(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
This second book was as entertaining as the first. I really liked seeing all of the characters again in this book… and particularly Viktor and Romulus, though I would definitely like to know what Romulus is hiding as well.
It was really good to learn more about the other characters’ pasts, particularly the Leopard’s… but also Andrei’s. I liked the Gypsy characters more in this book and it was really good to learn of their past and how at least some of them were connected with the town.
It was nice to see more of the other characters in this book, but there were some times I got confused by some of them. A couple of the characters, it took me a few moments to realise which ones they were.
The Seven were really creepy… at least most of them. I would have liked to know a bit more background. As it is, the brief bits of explanation given didn’t really answer any of the questions I had about them.
I really liked Belch in this book. There were a couple of quite amusing scenes surrounding him, though I felt really sorry for him a lot of the time. I was also particularly fond of the acrobat twins… though I didn’t feel able to get to know their sister too well.
There were a number of quite emotional scenes in this book, too, which I think will stay with me. I’m also quite intrigued by the hints of magic in this book. It would be interesting to see how ‘real’ those hints really are.
I definitely would like to read the third and fourth books in this series at some point in the future. This is an interesting, intriguing world and I care about the characters and the plot.
Ink of Blood 