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A review by mariefun
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
2.0
I was unimpressed with the first book but didn't hate it, so I decided to give the second one a try, and I wanted to see how things turned out after the events of the first. This book didn't give much of what I was hoping for, as it focuses on a new character. The characters from the first book are present, but their story is mostly on hold.
These books feel very confusing and unrelatable to me. At first I thought it was due to it being a fairy story, as they are not my favorite because of how you can never trust anything around you when fairies are in the mix. But I think my dislike of these books come from more than the subject matter. I don't have any real feel for who these characters are outside of their interaction with fairies. They don't feel like realistic people who go to school. The characters are under-developed. I especially don't like how the human main characters, both in this book and the previous, find themselves in situations where the consequences of their actions are very high but they are completely clueless that there are any stakes at all. This leads to the narration making a big deal out of seemingly ordinary events, and unfair consequences.
I think the premise of this book had some promise. I like the idea of a tattoo linking people together, but again, I don't like how clueless the main character was to what she was doing.
These books feel very confusing and unrelatable to me. At first I thought it was due to it being a fairy story, as they are not my favorite because of how you can never trust anything around you when fairies are in the mix. But I think my dislike of these books come from more than the subject matter. I don't have any real feel for who these characters are outside of their interaction with fairies. They don't feel like realistic people who go to school. The characters are under-developed. I especially don't like how the human main characters, both in this book and the previous, find themselves in situations where the consequences of their actions are very high but they are completely clueless that there are any stakes at all. This leads to the narration making a big deal out of seemingly ordinary events, and unfair consequences.
I think the premise of this book had some promise. I like the idea of a tattoo linking people together, but again, I don't like how clueless the main character was to what she was doing.