(I received this book for free in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
This book was quite an intensely dark read. I was able to empathise with Kellan fairly quickly and easily and I was affected by the things that happened to him.
This book was very dark in places. I liked the fact that the war was very realistic and people were hurt and lost their lives. It was sad, but I felt the peril was real.
I really disliked the Empire. It was obviously a case of tyranny and I’m not sure I was very keen on the way things ended with the whole Empire.
One of the things I particularly liked about this book was the relationship between Granger and Kellan. It was nice to see them as father and son, even though they weren’t related by blood. Granger’s past was a pretty intriguing one, too, and I liked seeing the contrast of his present to his past.
I found Truman and Elan particularly intriguing characters. There were some I was confused about at first, but by the end, I knew who most of the characters were.
I did like Kellan’s relationship with Eloya, too, and I would have liked to see more of it. There were some quite sweet moments between them. And his bond with Elan worked really well, too.
It was interesting to see Kellan’s past, but I got a bit confused with the constant switching between the present and the past at times.
The descriptions worked really well in the book, but I did notice a few errors, such as ‘dieing’ instead of ‘dying’.
This was quite an original twist on a fantasy world. I would definitely be interested in checking out other books by this author in the future.
Ink of Blood 