happy and gave everyone the closure they longed for. I wish we had more secret missions to look forward to. We need our spy girl to keep saving the day.
April 27, 2020
I am clearly in the minority with this series so please forgive me. But this didn’t need to be 7 books long at all. This book was the best of all. Hands down. The worst thing about these books is the repetitiveness of them. This is what happened here so let’s go over the entire dialogue again... umm why? The need to go over the fact she is a spy and she went to her special school, who her dad is and her love for our not so awesome King every chapter, yup we got it.
This story had so much potential IF it didn’t get dragged out the way it did, but that is just opinion. I finished the series, yes, because I always do, however I started skimming a bit because I wasn’t missing out on anything.
This story had so much potential IF it didn’t get dragged out the way it did, but that is just opinion. I finished the series, yes, because I always do, however I started skimming a bit because I wasn’t missing out on anything.
June 11, 2019
Lord. I've been aching, burning, and dying inside to read this book for a solid YEAR now. And now that I've read it- that satisfaction that it has brought me....is second to none.
In all my reading history- and its one damn large one mind you- I have never read a single book about a spy. Much less a female spy.
In a way, I am absolutely BLESSED to have had this series pop my cherry in way.
At the very beginning, I was a little apprehensive. Seeing as Huntley came out as a stuck-up playgirl.
But I still had hope, that such a successful story, could NOT have made it such platform with just that.
And I was right. From the second book on, I was falling. Falling faster and faster. Into a world so fraught with danger, intrigue, thrill, romance, and sheer female badassness that I found myself utterly obsessed.
From the writing, to the characters, to the plot, to the construction, to the concepts. It was pure brilliance. Brilliance that translated to a feeling of exquisite power that would course through me whenever I’m reading.
And Jillian Dodd’s writing. God bless her soul.
I said in my review of the previous book in this series that this may just top my all time favourite series EVER- Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass. While I may have exaggerated a little bit while riding the high that the end of The Phoenix gave me; I was in no way WRONG in my decision.
This series has brought in me a feeling that I only ever found in Throne of Glass.
And that my friends, is the highest form of compliment I could EVER give another book or author.
Many books nowadays, do not end in a complete happily ever after. For reasons being that readers believe them to be untrue. But for a series such as this, for characters that have gone through the hellish lengths that they have, it would have been a crime of the universe to NOT give them a happy ending.
Sure they've still suffered from heavy losses that continue to plague their minds.
But what happily ever after isn't embellished with a hint of loss anyway?
In all my reading history- and its one damn large one mind you- I have never read a single book about a spy. Much less a female spy.
In a way, I am absolutely BLESSED to have had this series pop my cherry in way.
At the very beginning, I was a little apprehensive. Seeing as Huntley came out as a stuck-up playgirl.
But I still had hope, that such a successful story, could NOT have made it such platform with just that.
And I was right. From the second book on, I was falling. Falling faster and faster. Into a world so fraught with danger, intrigue, thrill, romance, and sheer female badassness that I found myself utterly obsessed.
From the writing, to the characters, to the plot, to the construction, to the concepts. It was pure brilliance. Brilliance that translated to a feeling of exquisite power that would course through me whenever I’m reading.
And Jillian Dodd’s writing. God bless her soul.
I said in my review of the previous book in this series that this may just top my all time favourite series EVER- Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass. While I may have exaggerated a little bit while riding the high that the end of The Phoenix gave me; I was in no way WRONG in my decision.
This series has brought in me a feeling that I only ever found in Throne of Glass.
And that my friends, is the highest form of compliment I could EVER give another book or author.
Many books nowadays, do not end in a complete happily ever after. For reasons being that readers believe them to be untrue. But for a series such as this, for characters that have gone through the hellish lengths that they have, it would have been a crime of the universe to NOT give them a happy ending.
Sure they've still suffered from heavy losses that continue to plague their minds.
But what happily ever after isn't embellished with a hint of loss anyway?
June 17, 2019
The Echelon (Spy Girl #7) by Jillian Dodd
4.5 stars!!!
This book was bitter sweet as it is the last in the series, but Jillian Dodd truly delivered with a fantastic conclusion to this extremely addictive series.As with all previous instalments, this book is action-packed, fast-paced, addictive and all-consuming and the attention to detail was phenomenal. The amount of research and effort is astonishing, and the reward is definitely for the reader to reap.
This series is now seven books in, yet it doesn’t feel that way. This is a series that is worthy of a TV serial, and I would love to see it on screen. The possibilities are endless with a heroine such as Huntley. I hope that Jillian Dodd finds it within her heart to continue with Huntley’s exploits. While this book concludes the storyline that has run throughout all six books, surely there must be other cases where Huntley’s vast array of talents can be utilised.
I would love to go into more details, but this really is the culmination of many years of work for the author and the reader definitely needs to go in blind. Jillian Dodd’s ties up all the loose ends and the relationships garnered throughout this series are all settled, much to my smiles and relief. I really cannot wait to see what comes next from this author, and like I said above, I hope this isn’t the end of Huntley Von Allister et al.
www.theromancecover.com
4.5 stars!!!
