I didn't mind this duology, but to be honest I really feel like these books could have been a single standalone. This second book has so little plot and next to no action. In fact, the first three quarters of the novel seems to have no discernible point, just meanders along aimlessly with nothing much happening. Bishop is still adorable and I heart him, but Ivy is moody and irritatingly all over the place rather than focused on survival or the bigger picture (I mean, COME ON GIRL, you have been banished, would you DO SOMETHING about this please). 
 I really expected something epic and tense and fast paced, full of action and desperate survival and social revolution, to pick up where we left off with The Book of Ivy's cliff-hanger ending. Unfortunately this was just not it. If you're going to call a book The Revolution of Ivy then I kind of expect either a deeper personal/spiritual/emotional character driven revolution or a decent Mockingjay style, guns-blazing societal revolution. This was just muh. I mean, it was ok. It was somewhat satisfying. It was easy to read. It just didn't do enough to be amazing.