Ink of Blood

(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I liked reading this book a bit more than the previous one. It still did have a few asides in, but not quite as much as the first book. And I felt the storyline was expanded a bit more than the first one.

There was a lot about this book that made me think of the Chronicles of Narnia, but that didn’t mean I enjoyed this any less.

It was good to see more of the characters from the first book, though I would have liked a bit more detail about how Delany and the King had come together romantically. I liked seeing them together (and I particularly liked Asa as a character), but there was a big gap between books one and two… and since book one left Delany as a child…

I liked how the characters of Timothy and Barbara formed through the course of the book. It was interesting to see Timothy’s relationship with his grandmother and it was also cool to meet his grandfather.

I would have liked to meet more of Delany’s children, though Asa was probably my favourite character. I’d be interested in seeing more of him at some point in the future.

I probably wouldn’t mind reading the next book in this series at some point, if there is one. This was a quick, easy and enjoyable fantasy read. I’d probably pass both this book and book one on to my niece to read.