“I think loving someone is like living on a fault line. Most of the time, things go smoothly. Occasionally, there are little tremors — a shaking of the ground to remind you that life is precious and finite.”
This book was bitter sweet as it is the last in the series, but Jillian Dodd truly delivered with a fantastic conclusion to this extremely addictive series.As with all previous instalments, this book is action-packed, fast-paced, addictive and all-consuming and the attention to detail was phenomenal. The amount of research and effort is astonishing, and the reward is definitely for the reader to reap.
This series is now seven books in, yet it doesn’t feel that way. This is a series that is worthy of a TV serial, and I would love to see it on screen. The possibilities are endless with a heroine such as Huntley. I hope that Jillian Dodd finds it within her heart to continue with Huntley’s exploits. While this book concludes the storyline that has run throughout all six books, surely there must be other cases where Huntley’s vast array of talents can be utilised.
“We taught you to trust no one.”
“Yeah, well, that didn’t stick, obviously…”
I would love to go into more details, but this really is the culmination of many years of work for the author and the reader definitely needs to go in blind. Jillian Dodd’s ties up all the loose ends and the relationships garnered throughout this series are all settled, much to my smiles and relief. I really cannot wait to see what comes next from this author, and like I said above, I hope this isn’t the end of Huntley Von Allister et al.
www.theromancecover.com
June 6, 2019
I was able to read this book as an ARC. This is a spoiler free review. You have to read it for yourself to obtain the details. It is because they are so worth it. I don't want to ruin it for anyone. This was hands down one of the best endings to a series a girl could hope to have read!!!
Jillian Dodd has masterfully written this book series. She dives into her books with character and story line development. She does not leave you with unsatisfied. She researches all of her plot lines.
This book is the last in the Spy Girl series. She has taken us on a roller coaster ride of emotions during the entire series. She ties the story up in a neat, new red bow.
In the beginning of the book you begin where book 6 left off. You automatically jump straight into the story without missing a beat. You follow Huntley again on her mission. She is out to save Montrovia, her friends, Daniel and Lizzie, plus her love, Lorenzo.
The journey takes her on a wild ride. You get the twists and turns you come to expect, but with more of a punch. You become so emotionally unhinged by the time you get to the end of the book, you have tears of relief, hope, sadness, and most of all joy.
If you have not began this series, but come across the review, YOU MUST start at the beginning. IT ALL STARTS IN MONTROVIA!!
Book one --The Prince
Book two --The Eagle
Book three --The Society
Book four --The Valiant
Book five --The Dauntless
Book six --The Phoenix
Book seven --The Echelon
Jillian Dodd
Jillian Dodd has masterfully written this book series. She dives into her books with character and story line development. She does not leave you with unsatisfied. She researches all of her plot lines.
This book is the last in the Spy Girl series. She has taken us on a roller coaster ride of emotions during the entire series. She ties the story up in a neat, new red bow.
In the beginning of the book you begin where book 6 left off. You automatically jump straight into the story without missing a beat. You follow Huntley again on her mission. She is out to save Montrovia, her friends, Daniel and Lizzie, plus her love, Lorenzo.
The journey takes her on a wild ride. You get the twists and turns you come to expect, but with more of a punch. You become so emotionally unhinged by the time you get to the end of the book, you have tears of relief, hope, sadness, and most of all joy.
If you have not began this series, but come across the review, YOU MUST start at the beginning. IT ALL STARTS IN MONTROVIA!!
Book one --The Prince
Book two --The Eagle
Book three --The Society
Book four --The Valiant
Book five --The Dauntless
Book six --The Phoenix
Book seven --The Echelon
Jillian Dodd
May 27, 2023
< “I did it,” I say quietly to the ceiling after giving Daniel his shot, hoping his mother somehow knows that I saved her son's life. >
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Het einde is allemaal zeer cute ngl, maar ik vond die hele domme miscommunicatie over van wie de baby echt is echt een tegenvaller. Echt kapot irritant. En fucking Lorenzo geloofde haar niet… Sorry maar wtf. Daniel is cute AF and im not gonna apologise for that. Maar buiten dat vind ik t allemaal erg schattig.
Maar gosshhhh the names on the veil🥹❤️
En I LOVE Ares as a dad! Im not crying you are.
Was wel een leuk einde voor de 7 boeken :D.
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< I think loving someone is like living on a fault line. Most of the time, things go smoothly. Occasionally, there are little tremors—a shaking of the ground to remind you that life is precious and finite. >
< “I did it,” I say quietly to the ceiling after giving Daniel his shot, hoping his mother somehow knows that I saved her son's life. >
< The girl who thought she was destined to be alone in the world is surrounded by family and friends. >
< “Where would we be going on this date?” I ask, cocking my head to one side, like I'm trying to decide if I should take him up on the offer. But the truth is, it doesn't matter. I'd go anywhere with him. >
< “And I'm just out here, so I can see my baby sister before everyone else,” Ari says with a grin.
