(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Although this book was the second in a series, I still found it easy to follow and read. I was able to empathise easily with the characters and the danger they faced came across as real.
When I originally read the blurb of this book, I assumed the main characters were full adults and it was a bit surprising to realise they weren’t… though I was hard pressed to figure out their exact ages.
I thought that the flashbacks and dreams Michael and Katherine had were written quite well. They were a sign of trauma that isn’t always explored after characters have gone through harrowing experiences.
I did get a bit confused with how exactly Chris and Michael were related and how everything worked with Michael’s mum. I’m guessing that was probably explained in the first book, but I didn’t quite understand it here. I did like the supernatural elements in the book and I would have liked to see more of that.
I also felt there was a lot of realism in this book. The characters did do a lot of things that weren’t ‘normal’, but I didn’t think any of it was completely impossible to believe.
I did notice a few errors in the book, but they were mostly punctuation errors, such as missing quotation marks. The book was still readable, but I tend to notice errors.
I do intend to read the first book in this series at some point, after my ever-growing ‘to-read’ pile starts going down.
Ink of Blood 