Ink Exchange

Ink Exchange
Author: Melissa Marr
Series: Wicked Lovely (#2)
Publisher: HarperTeen
How Received: borrowed

Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow.

Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life.

The tattoo does bring changes; not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils.

Contrary to popular belief, I enjoyed reading from Aislinn's POV better, but this was a book just as interesting in it's own way. It was a lot darker than the first novel, but I wasn't able to put this one down either. I kind of wish she had told more of it through Aislinn's POV, it would have given a different spin to the whole thing.

BTW, this cover rocks.

Rating: 8/10
Wicked Lovely or Tithe?: Ooo, hard one. I think Wicked Lovely is worth the read, though, even though I didn't enjoy this one as much.

Happy reading!

~Nicole