“Baby sister? I'm, like, thirty minutes younger than you.” >
@isavanmeer belike.
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Het einde is allemaal zeer cute ngl, maar ik vond die hele domme miscommunicatie over van wie de baby echt is echt een tegenvaller. Echt kapot irritant. En fucking Lorenzo geloofde haar niet… Sorry maar wtf. Daniel is cute AF and im not gonna apologise for that. Maar buiten dat vind ik t allemaal erg schattig.
Maar gosshhhh the names on the veil🥹❤️
En I LOVE Ares as a dad! Im not crying you are.
Was wel een leuk einde voor de 7 boeken :D.
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< I think loving someone is like living on a fault line. Most of the time, things go smoothly. Occasionally, there are little tremors—a shaking of the ground to remind you that life is precious and finite. >
< “I did it,” I say quietly to the ceiling after giving Daniel his shot, hoping his mother somehow knows that I saved her son's life. >
< The girl who thought she was destined to be alone in the world is surrounded by family and friends. >
< “Where would we be going on this date?” I ask, cocking my head to one side, like I'm trying to decide if I should take him up on the offer. But the truth is, it doesn't matter. I'd go anywhere with him. >
< “And I'm just out here, so I can see my baby sister before everyone else,” Ari says with a grin.
“Baby sister? I'm, like, thirty minutes younger than you.” >
@isavanmeer belike.
May 22, 2024
The Echelon was a great end to a good spy series. With an interesting plot on doomsday scenario and pretty detailed and well thought out twists and turns, the series keeps you hooked to see where it all ends. While I enjoyed being surprised by some great turn of the events, a few of the major reveals felt very anticlimactic, maybe because the author had given away a lot of clues in the beginning, I don't know. I especially didn't like how the reveal of the leader of Echelon was handled along with how Huntley finally solved the crisis itself. One of the major disappointments for me in this series was the way Huntley and Lorenzo's relationship. It had a potential to be something truly amazing but not only it felt flat especially after the shocking ending in the last book. Lorenzo didn't grovel enough for what he did but I guess they were even for when Huntley kept him on hanging and always took immature decisions when it came to their relationship. The whole speech that Lorenzo gave in the end will leave you in disbelief. I mean why would you tell all these details to the world and when you're going to release so many of the details, why not everything?
Well, if you do give this series a chance, you would pretty much have to suspend your believes and grasp on reality even if Jillian Dodd does a pretty good job of mixing true world facts into the fiction.
Well, if you do give this series a chance, you would pretty much have to suspend your believes and grasp on reality even if Jillian Dodd does a pretty good job of mixing true world facts into the fiction.
June 8, 2019
As with any book that concludes a series, I will attempt to not spoil anything. I fell in love with Jillian Dodd’s gift of writing from the moment I picked up Stalk Me, and The Echelon joins my love of her stories. Can one girl save the world? Fans of this series already know all about our badass heroine, but I felt a stronger connection to her emotions in this final book. I experienced the full range with her: concern, fear, sadness, hope, and love.
Personally I feel sometimes authors tend to rush the final book to please fans, The Echelon proved me wrong. Everything is explained, everything comes to a point, and every character receives the ending they deserved. I couldn’t have been happier with the way they story plays out and only wish I could be a part of the next adventure. Thank you Jillian for allowing me to live through another one of your characters. She will be greatly missed.
5 stars for The Echelon and 5 stars for the series!
Personally I feel sometimes authors tend to rush the final book to please fans, The Echelon proved me wrong. Everything is explained, everything comes to a point, and every character receives the ending they deserved. I couldn’t have been happier with the way they story plays out and only wish I could be a part of the next adventure. Thank you Jillian for allowing me to live through another one of your characters. She will be greatly missed.
5 stars for The Echelon and 5 stars for the series!
June 2, 2019
An EPIC conclusion to the Spy Girl series!
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I have been needing this book in my life since I finished The Phoenix. I was counting on this book for so many answers and I was not disappointed! Everything was tied up nice and tidy in a perfect bow. It’s evident that Jillian put so much work and research into all the details to wrap everything up so perfectly. This series is full of action, love, questions, answers, more questions, and more answers. I’ve been addicted since book 1 and each and every book since has just gotten better! One of my all time favorite series! I’m keeping my fingers crossed we will get more from the Spy Girl world!
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I have been needing this book in my life since I finished The Phoenix. I was counting on this book for so many answers and I was not disappointed! Everything was tied up nice and tidy in a perfect bow. It’s evident that Jillian put so much work and research into all the details to wrap everything up so perfectly. This series is full of action, love, questions, answers, more questions, and more answers. I’ve been addicted since book 1 and each and every book since has just gotten better! One of my all time favorite series! I’m keeping my fingers crossed we will get more from the Spy Girl world!
January 21, 2024
Quick but important medical lesson:
- Bacteria and viruses are different things.
- Antibiotics are for treating bacteria. They do nothing to viruses.
- There is no "cure" or treatment for viruses. That's what the immune system is for.
