Book Review: Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington

Title: Liv, Forever

Author: Amy Talkington

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

Pages: 288

Publisher: Soho Press

Date To Be Published: March 2014

“When Liv Bloom lands an art scholarship at Wickham Hall, it’s her ticket out of the foster system. Liv isn’t sure what to make of the school’s weird traditions and rituals, but she couldn’t be happier—especially when Malcolm Astor, fellow artist and scion of one of the school’s original families, starts falling for her. Fellow scholarship kid Gabe Nichols warns her not to get involved with a “Wicky,” but things are finally going Liv’s way, and all she wants to do is enjoy it.
But Liv’s bliss is cut short when she is viciously murdered. In death, she discovers that she’s the latest victim of a dark conspiracy that spans 150 years and many, many lives. Gabe, cursed with the ability to see their ghosts, turns out to be Liv’s only link to the world of the living.
Liv must rely on Gabe’s help to prove to Malcolm that she’s still present… lingering with the other spirits. Together, Liv, Gabe, and Malcolm fight to expose the terrible truth that haunts the halls of Wickham before more lives are lost.”

-Goodreads.com

My Rating: 4.5/5

So this book review and spoiler are going to be a little bit different. This book was sent to me through a giveaway from www.goodreads.com (Thanks so much goodreads folks) and so it hasn’t yet been published and out. I was instructed that I can not give quote from this book so I will be unable to do memorable moments but I will try my best to do my normal things without interfering with out instructions.

Now to the point. This book was a really interesting thriller about the secrets of boarding schools. It was exciting and grabbed my attention. I think the way that supernaturals played a role in this book was the main reason I liked it. I’m not a huge fan of on going romance but this one just felt right. I feel like I got to experience part of boarding school for myself.  The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the ending. I felt like it was just to abrupt and made me wonder if there will be another book. I’d be interested in seeing the next step

THANK YOU AMY TALKINGTON FOR GIVING READERS A PIECE OF BOARDING SCHOOL PLUS SOME SUPERNATURAL AWESOMENESS!

Thanks for reading,

Love,

Sidny xoxo

Spoiler: Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington

So this book wasn’t at all what I expected. And I mean that in the best way possible. I love the idea that a boarding school has a secret society and that they’re pretty seriously evil. That just made me extremely happy. I loved the whole setting really. The way that the ghosts were at the places they had died made the book far more interesting because we got to see so much more of the campus. What kind of campus has a nature preserve by the way, oh yah, an AWESOME ONE!

♥Characters♥

♥Olivia: I think she’s a really sweet girl who has a very tough time in life. I was upset that we didn’t find out who her birth mother was. I definitely thought that that was the direction this book was gonna take. But instead she died. Which was just sad. But it was a pretty amazing story. The way that they solved the mystery. So great! I did like that everything she talked about included comparing it to a painting. I think we all have that one little thing that we compare our lives with. Whether it be movies, books or in this case painting.

♥Gabe: Love him simply because he’s an outcast. And he sees ghosts. That’s pretty cool. I do wonder what happened to his brother though.

♥Malcolm: He seems like a good guy and I thought that he was too nice. You know what I mean, like obviously he was the murderer. And then this awesome thing happened where he wasn’t. Although he was about to get inducted as the murder’s president which is pretty creepy in itself. I did like him closer to the end as he stood up to his father. I hope he moves on though. It’s great that he fell in love, but they were so young.

♥Kent: How did he even think that murdering is ok. Or that he shouldn’t tell anyone that it was going on over and over and over.  Madness! I don’t think he should have had to die, but still.

♥The Ghosts: They have different stories but all so similarly depressing. They were all innocent and had no reason to die.

Unfortunately I can’t include Memorable Moments for the simple reason that this book has not yet been released and I was reading the unedited version. But a huge thanks to www.goodreads.com for the give away!

Thanks for reading,
Love,

Sidny xoxo