Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely)
by Melissa Marr
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Author: Melissa MarrEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 006121468X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: A dark tale with an amazingly uplifting ending
Summary: 4 Stars
Ink Exchange returns us to the world Melissa Marr introduced us to in her debut novel, Wicked Lovely.* This story centers around three characters (all minor characters from the first novel): Leslie, Niall and Irial.
Irial, the King of the Dark Court, has a problem. The curse which bound the Summer King created emotions upon which his Dark Court faeries fed. With the curse broken and the Summer and Winter Courts moving toward truce, Irial and his dark fey are vulnerable for the first time in over 1,000 years. He's desperate for a way to keep his court fed and strong, without defaulting to open warfare. He's decided on ink exchanges. Through them, the dark court can feed on the darkness, pain and fear inside the hearts of mortals.
Leslie is a seventeen year old girl with a seemingly normal, middle class life; except it's not. Home, which should have been a place of safety has become the scene of neglect, violence and the worst kind of betrayal. Cut down to the very center of who she is, she's not fallen apart. Instead, she focuses on taking her life back and reclaiming her joy. To begin the process, she wants a tattoo: a tangible sign of her renewed ownership of herself. Of course, the tattoo Leslie chooses isn't ordinary; it's an ink exchange.
Niall doesn't want to be the person he was. Like Leslie, he was caught up in violence and betrayal. Also broken, but not nearly as sure about rebuilding himself, he's been carefully repairing the damage, one day at a time. He can't help but find himself drawn to Leslie - someone touched by the same sort of darkness. But the person Niall used to be wasn't destroyed, only buried. And if he gets too close to Leslie, he may end up having to protect her from himself.
Ink Exchange isn't just one story about three people whose paths collide. It's three stories woven together like knotwork. Who these people are and the past they are trying to move beyond shape their future. What makes them strong also hurts them most. But nothing is as triumphant as victory coming after a long, arduous battle. At the risk of cliche, sometimes it truly is darkest before dawn and hope really does come in the morning.
Read Ink Exchange. Without exception, it is one of the most hopeful books I've read in a very long time.
This isn't a book for anyone under twelve, as the themes may be too mature.
*(No, it's not necessary to have read Wicked Lovely to understand and enjoy Ink Exchange.)
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