I thought this book was one of the best. It's not my most favorite book of the Alex Rider books but I still thought it was good. I liked how Horowitz used the CIA instead of the MI6, the MI6 was getting old. If you have read the other books, then I say you should read Skeleton Key along with the others that follow. If you like action and adventure books then I say you read the Alex Rider books (but start from the first book, Stormbreaker). This book is one of the weirder ones but its still good, sometimes weird is good.
Review writen by Sadie Francis

Eagle Strike is the fourth book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Alex is a truly wonderful creation. He is the person every schoolboy in the world wants to be. Each of Horowitz's books is twice as good as the last. Horowitz has excelled himself yet again with another fantastic book.
In " Eagle Strike" Alex is still only fifteen but has already had three life changing adventures that involved poison gas, clones and ultimate world domination. This time Alex Rider is on the track of multi-millionaire Damian Cray. When he sees contract killer Yassen Gregorovich visit Cray he suspects the worse. When MI6 refuse to look into it, Alex decides to investigate, with or without their help.
Fate also leads Alex to his destiny. But does he like what he finds?
Tension, atmosphere and suspense unite in the adventure of a lifetime. Enter Alex's world of spies, gadgets and murder in this superb book. It will take your breath away.

This is one of the best Alex Rider books. Its fast, fun and should be made into a film. Anthony Horowitz seems to be able to pull the reader into the story.
I am hooked on the whole Alex Rider, Young James Bond and Jason Steed books. Good clean fun with good guys and bad guys.

This is a great story, again Anthony Horowitz has us on the egde of our seats.
The story has a very similair theme to the Young James bond book Hurricane Gold. In Skeleton Key Alex Rider and Hurricane Gold Young James Bond, both teen hereos are on a hot tropical island owned by a villian, both villians want to adopt the young teen heros, despite the youngsters trying to spoil there plans. Both villians let the boys go. However both are fast paced and good reading. Its a shame they have followed the same pathm but if you are into Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Cherub and Young James Bond this is still a great book.

Skeleton Key is just the next twist in the Alex Rider series. This book sets the stage for what will happen in future novels! The writing is wonderful! Horowitz is great at building not only a plot, but also at keeping your attention on the story. The Rider series also allows the reader to pick the series up at any time and be up on the action.

I'm surprised that the Kindle store has these and not Artemis Fowl. I am one of the few child Kindle owners, and surprised at the somewhat limited selection. But it's good that they have theese books, at any rate.
I am looking at the actual paper-and-ink version sitting in my bookcase.
Alex is a very logical, mature charachter. He knows how to get things done in the spy world, a world where everyone is suspect and no one is ever your partner for long. The situations he gets himself into are suspenseful, to say the least.
I like how the author seems to demonstrate all the knowledge that he wants his charachter to have. For instance, when Alex was diving, he observed all of the correct diving protocall. If Alex would have headed straight for the surface from his depth, he would have gotten the bends. However, I believe that Alex was diving partnerless? I'm not sure, but I think you are supposed to always dive with a partner. Maybe Alex was going against the rules (again). Not that his going against the rules is bad in most cases. Obviously.
"Ryan" has probably already written a review on one of these books, expressing his hatred of them, and I wouldn't blame him. Some parts of the Alex Rider books seemed slightly childish to me, and to him they must seem downright ridiculous.
Perfect for the gifted fifth grader or the average sixth or seventh grader. Maybe not so much for the gifted seventh graders (or the average tenth graders as it were).

I am an English teacher reviewing this series for student consumption. I think it is an excellent series, especially for adolescent boys. The girls, however, enjoy it too.

"I'm a spy in England. My uncle died on a mission. So they called for me. My problem is that I don't want to be a spy. The agency keeps on sucking me into this. I hate it, every time I almost kill myself." These are the words of Alex Rider. He's a spy in England, he has done other missions. He is talented at saving the world I would say.
He's more than just a spy, he has saved the world two other times. This is an action/adventure story. Skeleton Key is part of a series. It's called The Alex Rider series. The author is Anthony Howoritz. I think that boys 11-13 would enjoy this book. This book is definitely fiction, maybe a little to fake in parts. The story takes place in Wimbledon and then changes to two other settings. You will want to read the other books in the series in order. Read this book!

- Connor Mitchell