Ivy had always followed what she was told because she didn’t know better, secrets were kept from her that she didn’t even know existed, and when she’s with Bishop and her eyes are opened up, she quickly realizes that life is very different and she’s been given the gift of freedom and ability to see what’s real on her own.Īlong with this though comes the issue that she’s been tasked to kill Bishop and she’s some how fallen in love with him. We saw the relationship develop and solidify between Bishop and Ivy in the first book, however there was the underlying threat that we were aware of, that Ivy’s sister and father had this master plan to kill Bishop, then his father and then to take control of the city. In the first book, Ivy was forced to marry Bishop, a Westfall marrying a Lattimer, but what no one expected and understood is that Ivy and Bishop are not at all like their families, so what society hoped would happen is the polar opposite. We are in Westfall, somewhere i’d guess in the middle of the country, a town that was established and founded by the Westfall family but where leadership and governance is by the Lattimers. If you recall from the first book, we are living at a time where nuclear war has ‘destroyed’ America, likely the planet, and there are only small groups of people assumed to be living in communities spread out all over the place. The path that this story has taken is a sad but expected one. For my actions have set off a treasonous chain of events in Westfall that will change all of our fates-especially Bishop’s.Īnd this time, it is not enough to just survive…

Now I am an outcast, left to survive the brutal savagery of the lands outside of civilization. Three months ago, I was forced to marry the president’s son, Bishop Lattimer-as all daughters of the losing side of the war are sold off in marriage to the sons of the winners. Publisher/Year: Entangled Publishing 11/03/16īeyond the fence.

The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel