(I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I’ve read and enjoyed the first two books in this series, so when the author offered me the chance to read the prequel, I jumped at it.
It was really interesting to see the story of Gemma’s parents. Although I don’t tend to like more than one first person POV-characters, this wasn’t as unbearable as some of them and at least there were only two characters.
I did really like Nora and Paul’s relationship. I felt that the author did a good job allowing the relationship to develop easily and naturally. I did also feel really bad for the relationship Nora had with her parents. I can’t imagine how awful that is.
I did feel that, out of the supporting characters, only Cheung was the one who was fully developed. It would have been nice to see a bit more with the other characters – and I would have liked to see more of the Aversions. I always think those are quite interesting to read about.
I found this book to be really well-written, with the main characters interesting and engaging. It would have been nice if it had been longer, but I did like the way it ended.
Ink of Blood 