It seems the other girls have been doing a lot of things behind her back. Olivia begins to doubt her place within the Ivies.

In the high-stakes world of cut-throat academics, it's definitely possible. Could Avery have possibly been angry enough to kill their friend over a college admission? The following morning, Emma is found dead. She secretly applied to Harvard as well, and got in, but there is no way she is telling Avery that! Olivia, our main character, watches the drama unfold from the sidelines. Ultimately, storming off to separate corners. While normally this would be cause for celebration, Avery did not get in and thus, blames Emma.Įnraged, Avery confronts Emma at a party and the two girls get into a fight. On Early Decision day, it is revealed that Emma had secretly applied to Harvard and gotten accepted. Their reasoning is, if they all apply to separate schools they won't be directly competing against one another and therefore, will up their chances of acceptance.Īvery Montfort, the Regina George of the group, has claimed Harvard as hers. Knowing the ins-and-outs of college admissions, the girls have agreed to apply ED to different Ivies. This tight group of five all have the same goal: acceptance into an ivy league school. ~ the writing is pacy and author have a flair with words (which I don't)Īvery, Emma, Olivia, Margot and Sierra, a clique of teenage girls collectively known as The Ivies, are low-key feared by their peers at prestigious, Claflin Academy. So like overall this was a decent read because none of the twists were appealing and intersting I saw them from a mile away. The ending was a major letdown, it's always the boyfriend and it's always jealous, teem hormone rules None of the other characters were appealing. She was a 'poor girl' on scholarship and by the end she remained one. Olivia played smart IMO but her character saw zero development throughout the book. I feel sorry for Avery because she is stupid and was clearly stitched up by everyone.

But then again there weren't genius of prodigy students it's the least what they could think of so I was fine with it. I felt there were moments when it's overdone like some tricks they did to pull there opponents down. I was clear, single-minded and focused while i was reading this book, I paid attention to every detail and each word that's why i disliked it a bit.Ĭlearly this is a ya mystery so drama comes with it and i like drama when it's done correct.

The ivies alexa donne