(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I was actually a bit surprised by how short this book was. It was only part one, but it was still a bit of a surprise. Despite that, though, there was definitely a lot of action in this book.
Despite the dual first-person perspectives I’ve developed a strong dislike for (and I hesitate to admit this), I actually felt it worked in this particular instance, given the two different plots that were going on. I still would have preferred two limited third person POVs, though. It got a bit irritating how, from Victor’s perspective, it was all, ‘Molly, Molly, Molly,’ even during the action scenes.
Conversely, I actually preferred Molly’s perspective, because it was nice to see her outside of her relationship with Victor. It was interesting to see how much the two societies differed, but I didn’t think there was much logic to Molly’s flashes of memory. Very little actually seemed triggered by something, which I would have thought worked better. And the times I thought something should trigger a memory, it didn’t.
I did wonder a bit about Kamm in the book. I still didn’t particularly like him as a character, but it would be nice to see him have a chance of redemption. I went back to completely disliking the Prophet, though.
I felt the supporting characters were more defined in Molly’s storyline. In Victor’s, they didn’t seem quite as substantial.
There were a number of things that did intrigue me enough to read part two. I’m enjoying seeing this world and its characters so far.
Ink of Blood 