Livingston Girls

By: Briana Morgan

Narrated by: Valerie Rose Lohman

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

“I see something in you, Miss Abbott, something I recognize. The potential for greatness, for channeling magic. For bending the world to your will.”

After an affair with her teacher, Rose’s parents ship her off to Livingston Academy, a stuffy all-girls’ boarding school. Ashamed of her past and herself, 16-year-old Rose just wants to chill, pass her classes, and make friends. The last thing on her mind is becoming a witch....

Until the enigmatic headmistress gives her the chance to join a coven secret from the rest of the school. Desperate to prove herself and looking for a purpose, the headmistress’s offer seems too perfect to pass up.

Rose puts on her metaphorical pointy hat and becomes a Livingston witch. She quickly discovers that the other witches don’t want her in their group - especially because she’s filling their dead friend’s space - but if they can’t band together, the witch-hunting headmaster of the boys’ school will kill them.

Meanwhile, Rose struggles to understand her growing feelings for her roommate, who may or may not hate her guts.

You know, typical boarding school stuff.

©2020 Briana Morgan (P)2023 Briana Morgan

Baskerville Book Reviews

I enjoyed this story, for what it was. There was far too much highschool-esque, childish drama at the start for my liking. The characters eventually began to “grow on me” and I had fun with it.

The romance scenes were great. They had me smiling and giggling like a schoolgirl. The characters had genuine chemistry. The dialogue and banter from the other characters as well as their interactions really sold it.

The magic has interesting mechanics. The combat scenes involving magic were intense and exciting. The story never failed to keep me invested.

Finally, the other shinning point for this audiobook was the narration. The narrator brought the characters to life, most notably, the protagonist. There were times I forgot I was listening to an audiobook because it sounded more akin to personal journal entries.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.

WONDERFUL

Loved it! Such a fun story combining magic, queer romance, and fantasy all into one. Valerie Rose Lohman's narration perfectly brought the book to life and it's another proof of why she is one of the most talented upcoming actresses.

Fantastic witchy story

This is a great story of witches and magic and it is captivating and really brings you into the story and keeps you going to the end and Valerie is fantastic at doing the narration

Full of magic and great characters

Livingston Girls is an entertaining story full of memorable characters. I really enjoyed getting to know Rose, Charlie, and all the other girls in their coven as the story progressed. I was initially worried that I was going to forget who was who, but Morgan does a good job of distinguishing them from one another and giving each girl their own arc and unique personality even though this is a shorter book. I also really liked the magic system. It wasn't quite like anything I've ever seen before and struck a good balance between being concrete and still somewhat mysterious, which I felt suited the tone of the story overall. I did wish that a little more time had been spent exploring certain elements of the story, and the plot could have been a little stronger. It definitely felt like the focus was more on the characters here and the relationships that develop between them, and that's fine, but the plot seemed to take a back seat for much of the story and I found myself wanting a little more in that area. That being said, it's a great story, and wonderfully narrated on audiobook.

Queer witch YA? Yes please!

A wonderful story with great narration with a bisexual main character !! and tons of magick… I couldn’t ask for more. Really hoping there are more books in this series as I enjoyed this audiobook so much!