Welcome to The Cover Contessa's stop on The Book of Ivy blog tour!
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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Full Name: Ivy Westfall
Age: 16
Family: Her father, Justin Westfall; older sister, Callie Westfall
Likes:
--Strawberries
--Reading
--The color purple
--Voicing her opinion, although that’s not something she’s been allowed to do very often in her life
--Oatmeal cookies
--Bishop Lattimer, even though she knows she shouldn’t
Dislikes:
--Snakes
--President Lattimer
--The dog bite scar on her forearm, more for what it represents than aesthetic reasons
--The traditional gender roles girls are forced into in Westfall
Personality:
Ivy has spent most of her life trying to transform herself into the girl her father and sister need her to be. The parts of her personality that don’t fit--her impulsiveness, her outspokenness, her curiosity--have been shoved far down inside her. Ivy is smart, inquisitive, and can be confrontational, but those traits haven’t been encouraged by her family. Ivy loves her family and is loyal to them, but she is also discovering her own voice and learning that the world is not always as black and white as she’s been led to believe.
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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I am so excited to read this book. It sounds so interesting, I recently did a post on my most anticipated releases and this was on it hah!
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I cannot wait to check out this book , it sounds really good :)
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