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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
SHADOW was as beautiful as INK, so I loved it! I loved seeing Tomohiro and Katie before everything that happened in INK! Also, more questions have sprouted up, so I guess the plot just thickened! Amazing!
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I've had Ink sat on my shelf for what feels like forever. I heard about it just before it released and saw quite a lot of good reviews so instantly bought it when it was released. I have friends that state that they loved Ink and so I finally wanted to pick it up. Just before starting it I discovered that there was this short prequel novella. Because I love to know the back story of novels I decided to go ahead and read this prequel before starting the first book.
Katie Greene's world has been turned upside down. Her Mom is dead and she is being uprooted from USA to Japan. She doesn't speak Japanese and all she wants is to go back to America. Tomohiro won't let anybody close to him. Having the dreams and premonitions of a shadow that he knows is true and is haunting him, anybody who gets close to him is in danger... but the danger is about to get worse...
I really enjoyed this short prequel. I admit I didn't love it but that it mainly because by the time I was right into the story it was finished. It did it's job and it did what prequels are meant to do. It grabbed my attention from that start and drew me in with it's intrigue and had me dying to find out more about this world and this story. I can't wait to start Ink and find out where this storyline goes.
I can't really comment on whether I like the characters or not yet as this was so short I didn't really get a real feel for them. Shadow introduced me to the world and the story and had me interested and dying to know what happens. That makes it a very successful prequel to me. One thing I can say I did love was the introduction to Japan. I am dying to not only see where this storyline goes but also finding out about a new country and culture. Books are a great escape from our boring normal, day-to-day life and I, as English, find books set in America interesting as I have never been there and experiences that but to find books set in other countries makes me so excited as it's like I get to travel... without having to pay the expenses of a holiday.
Shadow completely grabbed my attention and I am looking forward to reading on and learning more about the new Japanese culture and the storyline. I have high hopes for Ink after this as Shadow was a very strong prequel. One of the best I have read.
I've had Ink sat on my shelf for what feels like forever. I heard about it just before it released and saw quite a lot of good reviews so instantly bought it when it was released. I have friends that state that they loved Ink and so I finally wanted to pick it up. Just before starting it I discovered that there was this short prequel novella. Because I love to know the back story of novels I decided to go ahead and read this prequel before starting the first book.
Katie Greene's world has been turned upside down. Her Mom is dead and she is being uprooted from USA to Japan. She doesn't speak Japanese and all she wants is to go back to America. Tomohiro won't let anybody close to him. Having the dreams and premonitions of a shadow that he knows is true and is haunting him, anybody who gets close to him is in danger... but the danger is about to get worse...
I really enjoyed this short prequel. I admit I didn't love it but that it mainly because by the time I was right into the story it was finished. It did it's job and it did what prequels are meant to do. It grabbed my attention from that start and drew me in with it's intrigue and had me dying to find out more about this world and this story. I can't wait to start Ink and find out where this storyline goes.
I can't really comment on whether I like the characters or not yet as this was so short I didn't really get a real feel for them. Shadow introduced me to the world and the story and had me interested and dying to know what happens. That makes it a very successful prequel to me. One thing I can say I did love was the introduction to Japan. I am dying to not only see where this storyline goes but also finding out about a new country and culture. Books are a great escape from our boring normal, day-to-day life and I, as English, find books set in America interesting as I have never been there and experiences that but to find books set in other countries makes me so excited as it's like I get to travel... without having to pay the expenses of a holiday.
Shadow completely grabbed my attention and I am looking forward to reading on and learning more about the new Japanese culture and the storyline. I have high hopes for Ink after this as Shadow was a very strong prequel. One of the best I have read.
Älskade faktiskt början på den här serien! Har alltid gillat Japan, och eftersom större delen av den här novellen utspelar sig där, så är det nästan självskrivet att jag älskade miljön! Gillar dessutom starten på handlingen och är nyfiken på hur den kommer att utvecklas i första boken, Ink.
review on my blog link below:
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I received Ink from Netgalley, and when I looked it up on goodreads I noticed there was a prequel - so I had to read it. It was nothing I expected, in a good way. I'm very much looking forward to reading Ink now.
I'm just so speechless, I don't know what to say, any compliment I could give this book could not do it justice.
So, I am going to try very hard to write this review without giving any spoilers for Ink, for which my review will be up on June 25th.
I enjoyed this glimpse of things. I read Ink first and then read this, so it was great to fill in some of the background information, to learn what things were like before Tomo and Katie met, because it is important information that I think is going to be important by the time the second book comes around and things begin to reveal themselves. This, of course, is speculatiom.
This little short story is well written and really paints a picture of what the connection is going to be between the two characters.
I enjoyed this quick, fun read and really recommend it. There are a lot of undertones in this that are similar to the books of the Twilight series, so if you enjoyed that, you will enjoy this series. If you didn't enjoy it, but enjoy books that give glimpses of Japanese culture and mythology, you will enjoy this series. There is a small piece in there for everyone, so give it a try. It might just surprise you.
I enjoyed this glimpse of things. I read Ink first and then read this, so it was great to fill in some of the background information, to learn what things were like before Tomo and Katie met, because it is important information that I think is going to be important by the time the second book comes around and things begin to reveal themselves. This, of course, is speculatiom.
This little short story is well written and really paints a picture of what the connection is going to be between the two characters.
I enjoyed this quick, fun read and really recommend it. There are a lot of undertones in this that are similar to the books of the Twilight series, so if you enjoyed that, you will enjoy this series. If you didn't enjoy it, but enjoy books that give glimpses of Japanese culture and mythology, you will enjoy this series. There is a small piece in there for everyone, so give it a try. It might just surprise you.
This was a great little short story, and it's clear the author had watched a lot of anime. I could see it playing out in my head and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm hoping the rest of the series is as good.
I think this is actually the first time I read the prequel prior to the first book. That's because they usually come out after the first book but since I'm starting this series quite late I decided to read the prequel first to get a glimpse of the actual book and HOLY MOLY that was good and really interesting. I don't think I would have liked it as much if I read it after the first book. Of course it would have been interesting but it was also going to feel like sort of going back and I don't know, I'm pretty happy with the decision I've made since now all I want to do is dive into "Ink" which I'm going to do btw. Amanda Sun's style is really captivating and really fluid and the story it's really interesting and even though the theme of the "drawing" and the "ink" is not a first it still feels quite original as for now which is good. Really a good start, can't wait to know Katie and Tomohiro better. One extra point: for now Katie doesn't look like the stereotypical YA girl and that I absolutely love. I hope I won't get disappointed in the future.