For Liv Bloom, the scholarship to Wickham Hall is the chance she's been waiting for to focus on her artwork. The rules and customs at Wickham Hall are a bit restricting and odd, but Liv is excited to be out of the foster care system. When Liv meets Malcolm Astor, she even believes she might have a chance at love. Unfortunately, Wickham Hall hides a deadly secret and the living residents are not the only inhabitants there. Gabe Nicholas, another scholarship student, insists there are ghosts. Will Liv become another Wickham Hall tragedy or will Liv, Malcolm, and Gabe uncover the dark conspiracy haunting this prep school?

Honestly, I was a little worried when I started reading LIV, FOREVER. There was every chance this book could be artsy and full of angst-two things I abhor. Instead, LIV, FOREVER is one of the best ghost stories I've ever read! In a unique twist, the art is essential to the development of the romance and leaves the reader with an indelible impression of young love. I love how Amy Talkington tells us the story of each and every Wicky ghost as we begin to see a dark and disturbing picture of Wickham Hall emerge.

Amy Talkington does a marvelous job with character development. Initially, Gabe, Liv, and Malcolm seem quite stereotypical but as the story unfolds... ah, that is where the stereotypes shatter into a million pieces. I love seeing each of them learn to break past the molds set upon them by society (and Wickham Hall!). Interestingly enough, Wickham Hall is practically a character in its own right as the eerie and haunting atmosphere of the setting are just as integral to the plot as the actual characters themselves.

Secret societies, a conspiracy, ghosts, a murder, and even a romance- LIV, FOREVER has it all! Amy Talkington crafts a ghost story that is to die for!

Book Summary

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.