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A review by elle_beauregard
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
3.0
Leslie, running from drama and pain in her past, desperately wants a tattoo in order to lay claim to her own body once more. Enchanted/posessed by an image from a special book that her tattoo artist-friend shows her, she is drawn into a world of shadow and emotionless pain when the tattoo connects her to the king of the Dark Court and thrusts her into the precursors of a battle, just simmering under the surface of this new, fantastical world.
I really liked Leslie from the start. But then, just when her story could have become so much more complex, more detailed, the reader was kept at arms length. Instead of working out her 'demons' with her, the book ended just when she gained the insight and control to do so.
That being said, it was a quick read that I finished in one day, so it definitely kept me guessing (and reading.)
Update 8/17/10: Now that I've read the book that comes before this (Wicked Lovelies) I am really confused as to why this book (Ink Exchange) is not considered a companion novel, instead of #2 in the series.
I really liked Leslie from the start. But then, just when her story could have become so much more complex, more detailed, the reader was kept at arms length. Instead of working out her 'demons' with her, the book ended just when she gained the insight and control to do so.
That being said, it was a quick read that I finished in one day, so it definitely kept me guessing (and reading.)
Update 8/17/10: Now that I've read the book that comes before this (Wicked Lovelies) I am really confused as to why this book (Ink Exchange) is not considered a companion novel, instead of #2 in the series.