(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I did used to watch Bones, though I haven’t seen it in quite a while. Still, I at least had a passing knowledge of Temperance, so when I saw this book available in a giveaway, I decided to enter… and then I won a copy, which was good.
Although this book was fairly late in the series, I still found it really easy to follow. It was quite different to the television series, but that’s to be expected. It was nice to read one of the original source material for that.
There were a number of quite disturbing things in this book… particular things that made my skin crawl. The subject matter this book deals with really isn’t pleasant and I felt the author brought that across really well – the horror and the frustration the police were probably facing throughout.
I really liked Temperance as a character, even though there were times I thought the disagreements between her and the other members of the team (and the other team members) were really petty. But Temperance is a cat person, so I really liked her. Though I’m not sure why you’d call a cat Birdie…
To be honest, quite a lot of the forensic parts of the book flew over my head. I think this series, judging by this book, relies on the reader having a working knowledge of forensics. I know bits and pieces, but not enough to have all my questions answered.
It was really good to see Temperance’s relationship with her mother and see her mother play a part in the book. I felt the author did a really good job of showing the changes in personality her mother was suffering as she had good and bad days.
I did see a couple of things coming in this book, but there were other things that surprised me. There were a couple of good twists in here.
I’m not really sure I believed the tagline about the case haunting Temperance, though. She certainly seemed bothered, but I don’t think it was about the previous case.
I actually found this book a really quick and easy read. I was absorbed into the world and it’s one I wouldn’t mind revisiting in the future.
Ink of Blood 