"The Ivies" felt like a cross between Pretty Little Liars and the admission scandal, and I was not disappointed! I love a good group mystery and this one kept me guessing until the end. Can't wait for Donne's next mystery title!

At a prestigious private school, five teenage girls make up an elite—and conniving—clique: The Ivies. They share the same mission: to get into an Ivy League school by any means necessary. Olivia Winters, a scholarship student and co-editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, has never quite fit in with her super rich friends. She thought they were just disrupting class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions. Nothing too terrible, and certainly nothing illegal. But then a student winds up dead. And Olivia flings herself headfirst into her own investigation. The secrets she uncovers about her friends and their schemes have her questioning if she ever knew them at all.

This is a fast-paced and fun thriller that gets 3.5 stars from me! I kept guessing and second guessing about the ending and the killer’s identity!! Which is always a good sign. The absolute BEST thing about this book is the characters. Alexa Donne crafts main characters whose motivations only unravel to reveal more and more complexity. My favorites were Olivia, Avery, Emma, and Tyler. It’s remarkable how much you can begin the novel by hating Avery Montfort, the mean Queen Bee of the Ivies, and by the end you grow to understand her so much better. I also loved the representation in this book. Not every character is white and straight, which is really refreshing considering a lot of stories about elite boarding schools feature almost exclusively rich white kids. The big reveal at the end was a little hard to believe, but maybe that’s the point?! It definitely hits home the main message of this novel, which is that elite college admissions are an extremely competitive and cutthroat process. Students are WAY too invested and obsessed with getting into the “right" school… and for what?

The Ivies zings with the teenage drama and snark of something you might see on the CW. (Alexa Donne even describes a character by suggesting he looks like a CW star!!) Immediately, Gossip Girl came to mind when I read the description, and truly bad bitch Avery Montfort, would give Blair Waldorf a run for her money. I think fans of Pretty Little Liars, Mean Girls, and Heathers would really enjoy this book!

I am an adult who has a love of campus novels. Although I love reading these types of novels, the Ivies were just okay for me. Olivia was a character who I didn't think had many redeeming qualities, and some of the "twists" in the novel were evident from the beginning. Emma said something before her death, which gave away one of the huge twists of the novel, so I was expecting it from the beginning. I think my students would like this novel, so that I will buy a copy for my classroom library.

this was such a fun book!! i do enjoy dark academia so am i a bit biased but i had fun reading this, i cant wait to see more from the author

So, I've come to a possible theory. Hear me out. I'm starting to think that mystery/thrillers aren't really my thing. *gasp* I know, I know. I've read a handful of them and none of them have really done anything for me. This was no exception. Like the other mystery/thrillers I've read, I got pretty bored in the middle. The main hook of the book hits and then there's 100 pages of bland clues that don't hold my attention. The endings are usually okay, but I'm never excited about it. I'm just mildly curious about how the story will wrap up. The main character was okay, but there wasn't really anything special about this book. It felt average, which is a bummer.

Also, as a side note, I absolutely hate the cover of this. It looks like whoever designed this went a tad bit overboard with the shadows.

" When do you cease to be a person and start to be a body? "

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Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Books for Young Readers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Content warnings: murder, blackmail, homophobia, sexism, classism (?), racism, weapons, age gap, step-sibling romance mention, eating disorder mention

The Ivies follows Olivia, one of five girls known as The Ivies at their prestigious and elite private academy. These girls are cunning and cutthroat, and willing to do anything to get themselves into their allotted Ivy League school. This includes blackmailing, reporting on, or manipulating any of their classmates they consider competition for their Early Decision slots. One of The Ivies betrays the other and ends up dead, leaving Olivia to figure out if her own friends are ruthless enough to be murderers.

I found myself highly interested in this story, and had trouble putting it down for the first 75% of it. I enjoyed the writing style and (although obviously not to this extent) could relate to the pressures of getting in Early Decision at your dream school feeling like the only important mission in the world during high school.

Unfortunately, I didn't love the conclusion of this story and found myself bored with the ending. There was nothing particularly wrong, but the actual killer felt so obvious that it took the fun out of it, and their motivations felt so unbelievable I actually laughed.

