Ink of Blood

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I’ve read a couple of books that have computer hackers as main characters in before. This book was kind of darker than I was expecting, but I actually did find it to be really well-written and the plot was intriguing enough to hold my attention throughout.

I don’t like multiple first person viewpoints, but I do like first person perspective if it’s just one character and I felt that Wick was a character I could really relate to. Some of the things that happened to her (and other characters’ reactions) kind of brought some bad memories back for me, though, and that was a bit difficult to read at times.

The other characters were fairly interesting as well. I liked Wick’s relationship with Griff and I found it believable, including the conflicts that rose. I would have liked to know a bit more about Griff’s past and motivations, but I felt it was sweet how much Wick wanted to protect him and he wanted to protect her… but I have some mixed feelings about them as a couple, even though I did like the relationship.

I’m really not a fan of love triangles, but Milo was an interesting character as well. I just kind of feel that love triangles have become too prevalent in books (especially young adult ones), so I can find them a bit off-putting when I’m reading about them. I had a conversation with my sister about them fairly recently, actually.

I would have liked to see more police officers. The only one who really appeared was Carson and although he was a character with a bit more depth to him, I really couldn’t see him as one of the good guys and I have seen a lot of things that make the police into villains.

I did get a bit confused about all of the different bad guys and their relationship to Wick. By the end of the book, I think I had a bit more understanding over who was what. Also, by the end of the book, I didn’t really like Bren that much… though that’s probably because I felt very protective of Wick through the book and that’s always a good thing.

I felt that this book touched on a few different genres and I also felt that there were some things in this book that came as a bit of a surprise to me. I’d like to read the first book at some point in the future, as well as check out other books by this author.