Only the Good Spy Young

What is the author's style in Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter?

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The book's narrative voice is very clearly that of its protagonist and narrator, teenaged trainee-spy Cameron (Cammie) Morgan. The vocabulary, the phrases, and the sideways glances into the conflict between raging hormones and ambitious self-actualization are clearly and vividly both reflective and evocative of contemporary young woman - or rather, contemporary writing about contemporary young women. Are real-world young women of Cammie's age as obsessed with "hot" young men as the narrative portrays Cammie and her friends as being? Do books like this, magazines, and music videos simply tell the public that young women behave this way? Is this portrayal of young women grounded in reality at all?