I would recommend this to fans of rich kid high school dramas like Gossip Girl and Riverdale who also enjoy a murder mystery/who-dun-it plot.

4.5 stars. Thrilling, twisty, and dark. Privilege, money, and the shocking actions of high school students vying for the Ivy League school of their choice lead to death at a boarding school. This will be popular amongst mystery/thriller teens.

I finished reading “The Ivies” today, which I really enjoyed … to some extent.

Thanks to PRHinternational I got the chance to read this book for free!

So let’s get into it: If you liked reading “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” or watching “Pretty Little Liars”, this might be the perfect book for you!

It’s about five girls, who share the same mission: to get into the Ivy League by any means necessary. But when one of them turns up dead, all of their plans get disturbed…

This YA murder mystery was definitely a page turner, but at some point, more and more aspects made me re-think my previous excitement.

They were interesting twists, for sure. And there was representation of BIPoC and queer people – but not all representation is good representation, unfortunately.

The people of colour in the girls’ friend group are not mentioned nearly as much as the others. There’s one queer girl in that group, but we as the readers only get to know that when there’s only 2% left of the book. It’s representation, yes, but that’s not good enough.

This book was trying to be feminist and I agree with a lot of messages within it and I think some of them were executed well. I just wish those would have been reflected upon concerning the matter of representation I just mentioned.

At last, there were a couple of pandemic mentions and I really don’t understand why: the pandemic was not part of 99% of the text, it didn’t make any sense to include it randomly; the students didn’t have any restrictions in their lives anymore, but somehow in the past they had? It was honestly just so confusing and didn’t make sense regarding the time line.



TW: HP references, mention of eating disorders, death, murder

I really liked The Ivies. I've been an avid follower of Alexa on youtube for over a year now, and it's really awesome to know that the great writing advice she gives online is exeplified so well in her own work! The setting of the novel was so fasinating. I loved the rich boarding school shenanigans. I loved all the drama and I especially loved that Olivia was such a flawed character (it's boring when an MC is so concerned about being good all the time). The thriller aspects weren't that intense, but I enjoyed the characters and their petty relationships with each other so much that this wasn't any issue.

The first 2/3 of the book had me hooked. And while I did enjoy the ending, it did get a bit over the top and corny. But overall, Alexa definitely had an amazing concept and she accomplished it so well. I'm excited to read her future thrillers!

This was the most fun YA thriller I’ve read in a long time! The whole New England boarding school setting created the perfect atmosphere for the story. The characters were easy to love (and hate), and the murder mystery was full of twists and turns! I can’t wait to read more from this author!

The Ivies was a gripping YA thriller surrounding a group of girls known as The Ivies. They are the beautiful, the wealthy, the elite, and they will each get into their Ivy league school - whether they earn it on their own merit, or not. The Ivies will stop at nothing - sabotage, hacking into school files, falsifying SAT scores, and more - but when one of their own betrays their system of school selection and ends up dead - was it one of their own who killed her or one of their many enemies they had made along the way. Alexa Donne did a great job of making none of the characters likable, but the story still engaging enough to keep my interest through the end. I think some of the twists were easily guessed, but some kept me on my toes. I really enjoyed this book and if you like reading YA thrillers, I think you will as well!

Conheça as Ivies: cinco meninas que tem como objetivo entrar em uma faculdade Ivy League. Avery Montford é Harvard, Emma Russo é Brown, Sierra Watson é Yale, Margot Kim é Princeton e nossa personagem principal, Olivia Winters, é Penn. Elas fariam qualquer coisa para entrar, mesmo que isso signifique trapacear, hackear e espalhar rumores maldosos. Olivia não se encaixa, ela não é rica como as outras meninas e possui bolsa de estudos na escola onde estudam.

Mas Olivia não quer realmente ir para Penn, ela quer ir para Harvard, mas não pode competir com Avery. Ela se inscreve secretamente e consegue entrar, enquanto Avery não é aprovada. Com medo da abelha rainha, Olivia mantém sua aprovação em segredo. Acontece que outra pessoa também se inscreveu para Harvard e foi aprovada: Emma, que supostamente deveria se inscrever para Brown. Após uma briga entre Emma e Avery durante uma festa, Emma aparece morta na piscina da escola. Tentando desesperadamente descobrir quem matou sua amiga, Olivia começa uma investigação com a ajuda de seu crush e acaba descobrindo que suas amigas não são quem ela achava que fossem.

