The Ivies
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Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get into the college of their dreams...literally. "The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition." -Kirkus Reviews "Twisty and thrilling...boarding school murder has never been so much fun!" –Kara Thomas, author of That Weekend Everyone knows the Ivies: the most coveted universities in the United States. Far more important are the Ivies. The Ivies at Claflin Academy, that is. Five girls with the same mission: to get into the Ivy League by any means necessary. I would know. I'm one of them. We disrupt class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions...among other things. We improve our own odds by decreasing the fortunes of others. Because hyper-elite competitive college admissions is serious business. And in some cases, it's deadly. Alexa Donne delivers a nail-biting and timely thriller about teens who will stop at nothing to get into the college of their dreams. Too bad no one told them murder isn't an extracurricular.
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The Ivies is a book that has been on my tbr for a very long time and it's also a book that I went into completely unaware, which I'm finding is the best way to read a book.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Usually, I find that Young Adult Thriller/Mysteries fall a bit flat as they have to attempt to not be too scary for their targeted audiences, however, this was so much fun.
The mystery and the thrill of Olivia and Ethan investigating the murder of Olivia's roommate and friend, Emma reminded me a lot of A Good Girl's Guide To Murder (aka the best series ever). I love not being able to trust any of the characters and having a feeling of suspicion about all of them, it almost makes it feel as if I'm a part of the story.
Olivia was such a fun main protagonist and someone that you couldn't help but root for.
I would've loved to have rated this book higher than I had but there were a few things that I didn't like about this book. I disliked the motive behind Emma's death and I wasn't a huge fan of how the ending played out.
Overall, this was fun and I can see myself revisiting this again in the future.
Wow. This book was awful. It felt like a first draft someone in high school turned in after they wrote it in one night before the deadline.
I hadn't heard of Alexa Donne until I read this book, but after finishing The Ivies I searched her and was absolutely horrified to learn she gives writing advice on Youtube. After watching many of her videos, I feel as though my brain has melted into a puddle of goo. Please, if you are looking for writing advice, do not take any of hers. If anything, use her videos as a guideline of what not to do.
I'm sorry for being uncharacteristically harsh, I am just so stunned by this author and her work.
