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Ink by Amanda Sun
3.0

Katie Greene lost her parents, and while her grandfather recovers from an illness, she has to move all the way to Shizuoka, Japan with her aunt. And she's never been so unsure of herself, in a country where she hardly speaks the language, can't navigate the culture, and doesn't know anyone.

When she sees Tomohiro, the gorgeous kendo team star, breaking up with his girlfriend in an extremely cruel way. But in an unguarded moment, she sees sadness in his eyes--and when she picks up a fallen drawing, she could swear she saw the drawing move. And the more time she spends, drawn to him even though he keeps trying to scare her away, the more Katie is sure there's something strange about him.

There's a bit of insta-love with a bad boy, but that's to be expected from a romance, really. There's rather a lot of angst and drama, and intense emotions, but first love is like that--and there's quite a lot of spectacular events to deal with. Danger lurking within and without, lies and secrets, and plenty of supernatural surprises.