At Claflin Academy, a group of five girls deemed The Ivies, have made it their mission to get into the Ivy League school assigned to them by head Ivy, Avery. Avery has assigned herself Harvard, Emma is Brown, Margot is Princeton, Sierra is Yale and Olivia is Penn. The Ivies have been ruthless in setting themselves up as perfect Ivy material with perfect SAT scores, club presidencies and elite spots on teams. Olivia is the outsider of the group, she is at Claflin on scholarship and from a single family household. The other girls have high powered families and enough money to throw at any problem. Olivia's dream school has always been Harvard and she decides to apply for Early Decision. When Early Decision day arrives, Avery is in an uproar after she finds out she was rejected from Harvard and demands to know who stole her spot. Emma fesses up to being accepted at Harvard and she and Avery get into a physical fight ending with Avery saying she could kill her. The next morning, Emma is found dead. Olivia wonders if Avery could be the culprit and if she could be next. Oliva dives into an investigation of her own and finds that The Ivies are more ruthless than she could ever have imagined.
The Ivies is a young adult murder mystery thriller set within a private academy. I loved the premise of an overly competitive group of girls gunning for limited spots in school, I have known girls this competitive before and the personalities are spot on. Olivia's character was interesting to see in the mix, she knew she was an outsider, but didn't know how much the other girls kept from her. At the same time Olivia didn't realize how complicit she was in their scheming. Though the plot was fairly predictable, I still binged this rather quickly. The writing kept a good pace and I liked Olivia's investigation as well as the fact that she turned things over to the police when she needed to. I also liked that Olivia was dedicated to trying to find who killed her friend even when it made her look bad in the process. It was fitting that almost everyone seemed to have a consequence to their actions as well. With some interesting twists and turns at the end, The Ivies is a suspenseful, atmospheric thriller that once again reminded me that teenage girls are literally the worst.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
The Ivies is a young adult murder mystery thriller set within a private academy. I loved the premise of an overly competitive group of girls gunning for limited spots in school, I have known girls this competitive before and the personalities are spot on. Olivia's character was interesting to see in the mix, she knew she was an outsider, but didn't know how much the other girls kept from her. At the same time Olivia didn't realize how complicit she was in their scheming. Though the plot was fairly predictable, I still binged this rather quickly. The writing kept a good pace and I liked Olivia's investigation as well as the fact that she turned things over to the police when she needed to. I also liked that Olivia was dedicated to trying to find who killed her friend even when it made her look bad in the process. It was fitting that almost everyone seemed to have a consequence to their actions as well. With some interesting twists and turns at the end, The Ivies is a suspenseful, atmospheric thriller that once again reminded me that teenage girls are literally the worst.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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