The Book of Ivy

by Amy Engel

boy who doesn’t want to lie, married to a girl who can’t tell the truth.

“If I had to get married, I wanted to marry someone who I was interested in knowing. You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated. That’s why I wanted you instead of your sister.”

“Because I’m in love with you, Ivy,” he whispers. “Giving up on you isn’t an option.”

I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater than my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.