- Vaccines prevent (or reduce impact of) viral diseases when received BEFORE being infected by the virus. They don't treat existing infections.
- Randomly jabbing needles in your arm is a bad idea.
- That's not how autoimmune conditions work.
Quick US government/civics lesson:
- (As we now know,) relevant crises don't automatically lead to rioting and anarchy.
- That's not how martial law works.
Medical tldr related to above:
While there are some medications available that can treat SYMPTOMS of viral diseases, there aren't medications that can treat the viral infection itself.
"Cure" is generally a poor term to use in a modern medical context. To clarify, neither a vaccine nor antibiotics are really "cures" for their diseases. Simplistically, one helps your body to prepare for and fortify against a hypothetical future viral infection, and the other helps your body to eliminate or expel the bacteria currently in your system. A "cure" implies a level of success and finality that just doesn't exist in medicine.
Vaccines help your immune system to produce antibodies that fight specific viruses. If you are already infected by a specific virus, your body's immune system (if healthy and working properly) will have already created the relevant antibodies. This means a vaccine doesn't do anything to help treat existing viral infections.
Few medications can be effectively administered subcutaneously/intramuscularly (the two options potentially related to sticking a needle in your arm). Also, they're meant to be injected in specific areas, not just at random. I'd highly recommend not trying to randomly jab yourself and hope it's sufficient. In fact, it's really just best to leave that to an appropriately trained medical professional if you're already in a hospital anyway. :| The sorta arguable exception to this would be an EpiPen/epinephrine injector, but it's usually a good idea to administer that to the outer thigh.
I won't go into the autoimmune thing, let alone the concept of insufficient red blood cells causing fatal hypoxia in a predictable span of time or leading to spontaneous heart attacks or strokes. Sufficed to say it's wrong and poorly researched, even for hand-waving.
A better option would be something like "it causes an increase in clotting factors, leading to spontaneous pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks, and strokes" or "it forces vascular constriction, causing an increase in intracranial pressure that leads to spontaneous hemorrhagic strokes" or similar hand-wavey but not completely nonsensical medical maladies.
Again, I don't expect advanced knowledge or complete accuracy (like claiming a poison or virus can't be discovered by blood work is fiiine), and I'm all for hand-waving. In this case, I found the inaccuracy and confusion so far removed from reality that it completely pulled me out of the story. I wasn't able to feel any of the emotional turmoil or risk related to the infection.
And that's not touching on the painfully convenient plot devices and giant plot holes throughout. Or that the last book claimed to remove the tranq darts from X's watch only for her to use them multiple times in this book. Or that a grounded air space wouldn't allow a random chopper in. Or the detailed reference to random things that were never brought up again (eg, the walkie-talkie in the hospital room).
This book has the feel of a term paper that was started but went mostly untouched until the rest was cranked out the night before it was due. There are some good bits, and the rest feels like a tortured effort made to meet an obligatory word count.
- Bacteria and viruses are different things.
- Antibiotics are for treating bacteria. They do nothing to viruses.
- There is no "cure" or treatment for viruses. That's what the immune system is for.
- Vaccines prevent (or reduce impact of) viral diseases when received BEFORE being infected by the virus. They don't treat existing infections.
- Randomly jabbing needles in your arm is a bad idea.
- That's not how autoimmune conditions work.
Quick US government/civics lesson:
- (As we now know,) relevant crises don't automatically lead to rioting and anarchy.
- That's not how martial law works.
Medical tldr related to above:
While there are some medications available that can treat SYMPTOMS of viral diseases, there aren't medications that can treat the viral infection itself.
"Cure" is generally a poor term to use in a modern medical context. To clarify, neither a vaccine nor antibiotics are really "cures" for their diseases. Simplistically, one helps your body to prepare for and fortify against a hypothetical future viral infection, and the other helps your body to eliminate or expel the bacteria currently in your system. A "cure" implies a level of success and finality that just doesn't exist in medicine.
Vaccines help your immune system to produce antibodies that fight specific viruses. If you are already infected by a specific virus, your body's immune system (if healthy and working properly) will have already created the relevant antibodies. This means a vaccine doesn't do anything to help treat existing viral infections.
Few medications can be effectively administered subcutaneously/intramuscularly (the two options potentially related to sticking a needle in your arm). Also, they're meant to be injected in specific areas, not just at random. I'd highly recommend not trying to randomly jab yourself and hope it's sufficient. In fact, it's really just best to leave that to an appropriately trained medical professional if you're already in a hospital anyway. :| The sorta arguable exception to this would be an EpiPen/epinephrine injector, but it's usually a good idea to administer that to the outer thigh.
I won't go into the autoimmune thing, let alone the concept of insufficient red blood cells causing fatal hypoxia in a predictable span of time or leading to spontaneous heart attacks or strokes. Sufficed to say it's wrong and poorly researched, even for hand-waving.
A better option would be something like "it causes an increase in clotting factors, leading to spontaneous pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks, and strokes" or "it forces vascular constriction, causing an increase in intracranial pressure that leads to spontaneous hemorrhagic strokes" or similar hand-wavey but not completely nonsensical medical maladies.
