(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I actually liked this book a lot better than the first book. I really liked the characters in this book and it was really interesting that there were good and bad people on both sides.
I particularly liked Akiva’s relationship with his brother and sister in this book. Hazael was definitely one of my favourite characters in this – I really liked the whole birds thing. And he was just pretty amusing for most of the book.
I also really liked Ziri, though I didn’t like him very much at first. He did kind of grow on me during the book, though.
I really like the whole idea behind the resurrection thing. It’s really interesting that magic takes a realistic cost – and that the cost’s pain.
I really disliked the Wolf. (I’ve forgotten the spelling of his name). And Ten. Actually, a lot of the chimera Karou resurrected weren’t very nice. There was one in particular that I was really happy to see again, though.
I would have liked to see more with the freed slaves. The characters there were really interesting and I hope to see more of them in the third book.
Some of the ending of the book was really devastating. I nearly had tears in my eyes, it was so emotional.
I found this book to be a really up-and-down read. It was almost like an emotional roller coaster. I definitely want to read the third book in this trilogy. I cared about the characters and the situations. Even though there are angels in this book, they’re different to most of the paranormal romance angels now infecting books.
I’d love to see the world they dreamed of come to life…
Ink of Blood 