I really enjoyed this book. For one, its set in a boarding school which is always a winner with me and then add in some romance, magic and mystery and you have a great read. Its so interesting how just one flippantly made wish causes such a ripple effect. A really good debut novel.

The Fountain is set in a boarding school, next to a forbidden woods, with fun people and a cute boy. What's not to love? The plot is even deeper and really gives the reader a great mystery that is not too heavy. The relationships between the characters and flawed and REAL. I couldn't put this book down.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know when it may come true. This book was everything I hoped for. I loved the relationship between Ava and Ethan. I felt that the story ended a little abruptly. I hope this is going to turn into a series. I am interested in whats going to happen if/when Courtney returns to St. Augustus.

This book has a similar plot to time travel stories where someone who goes back in time changes the present. Except in this case, everything is changed by an innocent coin toss in a fountain and wish by the main character Ava. She has recently enrolled in a new school and one of the girls is determined to get her expelled; Ava wishes the girl's family had never been a part of the school. The author did such a good job of describing the bullying and the resulting angst felt by Ava that at times I felt myself cringing. While it is similar to those plots I mentioned, the story is quite refreshingly new.

This is a fast book to read; however, it's also very well written. The ending was quite a surprise, and I honestly wasn't completely sure if a certain wish made by someone else didn't have a lot to do with how things turned out

A really good YA read featuring a forbidden woods, a magical fountain, students breaking rules while trying to unravel a complicated history, and the timeless paradox of right vs. wrong