Again, I don't expect advanced knowledge or complete accuracy (like claiming a poison or virus can't be discovered by blood work is fiiine), and I'm all for hand-waving. In this case, I found the inaccuracy and confusion so far removed from reality that it completely pulled me out of the story. I wasn't able to feel any of the emotional turmoil or risk related to the infection.
And that's not touching on the painfully convenient plot devices and giant plot holes throughout. Or that the last book claimed to remove the tranq darts from X's watch only for her to use them multiple times in this book. Or that a grounded air space wouldn't allow a random chopper in. Or the detailed reference to random things that were never brought up again (eg, the walkie-talkie in the hospital room).
This book has the feel of a term paper that was started but went mostly untouched until the rest was cranked out the night before it was due. There are some good bits, and the rest feels like a tortured effort made to meet an obligatory word count.
July 7, 2019
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Holy crap this book was everything I could have wanted and more! The Echelon was absolutely brilliant!
This series has become a top favorite of mine, and to see how all the plans came out, and everything Huntley went through was absolutely amazing. There was still so many twists and turns in this book and so many more secrets are revealed. Just when you think you will finally get everything tied up in a happy little bow, everything seems to go sideways again and you are taken on a whirlwind adventure that only Jillian Dodd can give you in this series!
The Echelon had me holding my breath, wanting to scream, and falling in love all over again with all of these characters. Just when you think you can’t love them more, trust me, you will. I was unable to put this book down, and how this series ended, it was purely magic! I panicked, I cried, I laughed, and I cried some more.. this book was everything I could have wanted and more, and I love how we got everything we could have wanted, and there was an opening at the end for more if the author felt the need to expand on the series.
If you’re a lover of suspense, angst, drama, love, and everything in between, I cannot recommend the Spy Girl Series enough. This series is everything and more and it is one wild and crazy ride. The characters are phenomenal, the writing is fantastic, and the story is out of this world. I felt like I was right there with these characters experiencing everything with them. Go pick up this series today and read it, trust me, you will not regret it!
Holy crap this book was everything I could have wanted and more! The Echelon was absolutely brilliant!
This series has become a top favorite of mine, and to see how all the plans came out, and everything Huntley went through was absolutely amazing. There was still so many twists and turns in this book and so many more secrets are revealed. Just when you think you will finally get everything tied up in a happy little bow, everything seems to go sideways again and you are taken on a whirlwind adventure that only Jillian Dodd can give you in this series!
The Echelon had me holding my breath, wanting to scream, and falling in love all over again with all of these characters. Just when you think you can’t love them more, trust me, you will. I was unable to put this book down, and how this series ended, it was purely magic! I panicked, I cried, I laughed, and I cried some more.. this book was everything I could have wanted and more, and I love how we got everything we could have wanted, and there was an opening at the end for more if the author felt the need to expand on the series.
If you’re a lover of suspense, angst, drama, love, and everything in between, I cannot recommend the Spy Girl Series enough. This series is everything and more and it is one wild and crazy ride. The characters are phenomenal, the writing is fantastic, and the story is out of this world. I felt like I was right there with these characters experiencing everything with them. Go pick up this series today and read it, trust me, you will not regret it!
September 18, 2021
This finale in the series was a great wrap to this wonderful series. As usual, Huntley was extremely badass, and it was so cool to see her save the world. However, I was a bit disappointed that the mission was completed so quickly in the first half of the book, and that the entire second half was post-mission. Although I liked the focus on Huntley’s character development of gaining love and trusting others, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Huntley and Lorenzo’s romance. I felt that the ending of the previous book would have allowed more development in their romance, but I felt a bit unsatisfied by how Huntley just loves him anyways, that he’s the dream, that she has always loved him, and that she is driven on her missions purely from love. I also wished that Huntley would remain a spy and that her involvement would have been kept a secret, but I guess it was needed to wrap up the story. The wedding was beautiful, and I really liked Ares and Huntley’s father-daughter bonding, which was so sweet. I think that the side characters were overlooked in this final instalment, and nothing really happened with Ari and Huntley’s sibling relationship, Peter’s friendship from the last book didn’t matter at all, and we are suddenly given the character of the Danish prince as an important figure. Overall, I liked the story, but I felt that there were some unnecessary parts and some characters and plots could have been further developed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 15, 2025
The Echelon was a great end to a good spy series. With an interesting plot on doomsday scenario and pretty detailed and well thought out twists and turns, the series keeps you hooked to see where it all ends. While I enjoyed being surprised by some great turn of the events, a few of the major reveals felt very anticlimactic, maybe because the author had given away a lot of clues in the beginning, I don't know. I especially didn't like how the reveal of the leader of Echelon was handled along with how Huntley finally solved the crisis itself. One of the major disappointments for me in this series was the way Huntley and Lorenzo's relationship. It had a potential to be something truly amazing but not only it felt flat especially after the shocking ending in the last book. Lorenzo didn't grovel enough for what he did but I guess they were even for when Huntley kept him on hanging and always took immature decisions when it came to their relationship. The whole speech that Lorenzo gave in the end will leave you in disbelief. I mean why would you tell all these details to the world and when you're going to release so many of the details, why not everything?