Esse livro é como Gossip Girl na temporada onde Blair e Serena competiam pela faculdade, mas adicione um assassinato. Cheio de fofoca e falsos amigos, ele é tudo para aqueles que sentem falta de uma boa série de TV recheada de drama adolescente. É misterioso e entrega uma trama concreta que deixou minha ansiedade no telhado até o final. Pode não agradar a todos, porque estamos lidando com adolescentes, não é? Mas a escrita é muito boa e penso que realmente daria um bom filme ou série de TV algum dia.

📚 Series? No.
📚 Genre? Young Adult Mystery/Thriller.
📚 Read for? TBR and Beyond Tours.
📚 Cliffhanger? No.

⚠ Content Warnings: Murder. Blackmail. Bullying. Toxic relationships. Toxic friendships. Eating disorders.
⚠ Book Tags : Dark Academia. Boarding School. Whodunnit. Admissions.

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☁ FINAL THOUGHTS & RECOMMENDATIONS ☁

This book was one of my most anticipated thrillers in 2021. If we're being honest, it did not disappoint. It was a truly enjoyable whodunnit story and I'm excited for so much more from this author. Definitely recommended for people who love dark academia stories that touch on the college admissions drama in the US.

☁ THE CRITERIA ☁

🌼 Synopsis:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌼 Main Character:⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Support Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Writing Style:⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Character Development:⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌼 Thrill: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Pacing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Ending: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌼 Unputdownability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌼 Book Cover:⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

☁FINAL VERDICT: 4.4/5 ☁

Holy hell this one was a fast paced ride! Jumps in from the go and you’re on a rollercoaster for the next few hundred pages. Totally bingeable even if the storylines were a bit far fetched and out there.

So, I think this blurb is accurate except for one thing… this book felt more like a mystery than thriller to me.
So, this is personal, and didn’t affect my enjoyment, but while I’ve read quite a few mysteries, I haven’t read many thrillers. To me the Fugitive is more of a thriller where the protagonist is constantly on the run trying to survive, evade the cops and catch the killer, while the tv show castle where the main focus is solving the murder, but there are some chase scenes, fight scenes, and the protagonist almost die at times feels more of a mystery to me.
This book did have some dangerous and tense scenes, but the majority of the scene felt relatively safe with the protagonist trying to solve the murder. So, personally this felt more like a mystery to me, because almost every murder mystery has scenes where the protagonist almost dies anyway.
However, while the book is called a thriller, the blurb did lead me to believe the book would be like what I read, so the thriller vs mystery thing doesn’t affect my feelings. Also, cuz mystery is an awesome genre.

Now let’s get into my main points about this book:

1. The Writing is the Basic YA Style
This book is young adult and you can tell that from the writing style. It’s simple, straightforward, and sometimes uses some of that casual teen way of speaking. One nice touch was since the protagonist is a super nerd trying to get into Ivy league schools. There were several lines of dialogue I found a bit cringey at the beginning, but I don’t know if that was because I’ve been reading classics recently so the modern teen speak was jarring or if it was due to the dialogue itself, but I did quickly get used to the dialogue and it felt natural to me.
One other critique I have with the writing though is I think the prologue should’ve been cut. It’s short so no big deal, but it doesn’t add anything to the story and kind of just results in me feeling like I’m being introduced to the main characters twice. I think it would’ve worked better without the prologue. Honesty, I don’t think anything would need to be changed to accommodate its absence.
Also, the book uses turtle as a verb This is the quote, “I turtle into my fluffy down coat.” I’ve never seen this before and I 100% support turning nouns into verbs. It’s extremely descriptive, creates a clear image in my mind instantly, and turtle are cute. It remands me of how Shakespeare created the word assassinate from assassin. I’m not comparing this book to Shakespeare, I’m just saying I love this playing with language, and all nouns should be verbs. Okay no all of them, but I like it.
Overall, the writing was average ya with a nice touch of the protagonist’s original voice that I appreciated. If you like ya you’ll like this or will be used to this style, but I you don’t like ya style this isn’t for you.

