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A review by thesuraya
The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel
4.0
I LOVE BISHOP LATTIMER.
The Book of Ivy is actually a young adult dystopia, but it feels more like reading a romance book to be honest. It's like, the romance is the major plot, while the dystopian world is the minor. But hey, the romantic soul in me is totally not complaining.
This book is different from any other dystopian books because it uses arranged marriages as its weapon-- the logic is, 2 sides of a town had a war against each other, and when the fight is over and peace is gained, they came up with an idea of having arranged marriages to ensure the peace will still roll out, the children from the losing side will offer their 16yo children to the children from the winning side. There wont be any massacres because seriously, would u kill ur own descendants??? Brilliant scheme, isnt it?
The romance is great. Bishop is perfect. I have issues with Ivy at the start but as the pages grow, her character improves so now its all good. and its important to mention, I LOVE how bishop and ivy's relationship grows. How they build their trust, how they go around each other, just basically everything really.
THERE WAS THIS PART WHERE BISHOP'S MOM CAUGHT HIM AND IVY MAKING OUT BUT BISHOP DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO HIDE IT. HE KEPT HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND IVY AND HIS LIPS WAS AT IVY'S TEMPLE, ALL WHILE HIS MOM TALKED TO HIM IN THE FRONT DOOR IM DYING CAN I HAVE A BISHOP TOO
Like i said, this book focuses more on the romance so if u wish to read this book, don't expect too much on the dystopian side. But I was told the second book will have less romance more dystopian so yeah we'll see.
p.s. bishop is such an ugly name tbh i pity him
p.s.s. i will make it my life mission to kill callie, however fictional she is.
The Book of Ivy is actually a young adult dystopia, but it feels more like reading a romance book to be honest. It's like, the romance is the major plot, while the dystopian world is the minor. But hey, the romantic soul in me is totally not complaining.
This book is different from any other dystopian books because it uses arranged marriages as its weapon-- the logic is, 2 sides of a town had a war against each other, and when the fight is over and peace is gained, they came up with an idea of having arranged marriages to ensure the peace will still roll out, the children from the losing side will offer their 16yo children to the children from the winning side. There wont be any massacres because seriously, would u kill ur own descendants??? Brilliant scheme, isnt it?
The romance is great. Bishop is perfect. I have issues with Ivy at the start but as the pages grow, her character improves so now its all good. and its important to mention, I LOVE how bishop and ivy's relationship grows. How they build their trust, how they go around each other, just basically everything really.
THERE WAS THIS PART WHERE BISHOP'S MOM CAUGHT HIM AND IVY MAKING OUT BUT BISHOP DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO HIDE IT. HE KEPT HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND IVY AND HIS LIPS WAS AT IVY'S TEMPLE, ALL WHILE HIS MOM TALKED TO HIM IN THE FRONT DOOR IM DYING CAN I HAVE A BISHOP TOO
Like i said, this book focuses more on the romance so if u wish to read this book, don't expect too much on the dystopian side. But I was told the second book will have less romance more dystopian so yeah we'll see.
p.s. bishop is such an ugly name tbh i pity him
p.s.s. i will make it my life mission to kill callie, however fictional she is.