Review: The Ivy

Authors: Lauren Kunze, Rina Onur

Released: 31st August 2010

Genre: YA Romance

Rating: **

Challenge: ABC Reading Challenge

Links: Goodreads, Amazon

Summary:

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?

My Thoughts:

I had rather high expectations of The Ivy as it's one of the few YA novels to venture into the realm of the college lifestyle. Other than the fact that it was set at Harvard, The Ivy could easily have been transposed to a high school drama involving boys, friendships and partying. It reads much like a love-letter slash guidebook and is worthy of quite a few eye-rolls especially when the protag keeps jumping from love interest to love interest within mere pages of her devotion.

Overall, I feel college is a huge niche and I can see great things for it in the future of YA but for right now, I'll be sure to steer clear of the fluff.