2. The Protagonist is Morally Gray… Which I Love
I love a good morally gray protagonist and this book pulls it off. Some authors think every reader has to like their protagonist to like their book, which isn’t true. But due to this some authors try to play it safe by making an overall good protagonist, but then excuse all the protagonists flaws because they’re the good guy but the story doesn’t work unless they’re really flawed, or the author writes a morally gray protagonist but goes to extremes to justify all their actions.
This book doesn’t do either. Olivia is an extremely flawed protagonist, but I think this book pulls it off, and I want to discuss why I believe this. This book is in first person perspective which is the hardest for writing a well done morally gray protagonist. If the protagonist calls out their flaws too much it’s weird, but if the book never shines a light on their flaws it feels like the author didn’t intend the character to be morally gray which is an issue because as a reader instead of perceiving the text as an engaging character study, I perceive it as bad writing and a sucky protagonist.
Honestly, at first, I found Olivia and in turn the book a bit annoying. Olivia is biased and she tries to justify her actions a lot. Wither claiming others or worse or acting like her being poor (aka not rich) excuses her actions and makes her morally superior to rich students who she constantly looks down upon. It seemed like the author was trying to convince me to believe Olivia.
However, as I continued on her flaws became clearly purposeful and Olivia justifying herself felt like her trying to convince herself just as much as she, Olivia, is trying to convince the reader. I realized the author wasn’t trying to make excuses, Olivia was.
The world doesn’t revolve around Olivia. She is one person with a reputation that has resulted from her actions, and she doesn’t always get what she wants even if she didn’t do anything wrong. Olivia might be the protagonist, but she doesn’t feel special.
Also, I liked how she was a bit of a bigger girl. I imagined her as tall, with broad shoulders, and kind of muscular, so that’s a nice change of pace.
Now the book would only work from her perspective, from a writing standpoint she deserves to be the protagonist, but within the context of the books’ world she no more special than anyone else which is why she works. Sometimes I find chosen ones or super special protagonists to be annoying wish fulfillment, so I found Olivia refreshing. And while Olivia does reflect her actions some, the book also isn’t preaching how to be a good person either. Well… sort of let’s go to point number 3:

3. The Author Inserts Her Politics
This is my first real issue with the book. It’s not that the author inserts her politics at all, but how much she does. This book is about a lower income girl at a rich school, applying to colleges. So, realistically she probably would be thinking of these issues. However, she wrote of them so much at points the book felt like more like preaching than a mystery or thriller. I want to feel scared, thrilled, tense, and enthralled by the mystery, but the directly discussing politics feels like teenager ranting not a thriller of mystery.
Now as the book went on it did become clear this was Olivia’s personal bias, and not always the case within this world, but it was still so excessive I got annoyed.
And there were quite a lot of other political opinions portrayed that were not ever looked at from a new perspective, they were just the author’s personal bias which is not was a I read a mystery or thriller for. I don’t want the story constantly stopping for this.
And I’ve read fiction books with the authors personal politics inserted in before, and I was never this annoyed because either the politics wasn’t as much, or the books was about politics. If I pick up a book up a book described as an exploration of income inequality through the fictional tale of xyz I want those thoughtful discussions, but if I pick up what is advertised as a thriller I want to be thrilled. Also, to be honest a ya book is not what I want to go to for politics, they’re may be some exceptions, but personally a single 1st person pov with a teenager voice isn’t what I would read for a political discussion.

4. The Setting Felt Alive and Added to the Tension
This book takes place at a boarding school, which s fun but not particularly notable. However, on top of that this book takes place during the end of 1st semester exams senior year, while the protagonist is applying to colleges, and trying to solve a murder in the dark and cold Massachusetts winter… 10/10
So, why do I love this setting so much? Because 1. It supports the themes of the story, and 2. It makes solving the mystery feel more urgent. It’s atmospheric.
First let’s discuss how it supports the themes. This story may be a murder mystery, but the focus of the story: what the characters care about and discuss, what they do, and why there was a murder all centers around education and college admissions. So, the books taking place at school fits the theme, but then by having the book take place during the most stressful time in school: final exam time, while the characters are dealing with the stress of applying to college, makes the rigors of school ever present. And the fact that this is a boarding school makes it so they can never truly escape this academic cage.
Second this adds to the urgency of the story, because it never allows the protagonist to have a break. She never has time to rest. She’s either hunting the killer, studying, taking exams, or applying to colleges, and it’s all crammed into a week before winter break. And also, the fact that it’s winter results in her constantly being in the dark. And again wince this is a boarding school where she lives in a bedroom where she’s not really safe, definitely adds to the sense of tension and the inability for the reader to feel safe.

