Title: The IvyAuthors: Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur
Published by: Greenwillow Books
Pages: 336
Source: Obtained free from Amazon (on 11/15/2012)
Format: ebook
Rating: 3.5 stars
Summary from Goodreads: Congratulations! You have been admitted to the most prestigious university in the world. Now what are you going to do? Callie Andrews may not have money or connections or the right clothes, and she may have way too many complications in her love life, what with Gregory, the guy she loves to hate...Evan, the guy she'd love to forget...Clint, the guy she'd love to love...and Matt, the guy she really should love...all vying for her attention. But she has three fantastic roommates (best friends or her worst nightmare?) and a wholesome California-girl reputation (oops) and brains and beauty and big, big dreams. Will it be enough to help her survive freshman year at Harvard?
Ivy League, sexy and completely dramalicious...is there a better combination?
Small-town, down-to-earth Callie gets the surprise of her life when she heads off to Harvard only to be dumped by her high school sweetheart. Freshman year can be difficult, but it's been a roller-coaster ride for Callie. While she can't always keep up with her designer clad roommates, she has caught the eye of a couple of eligible bachelors on campus. Callie is your typical everyday girl. She's cute and sweet, but does make mistakes. At times, you want to shake her and other times hug her, but she does keep the story entertaining.
As for her posse of gentlemen, each one has some great traits to bring to the table. This part almost seemed too easy. Not only does Callie have one guy after her, but three. Seriously, who is this girl? If only life were that easy to have not only three guys, but three great guys after you while attending Harvard. I guess it is fiction right?
Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur being Harvard roommates themselves, brought to life the college campus. Between the classes, high societies and elite clubs we get a glimpse into the life everyone dreams of. While at times this felt a bit Gossip Girl-esque there was enough intrigue and creativity to make this story entertaining and bring a fresh twist to the familiar topics. Plus these ladies and gentlemen did actually study...though not as much as I would imagine being at Harvard and all.
If you're looking for some mind-candy during this Holiday season, The Ivy is a perfect choice. Sit back and escape while enjoying your non-fat, no-whip, half cafe, peppermint mocha with soy of course.
I go back and forth on this series. I haven't read it, but can't decide if I want to. It sounds rather unrealistic. I think of Harvard as less airheady and Gossip Girly. But then again, I also know some extremely intelligent airhead, boy-crazy sex fiends :-)
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this book, and then I didn't want to read it as well. I never felt the need to read another Gossip Girl book, but I'm glad there's more to this story than I though. I'll definitely give it a try :) Oh, and the last sentence made me smile!
ReplyDeleteLisa! This review was chosen by random.org as one of the winners for the December Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge. If you would like to claim the prize, please e-mail me. If I don’t get a response from you in 48 hours, a new winner will be selected. TY for participating!
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