5 stars!!! 
 The Book of Ivy is the story of Ivy Westfall, a brave, tough girl on a mission... a important mission she must accomplish - to kill the evil President's Lattimer's son - in order to help her father return to his rightful place in power, in the government of their nation. 
 You see... more than 50 years ago... War took out most people that existed. The ones who remained, who survived the war, diseases and hunger joined in one place, a city which was founded by Ivy's grandfather - a Westfall - but then a war was born to determin who would rule the nation - the Westfalls or the Lattimers. 
 The Lattimers won! And the city was divided in two sides, the Westfalls and their followers in one side, the Lattimers and the rest in the other side... And to ensure a peaceful cohabitation it was determined that boys and girls from one side would, at 16 years old, marry boys and girls from the other side of town... in an arranged marriage. 
 To ensure peace and to show the nation that the 2 familys - Westfalls and Lattimers - get along, it was decided that the Westfalls must marry the Lattimers... which brings us to now, 50 years later ... and to Ivy. 
 Ivy Westfall must marry Bishop Lattimer, the evil President Lattimer's son... 
 ... the son of the man she hates - the man who is responsable for her mother's death when Ivy was a baby, and the one who governs the city with laws that take away people choices and freedoom - like, arranged marriages with strangers at 16, to be "put out" if you do a crime, no matter how small it is, etc. 
 so Ivy must follow her father's plan in order to get him back in power... in his rightful place. For that she must marry Bishop, make him trust her (for him to give her information she needs for the plan)... and then she must kill him. Easy?! maybe... if only she can fool him and hide from him the disgust and hate she feels for him and his family. 
 BUT... what to do when the evil President Lattimer's son is not one bit evil at all... not the arrogant, mean, selfish, "want's to rule"guy, she tought him to be... but, instead, Bishop is a good, honest, just guy who really cares about people and wants to make their nation better... 
 "A boy who doesn't want to lie, married to a girl who can't tell the truth." 
 even worst, what to do when Bishop is someone who really wants to know Ivy, the only one who really listens to her, who cares about her thoughts, her desires and likes her for who she is... even likes her recklessness and impulsivity, traits of her that were always seen by others as flaws. What to do when she is slowly starting to see her enemie's son as no enemy at all, but as a friend, as someone she cares about... as someone she likes more than a friend?! 
 "Are you happy, Ivy? he asks, surprising me. In my whole life, I don't think anyone ever asked me that question." 
 "He knows me better than anyone ever has. Than anyone ever will again. I would have stopped it if I could have. But I've learned the hard way, we can't choose who we love. Love chooses us. Love doesn't care about what's convenient or easy or planned. Love has its own agenda and all we can do is get out of its way." 
 And what to do when the evil President may be not so evil after all?! She MUST help her family get to govern the nation... her father will be a better ruler... as a ruler he will help change the future of the nation, they'll have their choices, their free will back... and their lifes will be way better. It's for the greater good! ... 
 "How do you measure the life of one person against the greater good? Can it ever be the right thing to sacrifice an innocent person? And how do you know what the greater good really is?" 
 ... But for that Bishop must die! And Ivy must kill him. How do you choose between the family who raised you and loves you, and the boy who loves you for yourself... whom you love with all your heart? 
 "Love isn't something you can legislate. Love is more than charts and graphs and matching interests. Love is messy and complicated and it is a mistake to deny its random magic." 
 "But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater that my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance." 
 "Anything worth fighting for... worth having... is difficult". 
 I Loved Ivy as a character, she felt real to me... a girl looking for her father's aprovall, so brave but still insecure... so human! Bishop was such a good person, so honest, so honrable and just (so full of morals and justice)... and so sweet and lovable to Ivy... I really liked him too. 
 All in all... The Book of Ivy was an AWESOME story... 5 STARS... It's one of my Favorites... I LOVED it SO VERY MUCH .... I am SO going to read the next book The Revolution of Ivy right NOW! :)