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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Typically not my reading style, I accidentally picked this up when I went looking for a book with the same title. Much to my surprise I thoroughly enjoyed it. Suspenseful and fast paced with intriguing and believable characters. Lots of twists and turns kept the pages turning. A happy accident.
Finley has always been able to know and see things that others can't - an experience that she's found frustrating most of her life. She moves to The Hollows to live with her grandmother, who also has the same gift, to help her understand and hone her own gift. While there, she gets involved in an investigation into a girl who's been missing for ten months.
When I first started this book I didn't realize it was part of a series. I might eventually go back and read or listen to the others, but I didn't need to have their context to enjoy this story. You definitely have to be open to accepting a bit of magic/supernatural knowing in this story, but the mystery kept me guessing and it calls into question the responsibility level in a situation where someone is both a victim and a perpetrator, which is always an interesting topic to consider.
When I first started this book I didn't realize it was part of a series. I might eventually go back and read or listen to the others, but I didn't need to have their context to enjoy this story. You definitely have to be open to accepting a bit of magic/supernatural knowing in this story, but the mystery kept me guessing and it calls into question the responsibility level in a situation where someone is both a victim and a perpetrator, which is always an interesting topic to consider.
Finley has tried really hard to drown out the voices of the people only she can see by riding her motorcycle and getting another tattoo. After it seems that nothing can make the voices go away, she moves to The Hollows, New York to live with her grandmother. Her grandmother is a famous psychic, and Finley hopes that she will be able to teach her to at least quiet the voices. After a while her grandmother encourages her to help a mother try and locate her missing daughter. Finley hears and feels something, but she is so new in her training she is unsure how to use her gift to find Abbey. Will Finley unravel all the voices and signals to discover the truth about Abbey’s disappearance?
Ink and Bone is a stand-alone thriller that will quickly pull readers in and keep them turning pages constantly. Unger created a few storylines that are loosely connected and slowly pulls the threads tighter together until it is one continuous story. Readers will uncover the many secrets hidden inside The Hollows alongside Finley and most readers will need to wait until the big reveal to know who the real villain is. A great read that will be an enjoyable escape.
Ink and Bone is a stand-alone thriller that will quickly pull readers in and keep them turning pages constantly. Unger created a few storylines that are loosely connected and slowly pulls the threads tighter together until it is one continuous story. Readers will uncover the many secrets hidden inside The Hollows alongside Finley and most readers will need to wait until the big reveal to know who the real villain is. A great read that will be an enjoyable escape.
In this eerie novel of psychological suspense, a college student wrestles with her psychic abilities. In an attempt to understand the abilities she has been resisting, Finley Montgomery moves in with her psychic grandmother and a few ghost-like people that seem to have a message for her. When a child, Abbey, is kidnapped and the search for her fails, it is up to Finley to piece together the supernatural clues.
This engrossing story will take readers into the depths of parental grief and marital discord. It weaves between the man who abducted Abbey, the child, parents, an investigator, and a host of intangible beings, building suspense on every page. Fans of the supernatural will be drawn to this nail-biter.
This engrossing story will take readers into the depths of parental grief and marital discord. It weaves between the man who abducted Abbey, the child, parents, an investigator, and a host of intangible beings, building suspense on every page. Fans of the supernatural will be drawn to this nail-biter.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Reviewed on: Ashes Books & Bobs.
Another backlist title checked off and this couldn’t have been a more perfect choice for the month of October! I was really looking forward to checking out what the town of The Hollows was like, and it lived up to everything I was hoping it would be. Lisa Unger has a great talent for making the atmosphere of her story jump off the pages as if I was a resident of this slightly strange town myself. It allowed for the perfect escape during this Halloween season.
I immensely enjoyed the gifts Finley was bestowed with in this novel as well. Ultimately, my curiosity about her talent was what kept me glued to this book. In the beginning, I was worried this novel would be too slow to keep my interest and even contemplated DNFing, but between the atmosphere and the supernatural, I decided to stick around.
The psychological elements of this story were immensely well researched and interesting to read about. This lead me to read more about Jung’s thoughts on psychic abilities and what life might be like for those with this super intuition. It’s interesting to imagine this being more than fiction!
The mindset of the characters and their internal struggles were conveyed excellently in Ink and Bone, but my biggest issue was with the action in the story. This book could have seriously benefitted from more showing and less telling. The quick action scenes needed dramatically more detail. I realized I had blank spots in my mind while reading the climax of the story because certain parts jumped around, changed perspective, or simply didn’t indicate in enough detail what was happening. Then, the whole conclusion ended up being about different characters than the ones the whole book focused on. It seemed to lack the direction that was desperately needed to wrap up the story. This made this only a so-so read for me, despite it being great for the season.
Another backlist title checked off and this couldn’t have been a more perfect choice for the month of October! I was really looking forward to checking out what the town of The Hollows was like, and it lived up to everything I was hoping it would be. Lisa Unger has a great talent for making the atmosphere of her story jump off the pages as if I was a resident of this slightly strange town myself. It allowed for the perfect escape during this Halloween season.
I immensely enjoyed the gifts Finley was bestowed with in this novel as well. Ultimately, my curiosity about her talent was what kept me glued to this book. In the beginning, I was worried this novel would be too slow to keep my interest and even contemplated DNFing, but between the atmosphere and the supernatural, I decided to stick around.
The psychological elements of this story were immensely well researched and interesting to read about. This lead me to read more about Jung’s thoughts on psychic abilities and what life might be like for those with this super intuition. It’s interesting to imagine this being more than fiction!
The mindset of the characters and their internal struggles were conveyed excellently in Ink and Bone, but my biggest issue was with the action in the story. This book could have seriously benefitted from more showing and less telling. The quick action scenes needed dramatically more detail. I realized I had blank spots in my mind while reading the climax of the story because certain parts jumped around, changed perspective, or simply didn’t indicate in enough detail what was happening. Then, the whole conclusion ended up being about different characters than the ones the whole book focused on. It seemed to lack the direction that was desperately needed to wrap up the story. This made this only a so-so read for me, despite it being great for the season.
This was my first Lisa Unger, and I'm not usually into the psychic or paranormal, but this book was done wonderfully. It was believable, and well done. I only wish the ending was different, but I will look forward to the next installment of Finley's story.
I just stayed up until 5 am to finish this book. Holy shit. I don't even know what to think. I'm still going over everything in my head and thinking I need to read it again just to follow from the beginning now that I know the end.