READING: Scandal (The Ivy #4) by Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur

Publication date: February 26 2013
Published by: Greenwillow Books
Genre: Young Adult, College, Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 

You know you're not the author of the "Ivy Insider" articles.
But how are you going to prove it?

Callie Andrews returns from spring break to find herself facing expulsion. Someone has framed her as the author of a series of anonymous articles vilifying an elite social club and now, unless she can prove her innocence, she can kiss her college education good-bye. So who is the Ivy Insider?

Callie's made more than a few enemies during her freshman year, but can she count on her true friends—and the (missing, just-maybe-meant-to-be) love of her life—to pull through?





2nd read (2019)
Stupid Microsoft Edge lost my whole review. Pissed off to no end atm 😠
Anyway.
Apart from book #1, I didn't really enjoy the rest as much as I did 7 years ago.
Callie was not as nice as advertised, always finding fault in others and judging them so harshly when she is no better. The guy she claims to be in love with is at risk of financial ruin and the only thing she could think about was that he should have broken up with his then girlfriend first, and then worry about his stupid money problem. What a catch, right?
Also, I never really got the constant misunderstandings that kept surrounding Callie for no reason, other than the fact that she was actually unable to communicate properly with anyone, and that means friends and boyfriends. She always seemed to wait from other to come and talk to her, apologise or make the first move and why? Because she's queen Callie and that is how it should be. Um, no.
Some slut and body shaming as well, which back then I was not educated or aware enough to even detect.
Gregory and Mimi were still amazing, the books' only saving grace.

Verdict: 👎 I am really and truly sorry, but this series didn't stand the test of time :/

1st read (2013)
Not as good as its predecessors (no Gregory girls :( but still pretty good. I would have liked it to be more Callie - Gregory focused and not Ivy Insider focused, especially when Insider's revelation was anticlimactic at best. Oh well.