(I received a free copy of this book from 47North Publishers, through NetGalley, in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I have a few other books by this author on my Kindle, but this is the first one that I’ve read.
Although this book is revealed to be a prequel to existing books, I still found it fairly easy to follow, though I did think the book suffered a bit from info-dumping. I think it would have been worth having a prologue to this book to explain the backstory a bit more, rather than having it explained right before it becomes relevant.
A lot of the ideas in this book were particularly intriguing ones, such as the First Families idea and the way the first humans created their own perfect mates… though I felt it was a bit unfair that Jacob didn’t get that chance.
A lot of the characters were quite interesting and it’s always intriguing to see the origin of a villain. I did, however, find that some of the characters’ actions were a bit contradictory. There was a bit of a twist at the end, but I was taken quite by surprise by it in the… ‘That doesn’t make sense. At all.’
I liked the idea of the two gods and I would have liked to see a bit more of their origin. It was interesting to see good and bad characters on both ‘sides’. I particularly liked Patrick as a character. He might have been my favourite.
There was a bit of confusion with some of the characters and points of view. By the end of the book, I was able to figure out what was going on, but there were a few too many different perspectives at first.
I particularly liked Aully’s and Kindren’s relationship. That was, I felt, the romance that had the most realism to it.
I do have other books by this author on my Kindle and at some point in the future, I will definitely read the others I have on here. This is a world I’d like to see more of and characters that were intriguing and well-developed.
This was a good fantasy book and although the idea wasn’t an entirely original one, it was an entertaining read that kept my attention throughout.
Ink of Blood 