Soho Teen
Featuring: Liv Blom; Malcolm Astor; Gabe Nichols
288 pages ISBN: 1616953225 EAN: 9781616953225 Kindle: B00F8EYWNY Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Artist Liv Bloom isn't sold on Wickham Hall's overzealous
enthusiasm for tradition and rituals, but if it gets her out
of the foster care system and into her own studio, she's
still happy. When she meets popular student, Malcolm, she
thinks she might experience love for the first time. Her
friend, the loner and slightly crazy, Gabe, tells her to be
cautious. She thinks everything is fine...until she sneaks
out one night with Malcolm and ends up murdered. Now back as
a ghost, Liv, Malcolm, and Gabe (the only one who can see
her) try to solve who killed not only her, but a continuing
line of girls over the past 150 years.
LIV, FOREVER by Amy Talkington is a ghost story, overflowing
with a creepy school, a mysterious society, and a love that
just seems impossible. I love the haunting tone throughout
and the mystery that never gets uncovered until the very
end. I especially love the stories of the past ghosts put in
between certain chapters, which build up the suspense
wonderfully. LIV, FOREVER is an extremely hard book to put
down and is the perfect read for a rainy day.
The main characters, Liv, Gabe, and Malcolm, all have really
distinct personalities, though I would have liked to see
more about Gabe. Liv is a person who really just wants a
good taste of life, which ironically she finds in death. She
and Malcolm go nicely together, and I really enjoyed how
they have art in common. Liv's story is beautiful, and
watching her grow and get stronger is a great part of the
book. While I fully respect the ending and think it fits, I
really wish it had gone in a different direction.
If you like spooky Young Adult stories with a solid romance,
I would definitely recommend LIV, FOREVER. I really enjoy
Amy Talkington's writing, and I can't wait to read more from
her.
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. For the first time ever, she
has her own studio, her own supply of paints. Everything she
could want.
Then she meets Malcolm Astor, a legacy student, a fellow
artist, and the one person who's ever been able to melt her
defenses. Liv's only friend at Wickham, fellow scholarship
kid Gabe Nichols, warns her not to get involved, but life is
finally going Liv's way, and all she wants to do is enjoy
the ride.
But Liv's bliss is doomed. Weeks after arriving, she is
viciously murdered and, in death, she discovers that she's
the latest victim of a dark conspiracy that has claimed many
lives. Cursed with the ability to see the many ghosts on
Wickham's campus, Gabe is now Liv's only link to the world
of the living. To Malcolm.
Together, Liv, Gabe, and Malcolm fight to expose the
terrible truth that haunts the halls of Wickham. But Liv
must fight alone to come to grips with the ultimate
star-crossed love.
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