Scorpia (Alex Rider Series #5) Book

Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars


In my opinion this is the best Alex Rider book in the entire series so far and i loved the direction it took.


Plot: this book picks up after the events of book four and Alex is trying to get back to lead a quiet life and get away from MI6 and being a spy for them. However things do not go to plan when Alex is swept up in that world again when he is recruited by a very top assassin group called Scorpia . Alex soon learns that his father was apart of this organisation and he is lead to believe that MI6 was in fact the reason why his father was killed, Alex soon sets out on a mission to kill MI6 lead director Mrs Jones. I love how this book in the series had a different tone to it and i love the direction the author has taken this series i feel like it has started to become darker then the other four novels before it. Don't get me wrong Alex has done a lot more things then any 14 year old would be doing at his age but i feel like this book he was really put through a test.


Alex is really lied to by every single person in this book and he doesn't have any clue who he should trust and i feel like there is no one left. But as things unravel throughout the book we see that MI6 and his father were working together and we see that Scorpia were the ones in fact that killed both Alex's mother and father in the plane crash. Alex did some really big character growth in this book and i can honestly say the events will change him going forward.


met a woman named Julia Rothman. She was very beautiful but a complete bitch


There is still so much to go and you can tell that Alex's story isn't over just yet and by the way things ended i don't think Alex will die i think he will come close but will come out of it alive.


with how strong this book was i hope it continues to stay strong and have the character and story development this book because story wise book five has been the strongest for it.