A review by doctabird
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
4.0
I've been trying to avoid YA for a while, because I got tired of used and reused tropes and cliches. For the most part, this book stayed away from too many of them, especially, my all time least favorite, the love triangle.
The book hooked me from the start. Without really giving anything away, it starts with a chase scene, and the suspense from that scene and others throughout the book kept me reading and made me not want to put the book down. Unfortunately, there were definitely some slower moments, some plot holes, and some parts where the characters' actions made no sense except to move the plot forward. Despite those parts of the book, I still enjoyed it overall.
I will say, it was weird to read about a book that juxtaposes the original print copies of books with digital versions, and idolizes the print version, while I was reading it on my Kindle. It was a book about books, and regardless if it was an original or a "blank" (or digital version) it did emphasize the power of books in any form.
The book hooked me from the start. Without really giving anything away, it starts with a chase scene, and the suspense from that scene and others throughout the book kept me reading and made me not want to put the book down. Unfortunately, there were definitely some slower moments, some plot holes, and some parts where the characters' actions made no sense except to move the plot forward. Despite those parts of the book, I still enjoyed it overall.
I will say, it was weird to read about a book that juxtaposes the original print copies of books with digital versions, and idolizes the print version, while I was reading it on my Kindle. It was a book about books, and regardless if it was an original or a "blank" (or digital version) it did emphasize the power of books in any form.