(I received a free copy of this book from 47North Publishers, through NetGalley, in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Having read the first book in this series, I was reasonably certain I’d like the second one… and I was right.
I continued to like Ellie in this book, though I was concerned for a while that she would be portrayed as ridiculously overpowered. It was nice to see that she couldn’t do everything perfectly first time, though.
I preferred the romance in this book and I also continued to like Claire. I wasn’t so sure about Tom, though. I felt he kept wasting his time with Ellie and that it looked like the beginnings of an obsession. I don’t like love triangles, but I hate multiple guys falling in love with the main female character even more.
The first person perspective worked really well with this book. The author stuck more or less with one viewpoint and I could really relate to and empathise with Ellie in this book.
I did like Myra’s budding relationship with Steve in this book. I would have liked to see more of the supporting characters from book one. Although David was interesting, I felt that Claire’s role had been delegated.
On the whole, the writing in this book was really descriptive and easy to read. I would certainly want to read book three at some point in the near future.
Ink of Blood 