Friday, November 13, 2015

Blog Tour & Review: The Revolution of Ivy (The Book of Ivy #2) by Amy Engel @aengelwrites @entangledteen @yaboundtourspr #Giveaway






The Revolution of Ivy 
by Amy Engel 
Release Date: 11/03/15

Entangled Teen



Summary from Goodreads:

Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty--forced marriages and murder plots--for the bare-knuckled brutality required to survive outside Westfall's borders.

But there is hope beyond the fence, as well. And when Bishop reappears in Ivy's life, she must decide if returning to Westfall to take a final stand for what she believes is right is worth losing everything she's fought for.



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Character Inspiration for the New Characters in the Book

I knew going into writing The Revolution of Ivy  that I’d be introducing some new characters. There was no way Ivy could survive alone beyond the fence. She would have to find other people and learn from them.

Knowing that, I started thinking about the new characters and pretty quickly I decided I wanted them to be near Ivy’s age. Although by the end of the first book Ivy and Bishop are incredibly close, I felt it was important for Ivy to find a true female friendship in the sequel. Her whole life Ivy’s never really had a friend other than her sister Callie, and that’s not exactly a model for a healthy relationship. That’s how the idea for the character of Ash first blossomed. She is exactly what Ivy needs in a friend—loyal, strong, funny.

Once I had Ash figured out, Caleb flowed pretty easily from there. I pictured him in my mind and knew he was a little older than Ivy and Ash and that he would be serious and a bit intimidating. And, as Ash was for Ivy, he would be a true friend for Bishop (and Ivy). I definitely had to be careful when writing Caleb because I didn’t want readers to worry that he was a new love interest for Ivy. They are just friends and I wanted to make sure readers understood that from the outset.


I had a great time coming up with Ash’s and Caleb’s characters and writing their interactions with Bishop and Ivy. I think they help both Bishop and Ivy grow and learn more about what it means to have loyal and loving friends. I hope readers enjoy these new characters as much as I enjoyed writing them!

My Review:

The Revolution of Ivy


Ivy is a great person who has love bouncing all over the place. She will fight with everything in her to help someone whom she loves if they are right. She is now living on the outside of the fence in a world that she knows nothing of. Ivy doesn’t know how to survive in this new world that she has now found herself in. But she is in luck when she meets two wonderful people Caleb and Ash who help her adept to life on the other side of the fence. They teach her all the things she needs to know to survive. She is not real sure about them in the beginning but she eventually learns to care about them as if they were family or maybe even more than.

Ivy has been betrayed by some of the people that she loves and trusts the most. It is very hard for her now to know who to trust and who not to trust. But the only way she can make it is to just go with her instinct. When she runs into the Bishop it takes her a long time to be able to trust him again. At first she pushes him a way but her body has a mind or a will of its own. Sparks are flying whenever she is near Bishop. Her own body betrays her. She is not sure if she will ever be able to let things go and just listen to her heart and body. But the love she has for Bishop is so strong that she has no choice but to let go and trust him once again and hope that it is not a mistake.

Ivy has grown accustom to life on the other side of the fence but she has decision to make. She must decide if she is going to continue the life that she has now or if she is going to fight for what she knows to be right; something that she has done her whole life. Will she return to the life she once knew and fight for what is right or will she stay with the new friends that she has made on the other side of the fence?

Do you like reading dystopian books? If you said yes then I highly recommend that you grab your copy of The Revolution of Ivy but first pick up The Book of Ivy and read this great story that is filled with a love that most will never know. The love between Ivy and Bishop is like no other. Together these two are amazing. 

The Book of Ivy 
by Amy Engel 
Release Date: 11/04/14

Entangled Teen


Summary from Goodreads:


After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual.



This year, it is my turn.



My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.


But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy.



Because Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him…

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About the Author



Amy Engel was born in Kansas and after a childhood spent bouncing between countries (Iran, Taiwan) and states (Kansas; California; Missouri; Washington, D.C.), she settled in Kansas City, Missouri, where she lives with her husband and two kids.  Before devoting herself full-time to motherhood and writing, she was a criminal defense attorney, which is not quite as exciting as it looks on TV.  When she has a free moment, she can usually be found reading, running, or shoe shopping. The Book of Ivy is her debut YA novel. Find her online at http://amyengel.net/ or @aengelwrites.


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Giveaway: 

Grand prize is a signed copy of The Revolution of Ivy and a necklace. Runner Up is a signed copy of The Revolution of Ivy




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1 comments:

bookbunny68 said...

I have the first book and I've been waiting on the 2nd to come out to read together. I am one of those people that don't like to wait for the sequels.