5. This Book is Wrong About College
I know the author works with college applications, so maybe I’m wrong; however, this book makes a point of Harvard being great for Journalism and University of Maryland, College Park not being that great for it. I know someone who graduated College Park’s journalism program, and it’s known for being pretty good.
College Park’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism is fully accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, which Harvard is not.
According to College Factual College Park has the 8th best college for journalism, has the 12th highest page journalism graduates, and is the 2nd best college of journalism for veterans, and Harvard did not beat College Park on any of those lists.
And when I googled about Harvard’s Journalism school it was not listed on best Ivy Leagues for Journalism at all, and while it was listed as one of the top 100 schools for Journalism on one list University of Maryland, College Park was listed as number 16 while Harvard was listed as number 95.
So, I don’t know why the book insists on trashing College Park. I get why it glorifies Harvard, everyone does, and the protagonist thinks like them, but I got to defend College Park. This is barely mentioned in the book, and doesn’t affect my rating, but it had to be said.
Also, this book says a Purple Cow is a terrible mascot which is objectively false.

6. Avery is Bae
So, the main mean girl in this book is Avery… and I love her character. I dislike a lot of fictional mean girls, because they feel like a stereotype and exist to be pure evil. Which this is a mean girl in high school not a mass murderer calm down writers. But Avery is complex, says things to Olivia I was dying for a character to say, makes good points, is flawed but those flaws make sense based on her backstory, and she what I like in a fictional mean girl. Instead of the evil character we’re meant to hate she’s someone we’re supposed to judge and then learn to see more clearly.
I don’t want to spoil more, but Avery is my favorite character in this book, and is probably my favorite high school mean girl character I have ever read, and I now want to do a trope talk on mean girls / queen bees in fiction and Avery will be an example of it done right and I’d go into specifics then. But Avery is *mwah* chef’s kiss.

7. The Side Characters were Meh
Now I was just gushing over Avery, who is a side character, and I will also add Ethan who is the most prominent side character is also well written and complex. However, besides them many of the side characters felt flat to me. Which when you’re reading a mystery where everyone is a suspect it’s important for there to be a variety of engaging characters for readers to speculate on. However, in reality most of these character weren’t memorable or worth thinking about.

8. The Romantic Subplot Had a Good Conclusion
I don’t have much to say about the romantic subplot; however, I did want to mention it. Personally, I wasn’t into it, I didn’t ship it, but it was also never intrusive or annoying. It was that kind of that awkward first romance and was never portrayed in that cheesy romance way that tries to suck the readers in. It didn’t feel like the book was trying to get me to ship them.
And I appreciated what the book did with the romance and was genuinely shocked by things involving it. Speaking of shocks

9. While Some of the Twists in this Book Were Good the Killer’s Motivation was Stupid
I’m gonna be honest… the killer’s and their motivation were a complete flop. It’s not that I predicted it, as much as the reasoning was so dumb I immediately lost investment in the mystery. I did like some things about the revelation scene, but the motivation was so weak, and dumb. Just why? It wasn’t cool or shocking it just made me go really?

10. The Ending Was Good
Besides the killer’s motivation, I did like how the story wrapped up. What happened to Olivia, Avery, and the side characters. Some of what happened to certain characters *cough cough* Ethan *cough* frustrated me beyond belief, but I still liked it. The characters lives felt like they were still going and were messy and not what they had all planned, but they felt real. And I liked how it was some clean movie ending, but the realistic messy ever moving path of life. I really appreciated that.

