Amazon Qboro books amazon.com Category:  Action/Thriller Publisher: Kensington Publications ISBN-10:  0977733521 Type: Fiction Pages: 227 Copyright: Oct. 31st, 2006 ISBN-13: 9780977733521 Poison Ivy is a throwback novel to the days of The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye, with a Stephen King twist. It is dark, gritty, and real. Ivy Davidson's life has been filled with opportunities to make choices. When her father was brutally murdered and she was made to watch, she had a choice. Facing years of abuse at the hands of those she trusted, she had a choice. Now Ivy faces the ultimate choice--whether to let a life of drug abuse and prostitution destroy her, or fight back and fight on. Excerpt I plead with him to continue. I can feel the tension building as the volcano that is my body is preparing to erupt. My breathing is becoming heavy, and my senses are becoming light. I can feel it coming now. I am there. My body is at its breaking point. Love felt me cumming. He knew that I was there, and he decided to finish me off. I came in waves, experiencing the feeling that I have prayed for. My mind was in a state of bliss and I never wanted it to leave. My legs straightened and floated to the bed below. Sex was an afterthought in my mind. I could only think about holding him. I needed to have Love in my arms. My arms reach out and take hold of him. I guide his head up my body until it rests comfortably on my chest. I wrap my arms around him. My right arm covers his back, while my left arm comforts the back of his head. I kiss his forehead and close my eyes, praying to God, thanking him for blessing me, thanking him for saving me, thanking him for finally making me a woman. Sleep is upon me now, and I welcome it. Tonight I feel safe and secure for the first time ever in my life. I know that I have a man to protect me. Love will shelter me from the storm that is Mister. Love will turn back the unwanted hands of my father and Uncle Johnny. He will be there now, and if it is in his plan, Love will be with me forever.

A new Literary Star is born
APOOO Rating: 5
Amazon Rating: 5

Poison Ivy by Travis Vp Fox is the first published book of his many
urban psychological thrillers. Poison Ivy will leave you questioning
what you are reading, creating a desire to continue through this book
in hopes to understand the complexity of the character, "Ivy", with
all the twists and turns that take place in her life.

Mr. Fox has a way of successfully creating a story around the life of
one character, "Ivy". The reader travels with Ivy from the days of
a young child of five-years old into the days of developing into a
young woman. Along this journey of reading Poison Ivy, you will meet
a very complex personality, while engaging those characters that help
to shape the person Ivy is to become. Young Ivy developed a
relationship with God at a young age where she pleads for protection
and understanding of why He allows this abuse to happen to her and
all around her. You will hear the voices that live with Ivy,
struggling to know where the voices come from and who they are. What
is the fate of young Ivy? Is it a life of prostitution and drugs or
simply a life of survival? Ivy is a survivor, she is beautiful,
smart, strong and faced with so many questions and challenges. Who
are the players in her life and does she have anyone to save her?

Life can be so unfair...what choices do you make to survive? Mr. Fox's
writing style allows the reader to walk beside the character of "Ivy"
and to feel her every emotion, leaving the door open for you to do
some interpreting on your own. One thing you will take away from
reading this book is a sadness for this character, possibly with an
understanding of how the experiences of our young play a factor in
our society of whom they become as adults. Mr. Fox, with his
psychology background, desires to stress how we have "choices" in how
we maneuver though life, how we allow our experiences to determine
who we become and the factors that play a role on all of the above.

I highly recommend this book for those that love a challenge. This
book is a fast read, causing a desire to continue reading to the end.

Reviewed by S.E. Koshi aka Lady Flava
APOOO BookClub


Not your ordinary novel
Ivy Davidson has had a tragic life. At the age of ten, she was forced to watch the brutal murder of her father. Five years later, Ivy is forced to make it on her own as a prostitute. She struggles through years of abuse and drug addiction. But Ivy just wants to be loved. She wants the kind of love that heals and protects her. She wants to have normal teen worries like what to wear to the prom instead of fighting off johns and drugs. Ivy has some tough life choices that she is too young to make on her own. Will she stand up and make better choices for her life or will she leave her life in the hands of someone else?

Poison Ivy is an extraordinary novel by Travis Fox. At first glance, this novel looks like the typical gritty urban lit story but that is not the case. This author does an excellent job of blending supernatural elements with an emotionally charged storyline. I really felt the tragedy in Ivy's life but I also saw the beauty that was trying to push from beneath the surface. Readers will need to pay close attention when reading this novel because everything is not what it appears to be. Poison Ivy is innovative and dynamic. Travis Fox has brought us a novel that is a breath of fresh air and a break from the ordinary.


Finally
A breath of fresh air in the literary world! Poison Ivy is like nothing you've ever read. Raw, uncut, REAL, Ivy grabs you from the first page and takes you on a rollercoaster ride of every possible emotion you can think of. I laughed, cried, was scared, but NEVER put the book down. You are often left wondering if it's a true story. You feel so many things for Ivy. I for one am happy that someone has changed up the game. Get this book!