Ink of Blood

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

(This review may contain spoilers).

I know bits and pieces about the Lovecraft stories, even though I’ve never actually read any of the books. Still, I felt that this book was really interesting and engaging. It’s nice to read books with children as the main characters who actually end up doing things to save the world.

I did feel like there was a bit of ‘listing’ of the characters and their personalities when I didn’t really feel that was necessary. I felt it would have been better if what they could do was shown, rather than just talked about in a list.

There were a few moments where I got confused with some of the characters. It would have been good to see more of them individually and I also felt there wasn’t very much foreshadowing going on.

I liked the different kinds of creatures there were, in particular Cthulittle. I thought she was really cute and it was nice that she joined forces with the group. It was also good not to see the characters accepting everything at face value – and by that, I mean the police officer. I thought it made sense that he was skeptical at first and didn’t start believing them until he actually had the proof.

The idea about the window inverting things was pretty cool. That was something I would have liked to see more of through the book. I also really liked the fact that there were still conflicts in the group and that they didn’t all get along straight away. I felt that worked really well.

I did like Medusa as a character (as well as Billy) and I would have liked to see a bit more of her.

There wasn’t a whole lot of mystery in this book, but I did think that the action and descriptions made up for that. Although I would have liked to see more of how some of what they had was made, it was also good to see the characters having to pull together… particularly at the end.

I would probably read a sequel to this book if one existed. I found this book a really quick, easy read and it was definitely entertaining. I also found myself smiling at some of the comments the characters came out with and some of the scenes, especially with Cthulittle.