So Overall, I give this book 3 stars. It’s a solid young adult novel. The politics were a bit much, the side characters meh, and the killer’s motivation disappointing, but the setting was so clever, the protagonist Olivia was morally gray done right, and I loved Avery, or more accurately Bae-very, Ethan was also interesting, some of the twists did shock me, and I really liked the themes of this book focusing on college admissions, I’ve only read one other book about this topic.
If you want a ya mystery I’d recommend this, most because of Bae-very which I think is a very good reason.

I am a sucker for a dark boarding school scandal story and wow did The Ivies deliver. I devoured this tale of devious, overachieving rich kids trying to one up each other to get into the Ivy League schools of their dreams. Kinda Gossip Girl but more academic, then throw a little bit of the real life celebrity college admissions scandals of a few years ago and you’ve got The Ivies. All in all, a really good time.

A huge thank you to Crown Books for Young Readers & NetGalley for the ARC of this book. It was a page-turner--I read it in a day, while at the beach. In it, five horrifying teens at an elite boarding school sabotage their classmates in order to ensure their spots at the top of the class--and therefore, in the Ivy Leage. But of course people willing to betray acquaintances in big ways are willing to betray friends too. One of the Ivies ends up dead, and another decides to investigate the death. What she finds underscores just how toxic these students and the environment they operate in is.

Donne manages to write a book that is both incredibly creepy and horrifyingly believable. She underscores just how toxic these hypercompetitive environments can be, and shows what happens when that toxicity is taken to an extreme. I really enjoyed this book!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m complete and utter trash for anything dark academia, and The Ivies was a gripping thriller that kept me clutching the edge of my seat throughout! I love prep school drama, and scandals (the ✨ spicier ✨ the better), so this book was super fun for me! It reminded me a lot of Pretty Little Liars, in the sense that the friend group personalities were similar, they relied on secrets and blackmail for loyalty, and when one of the main characters was murdered, and one of the friends started solving the murder – they were being sent threats, and being told to back off.

I loved that the plot wasn’t too straightforward, and even though I had a slight suspicion of who the murderer could be, I never fully knew. There were twists and turns at every chapter, making me change my mind, and increasing the stakes each time. I loved the drama in the book, and I think the author being a former private-college specialist, also really helped make this dark academia all the more atmospheric.

Avery’s character arc, and how she grew from someone you loathed to someone you were rooting for, or Sierra’s character arc, and how she grows from someone you appreciate to someone you start hating were both such good examples of how everyone has their own secrets. Not only these two, however, if I say anything else, I’ll probably spoil – but each character was so much more than what they looked like at first glance, and they each were hiding their own betrayals, which I think helped develop the story so much!

Although I loved so many aspects of the story, a lot just felt flat for me. I’m going to try not to spoil too much in this section, which is why it may feel kind of vague. One of the major problems I had with this was the ending. It was underwhelming for me, and I feel the story had so much missed potential, because it could have ended so well, especially with the way things changed – but no.

Another major problem I had was the character arc of one of the characters. I didn’t have a problem with the way it was done – in fact, I rather liked that. I think the way the personality of this character developed over time, and his gradual progression was written well, however, the way he started acting towards the ending annoyed me so much, and I think taking it in another direction would also help improve the ending.

Overall, The Ivies was a slick, fast-paced thriller that had me hooked from the very first page. I’m a sucker for anything dark academia and prep school drama – so I had super high expectations for this book, and I’m really glad to say that they (mostly) delivered to my initial expectations. Yes, the ending underwhelmed me, and I got frustrated with some of the character development, but the high stakes, and interesting characters kept me invested in this world of betrayals, lies, and going as far as murder to get into your dream school.

One of my favorite parts of reading is discovering my very specific reading niches - turns out "toxic friend group murder mystery set at a private boarding school" is one of those niches.

Seriously, though, I love YA thrillers and this one does not disappoint. The writing is tight and fast-paced, the dialogue did not make me cringe, and the mystery kept me guessing until the end (with plenty of twists, turns, and red herrings along the way!). I loved/hated the characters and felt like they were well-written and complex without there just being a laundry list of characteristics or past experiences. And don't you just love a thriller that sometimes makes you laugh out loud?

If you loved Mean Girls or Heathers, if you flew through One of Us is Lying, then I highly recommend you pick this one up!

The Ivies was an enjoyable read which held my attention. Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.