Well, if you do give this series a chance, you would pretty much have to suspend your believes and grasp on reality even if Jillian Dodd does a pretty good job of mixing true world facts into the fiction.
Well, if you do give this series a chance, you would pretty much have to suspend your believes and grasp on reality even if Jillian Dodd does a pretty good job of mixing true world facts into the fiction.
July 7, 2020
>Book Review – The Echelon
>I am an independent reviewer. This book is the 7th in the Spy Girl series and ends in an HEA. Lorenzo and Huntley appear to have broken up. He is engaged to a pregnant Lizzie and Huntley is engaged to Daniel. Huntley and Lorenzo claim to be in a relationship, yet they constantly break the other’s trust. Huntley knows that Daniel and Lizzie are together. Why does she think the baby belongs to Lorenzo? Huntley discovers the true threat and excitement follows as she must break through closed borders of martial law. There is a lot of clue finding, fighting, escaping and just pure escapist fun.
>The HEA wedding does come, finally. With the good comes a lot of sadness as some main characters pass away. This book ends the series, but the author ends the story setting up Huntley for future missions. I would love to see more of Huntley and Lorenzo married and fighting on the side of good.
>This book is appropriate for a new adult audience. I am giving this book 5 stars. Sometimes the series could be frustrating, but these were fun characters in real exciting situations. Having the story set in a pandemic makes it all the more real.
>I am an independent reviewer. This book is the 7th in the Spy Girl series and ends in an HEA. Lorenzo and Huntley appear to have broken up. He is engaged to a pregnant Lizzie and Huntley is engaged to Daniel. Huntley and Lorenzo claim to be in a relationship, yet they constantly break the other’s trust. Huntley knows that Daniel and Lizzie are together. Why does she think the baby belongs to Lorenzo? Huntley discovers the true threat and excitement follows as she must break through closed borders of martial law. There is a lot of clue finding, fighting, escaping and just pure escapist fun.
>The HEA wedding does come, finally. With the good comes a lot of sadness as some main characters pass away. This book ends the series, but the author ends the story setting up Huntley for future missions. I would love to see more of Huntley and Lorenzo married and fighting on the side of good.
>This book is appropriate for a new adult audience. I am giving this book 5 stars. Sometimes the series could be frustrating, but these were fun characters in real exciting situations. Having the story set in a pandemic makes it all the more real.
May 30, 2019
An exquisite ending with a happily ever after for the books!
This ending book did not disappoint.
Huntley in the previous book has just realized that 1. Lorenzo must have slept with Lizzy and are producing an heir and 2. Everyone is dying of this disease and the society is of no help and 3. That Enzo will die soon since he took the vaccine Huntley pleaded with him to not.
Daniel’s mom has just died and asks Huntley to save her son. So, that is what she is going to do.
As she carried out her final mission with a time clock ticking in her ear, she remembers all of her amazing moments with Daniel and Ari and Enzo. She wonders if she can beat the clock and find a cure for the virus, what will she do with her life? Where does she fit in? If she’s not with Enzo, what’s the point?
I was worried the book wouldn’t end exactly how I wanted, but it was even better. Dodd allowed me to smile for close to half the book! This is a happy ending I’m so proud of.
Love transcends all. Friendships and relationships are worth the entanglements. And anyone can save the world.
Read the book and especially the series. You won’t be able to put it down!
This ending book did not disappoint.
Huntley in the previous book has just realized that 1. Lorenzo must have slept with Lizzy and are producing an heir and 2. Everyone is dying of this disease and the society is of no help and 3. That Enzo will die soon since he took the vaccine Huntley pleaded with him to not.
Daniel’s mom has just died and asks Huntley to save her son. So, that is what she is going to do.
As she carried out her final mission with a time clock ticking in her ear, she remembers all of her amazing moments with Daniel and Ari and Enzo. She wonders if she can beat the clock and find a cure for the virus, what will she do with her life? Where does she fit in? If she’s not with Enzo, what’s the point?
I was worried the book wouldn’t end exactly how I wanted, but it was even better. Dodd allowed me to smile for close to half the book! This is a happy ending I’m so proud of.
Love transcends all. Friendships and relationships are worth the entanglements. And anyone can save the world.
Read the book and especially the series. You won’t be able to put it down!
May 30, 2019
Can one girl save the world?
Going into this book, there was so much up in the air. Can Huntley save everyone and get her HEA? Wow, what a great ending to a great adventure series. Jillian Dodd always writes amazing stories. I love each and every book she writes. There was so much more to this series it was so full of twists and turns. I loved it.
