Ink of Blood

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

(This review may contain spoilers).

When I first read the blurb of this book, I was particularly intrigued by it. I was also curious to see how the author would write a character who was blind. I personally think writing a character without a sense is pretty difficult, but I thought the author did a really good job of showing the world from Sadie’s perspective.

I found myself empathising with Sadie really easily. She was an interesting mix of a seriously damaged person and one who tried to be strong and independent, as much as she was able to. There were some things that really affected me about her past and the way it had shaped her personality in the story’s present. I thought it was really good that the author had Sadie act in a way that was realistic and consistent with what she’d been taught by her parents… or not taught, in some cases.

I thought that it was interesting how Sadie could control the air and use it to ‘see’, but I have to say, I was a bit confused with how that worked at times. There were moments where there seemed to be too much detail when Sadie used the air.

The idea about the supernaturals was quite an intriguing one, though I would have liked a bit more background and history about them, as well as some background of the world itself.

I particularly liked Fester. I liked Chloe, too, but Michael took a little while to grow on me. That was partly because he came across as quite harsh at times… but I also found a lot of his speech very difficult to follow. I tended to only get about half of what he was actually saying.

I wasn’t really sure what to think about Sal by the end of the book, but I have to say, I did find her quite an interesting character. I would have liked to see a bit more of her during the book.

There were a lot of moments in this that were quite intense and the plot was enough to draw me in and keep me reading. If there was a sequel to this book, I’d definitely be interested in checking it out… and I would also read other books by this author in the future.