(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I would ideally give this book 3.5 stars, but I’ll leave it as 3, since I can’t give half stars.
This book was quite easy to get into and I think the author did a really good job of showing the time this book was set in. I really felt like I was back in the past, with the culture and how much things cost. (That’s a minor thing, but I think it’s something that’s very important to get right).
Out of the three main characters, I felt Ada was the only one whose storyline had a proper resolution. I would have liked to see more with the other two characters. The book was ended with the sense that it wasn’t the end of the story itself, but I felt there wasn’t much that was resolved when it could have been. By the end, however, it was clear how the lives of the three women intersected.
There were quite a lot of things in this book that really resonated with me. The thing with Michael was one of those. I felt it worked really well how the threads all weaved through, connecting the different characters and storylines.
The constant switching between POVs was quite confusing at times. Also, although I don’t mind if something’s written in present or past tense, I do have a problem when tenses switch with no warning/reason – and this happened a bit. I did find it a bit difficult to read at times because of that.
The PTSD aspects were handled fairly well, as were different characters’ reactions to it – at least in my opinion. This was an interesting book to read, but I don’t think I would read it a second time.
Ink of Blood 