In this last and final book, Huntley is racing against time to find the cure or the world will end as we know it with 90% of the world dying. A lot of pressure for one girl. Can she do it? If she does, will she get her fairy tale with Lorenzo? What happens is a top secret and I am not spilling anything to you. Except, read this book. It is one click worthy and a must read. If you haven't read the series yet. Do it! It is so amazingly good and you will be hooked. Jillian Dodd is a amazing writer and once you read one of her books your hooked to her characters and story. Go one click it !
Going into this book, there was so much up in the air. Can Huntley save everyone and get her HEA? Wow, what a great ending to a great adventure series. Jillian Dodd always writes amazing stories. I love each and every book she writes. There was so much more to this series it was so full of twists and turns. I loved it.
In this last and final book, Huntley is racing against time to find the cure or the world will end as we know it with 90% of the world dying. A lot of pressure for one girl. Can she do it? If she does, will she get her fairy tale with Lorenzo? What happens is a top secret and I am not spilling anything to you. Except, read this book. It is one click worthy and a must read. If you haven't read the series yet. Do it! It is so amazingly good and you will be hooked. Jillian Dodd is a amazing writer and once you read one of her books your hooked to her characters and story. Go one click it !
March 5, 2025
Finally, a great conclusion of this adventures Spy series. The books improved alot as the series progress. Luckily the book are short because it didn't need to be seven book in my opinion. But it also did keep me hoke and engaged through out. Somtimes the story felt repetitive or anticlimactic in it's story line. The characters did out of character stupid things and the "plot" relied alot on miscommunication. But despite that the main character was true to her self and when her hole world seemed to fall apart she did the right things for the greater good.
My conclusion is that I really loved the Spy adventure, the mystery and her figuring things out, and I was not a fan of the romance through out the series. I did like them together but I didn't like how it was portrayed at times. Great and satisfying ending.
Do I recommend this series, maby... no, yes... not if you looking for a masterpiece. But it was fun.
My conclusion is that I really loved the Spy adventure, the mystery and her figuring things out, and I was not a fan of the romance through out the series. I did like them together but I didn't like how it was portrayed at times. Great and satisfying ending.
Do I recommend this series, maby... no, yes... not if you looking for a masterpiece. But it was fun.
May 29, 2019
What an ending to an amazing series!! This has been one of my favorite series to read! I love all the action and trying to solve problems that are happening in the book!!
Huntley is racing against time. Can she find a cure? Or will the world as we know it end?
Huntley is one bad a** chick. She doesn’t take any crap from anyone. She knows what she has to do and she’s willing to do anything to make it happen.
Lorenzo and Daniel continue to be some of my favorite characters in this series! They are amazing and have you back no matter what. They are two people I want on my side!
I love all the characters in this book!! It was great to see how things end for everyone, but I’d be happy to read more books in this series and see what happens!! This is one series that can go on and on!!! Thank you Jillian for creating another world of characters for us to fall in love with.
Huntley is racing against time. Can she find a cure? Or will the world as we know it end?
Huntley is one bad a** chick. She doesn’t take any crap from anyone. She knows what she has to do and she’s willing to do anything to make it happen.
Lorenzo and Daniel continue to be some of my favorite characters in this series! They are amazing and have you back no matter what. They are two people I want on my side!
I love all the characters in this book!! It was great to see how things end for everyone, but I’d be happy to read more books in this series and see what happens!! This is one series that can go on and on!!! Thank you Jillian for creating another world of characters for us to fall in love with.
June 11, 2019
I knew when I started the Spy Girl series with the first book in 2016 that this series was something special. So well plotted and developed- I could just picture Jillian Dodd in her office with a big white board and millions of colorful sticky notes planning all 7 books! In the beginning I described this series as a mashup of Nancy Drew, Alias, and Veronica Mars. I still think that holds true and am so satisfied with the ending, although I'm a bit sad to say goodbye to Huntley. I read The Echelon in one sitting, and was so happy with the journey it took me on. Often it seems that series-enders are rushed and lots of things are tied up too quickly- I did not feel that at all with The Echelon- I felt that Dodd took her time to give this story the ending it deserved- it was perfection. A must read!
March 7, 2020
Thrilling
This book was so full of adrenaline and so emotional at the same time. The whole countdown for Huntley’s final mission was really thrilling! I loved every second of it. All the action and all the mystery that was finally revealed made this an amazing book to read! I particularly enjoyed the final chapters and I wished there were more for me to read. I wanted to find out if Sophie and Kresten got together, I wanted to see if Grace and Ares would become more than friends, same for The Bartender and the woman from the store of The Cure t-shirt, so many side stories and all so great that I feel I could read about everyone forever! Not to mention if and/or how would Huntley to manage being a queen, a wife, a mother and a spy! Bottom line is, excellent job, Jillian! Your series is amazing and I most definitely recommend it.
This book was so full of adrenaline and so emotional at the same time. The whole countdown for Huntley’s final mission was really thrilling! I loved every second of it. All the action and all the mystery that was finally revealed made this an amazing book to read! I particularly enjoyed the final chapters and I wished there were more for me to read. I wanted to find out if Sophie and Kresten got together, I wanted to see if Grace and Ares would become more than friends, same for The Bartender and the woman from the store of The Cure t-shirt, so many side stories and all so great that I feel I could read about everyone forever! Not to mention if and/or how would Huntley to manage being a queen, a wife, a mother and a spy! Bottom line is, excellent job, Jillian! Your series is amazing and I most definitely recommend it.
