Review: Always & Forever, Vive by Avery Aster (The Undergrad Years #4)
Note: This ARC was provided by Book Enthusiast Promotions via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Only eighteen, liquor heiress Viveca "Vive" Farnworth has experienced more than women twice her age. She's had a baby that she gave up for adoption, she killed her baby's father, and she's been to juvie. She and her friends also appear to have run into a string of bad luck. However, she's living her life the way she wants to and even has two boyfriends that she's falling for. When her frenemy, a girl with her own syndicated gossip show, goes missing after Vive threatens her upon learning of a tell-all book that the girl is writing about the Manhattanites, Vive and her friends need to figure out who has it out for them before someone winds up dead.
Vive Farnworth would probably say Avery Aster saved the best story among the four young Manhattanites for last and I would have to agree because Always & Forever, Vive had the humor and heat that the first three books are known for, but this fourth and final (?) novella had a good mystery going as well. The Undergrad Years prequel series culminates with a story that brings everything full circle and finally answers a few questions regarding stuff that happened the the four teens before Lex's story in Love, Lex.
As far as the mystery as to who has it in for the four Manhattanites, I had two suspects and dropped the one because the other was just a more intriguing choice and I was proven right. I did like how this individual's identity was revealed because it did have that Pretty Little Liars feel to it, a show I've never really watched and a book series I've never read but I have a pretty good idea about all the suspense and mystery because of television teasers and trailers. So total bonus points on the suspense thriller aspect.
Among the four Manhattanites, Vive always came off as the most untouchable but learning more about her in this novella shows that she's a girl who would do almost anything for her three best friends. She's been through a lot but she's obviously a survivor and refuses to let anyone victimize her. The Undergrad Years series has been enjoyable and each book was a fun read, but I must admit that Always & Forever, Vive stands out and, if this is indeed the end of this prequel series, does so on a high note. It gets 4.5 stars. ♥
Release Date: 02 July 2015
Date Read: 27 June 2015
Learn more about Avery Aster here.
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