Rivals (The Ivy Series #3)

by Lauren Kunze, Rina Onur

Overview

Decisions, decisions . . . You’ve survived your first semester and captured the interest of not one but two of the hottest guys on campus.

Now who are you going to choose?

Callie Andrews returns for her second semester at Harvard determined to do better than the previous fall, where those Bs on her report card seemed pretty good compared to the state of her extracurriculars (F, as in if at first you don’t succeed, you should probably stop trying), friendships (C-minus, since she and former BFF Vanessa are still on thin ice), and love life (D, as in don’t even go there). But various campus rivalries soon threaten to thwart Callie’s resolve. Will Callie ever be a match for—

Grace Lee
the take-no-prisoners managing editor

Alessandra
the gorgeous transfer student

Clint
the guy who might just be too perfect

and Gregory
the guy who may never be perfect enough.

Callie will face some of the toughest choices imaginable: in friendships, in loyalties, and in love. The pressure to pick a side—and a suitor—has never been higher. But will she and her friends choose well?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062099327
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Series:	Ivy Series , #3
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	898,577
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur were roommates and best friends for all four years at Harvard. They graduated in 2008. They started collaborating on this book when they were juniors. They refuse to say how much of it is true.

Editorial Reviews

Gossip Girls and A-Listers will enjoy the bonding, backstabbing, and sneak peek into some of Harvard’s secret social clubs.” — ALA Booklist

“A lighthearted and quirky read.” — School Library Journal

Praise for The Ivy: Secrets: “Chick lit for highly educated chicks.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Gossip Girls and A-Listers will enjoy the bonding, backstabbing, and sneak peek into some of Harvard’s secret social clubs.

ALA Booklist

Callie may be established in Harvard's culture and social scene, but can she keep it up? Things are finally going Callie's way. She has a great boyfriend, is COMPing--effectively a training audition--for the Harvard Crimson (under a COMP director who, unlike Lexi during Callie's try-out for Fifteen Minutes, doesn't hate her), has restored relative peace with her roommates and has full membership in her social society, the Hasty Pudding. But being happily with Clint isn't enough to squash Callie's jealousy when ex-crush Gregory starts dating a transfer student. And while Harvard Crimson managing editor Grace Lee also seems to have some past bad blood with Lexi, Lexi's history as Clint's friend keeps rearing its ugly head, leaving Callie suspicious. Additionally, Grace introduces a new Web feature for the Crimson, The FlyBy blog, which starts with a bang through anonymous posts by "The Ivy Insider" that reveal dirty secrets from the exclusive social clubs. And being on the other end of the punch proceedings--determining whom to invite to prospective member functions for the Hasty Pudding--gives Callie her own look at some of the society's nastiness. Overall, Callie is so overwhelmed that she misses big problem signs--unrelated to her--in close friends, and even some of her own non-romantic troubles. The resulting cliffhanger has the highest stakes yet. Smoothly continuing intrigues from earlier novels, this installment tantalizes with tension and drama. (Fiction. 16 & up)

Kirkus Reviews