June 12, 2019
Epic roller coaster.
Through this series i have laughed, i have crie, gotten mad and frustrated and all the emotions in between Jillian has an amazing way with words and story that sucks you in and leaves you wanting more and to know what next. The End is always bitter sweet. Once you get to the Happily Ever After you still keep wanting to know whats next, this was an amazing in-between of that and a satisfying ending. The suspense about killed me but also revived me. Im so glad i started this series anx got to see it come to its HEA, or maybe its "The End... for now" who knows what the future holds for this amazingly talented writer and roller coaster full of characters.
I cant wait to read more of Jillians work.
Happy spying everyone :)
Through this series i have laughed, i have crie, gotten mad and frustrated and all the emotions in between Jillian has an amazing way with words and story that sucks you in and leaves you wanting more and to know what next. The End is always bitter sweet. Once you get to the Happily Ever After you still keep wanting to know whats next, this was an amazing in-between of that and a satisfying ending. The suspense about killed me but also revived me. Im so glad i started this series anx got to see it come to its HEA, or maybe its "The End... for now" who knows what the future holds for this amazingly talented writer and roller coaster full of characters.
I cant wait to read more of Jillians work.
Happy spying everyone :)
June 12, 2019
I started reading Jillian's books when the Keatyn Chronicles were released. I fell in love with the stories and how Jillian makes you feel like your right there with the characters. When talks about this series were being thrown around, I'll have to admit I was a bit leery as it was out of my normal reading genre. But I am so glad I followed Jillian and decided to read them anyways. This series is absolutely amazing. I was sitting on the edge of my seat thinking I had an idea where the story would go only to be blind sided and thrown off course. The Echelon really brought it all together. The time crunch Huntley was after truly gave me a bit of anxiety. I loved how this book ended but am sad to see the end.
June 15, 2019
Yeah!!!!
I swear, I thought it would never get here!
Truly loved the way you wrapped everything up, so tidy and followed so much of Lee’s “training”. Truly a superb book culminating a superb series!
I must say, you had me worried for a bit there, after loosing so many endearing and wonderful secondary characters, I was scared to death ... and since I do not wish to give all away, let me finish with, REALLY, Intrepid breaking into their honeymoon no one new of for Lee’s help? And naturally, her husband must go as well, Her Cover...
Just like the first six, the finale(7) was full of terrific one liners, crazy intrigue, emotions, and most of all , Love.
I regret not one penny(uhuh) spent on this series, truly what a ride!
Karen
I swear, I thought it would never get here!
Truly loved the way you wrapped everything up, so tidy and followed so much of Lee’s “training”. Truly a superb book culminating a superb series!
I must say, you had me worried for a bit there, after loosing so many endearing and wonderful secondary characters, I was scared to death ... and since I do not wish to give all away, let me finish with, REALLY, Intrepid breaking into their honeymoon no one new of for Lee’s help? And naturally, her husband must go as well, Her Cover...
Just like the first six, the finale(7) was full of terrific one liners, crazy intrigue, emotions, and most of all , Love.
I regret not one penny(uhuh) spent on this series, truly what a ride!
Karen
June 10, 2019
OMG!!!! This book... THIS BOOK!!!! This is the final book of the Spy Girl series and holy smokes on a rope! I loved this. I stayed up most the night to read this because of how amazing it was. I kept saying, one more chapter, but we all know how well that goes. This is such a well researched book that wraps up so much! You really see Huntley grow in this book the most I feel like. You see her grow throughout the series, but this book really shows how much she really did grow. I loved the character development as well as the whole story line.
I laughed... I cried... I even screamed at 1am... This book didn't disappoint, as usual. This book was just amazing. It was a great read.
I laughed... I cried... I even screamed at 1am... This book didn't disappoint, as usual. This book was just amazing. It was a great read.
June 12, 2019
This was a book that I was waiting ever so patiently for it to come out. And it was so worth the wait. It was worth the sleep that I missed last night because I was up reading it until 2:30 am. Jillian Dodd has a fan for life. After reading this series and her other series I know that I can just one click any of her books and will love them! This book ended with all the questions answered and maybe the hint of another book? I don’t know, maybe that’s just wishful thinking. I’m telling you, if you haven’t started this series, you are missing out. If you have, and you were on the fence about finishing the series...DO IT!!!!
June 26, 2019
So I discovered this series last week and once I started I just couldn't put it down. I have had all nighters and thought it was truly brilliant. I don't like to spoil books but this series has hands down been one of my favorites! It has characters that move you and bond with them. There are no characters to hate and throughout the series I thought I knew what was happening but only two of my assumptions were correct. It kept me on the edge of my seat and hope she continues the series or does a spin off with some of the minor characters or a prequel of sorts. Great start to my summer reading binge!
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