Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely)
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. . . .
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From Booklist
Newcomers and returning readers alike will devour this companion novel to Marr's ragingly popular Wicked Lovely (2007). The new peace between the Summer King and the Winter Queen isn’t good for everyone: those of the Dark Court, who feed on faeries’ destructive emotions, are dangerously weakened. Irial, King of the Dark Court, needs a solution, and he finds one in the Summer Queen’s mortal friend Leslie. Tormented by memories of abuse, Leslie wants nothing more than to reclaim her body by getting a tattoo, but the enchanted design she selects provides Irial with a direct link to mortals’ emotions. The tattoo binds Leslie and Irial together even as a third faerie works to prevent their destructive yet seductive connection. All of Marr’s characters are complex, defying easy description and evoking sympathy and horror in equal measures, and all cast a thrall that will leave readers willing to forgive plotting that can be difficult to follow. This dark fantasy about survival and transformation is as mesmerizing as its urban faery subjects. Grades 10-12. --Krista Hutley
Review
"Another highly addictive read...Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money, and dizzyingly more sinister." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Another highly addictive read…Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money, and dizzyingly more sinister." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Newcomers and returning readers alike will devour this companion novel to Marr’s ragingly popular Wicked Lovely . . . . This dark fantasy about survival and transformation is as mesmerizing as its urban faery subjects." -- Booklist
"Readers will be drawn in by Marr’s darkly poetic imagery and language, her vivid portrayal of the art of tattooing, and her shadowy love triangle. This is indeed a delicious, smoky delight." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
"This urban fairy tale...is impossible to put down." -- School Library Journal (starred review)
Review
"A delicious, smoky delight." (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books )
"Readers will be drawn in by Marr's darkly poetic imagery and language, her vivid portrayal of the art of tattooing, and her shadowy love triangle. This is indeed a delicious, smoky delight." (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books )
"Another highly addictive read...Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money, and dizzyingly more sinister." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )
"Newcomers and returning readers alike will devour this companion novel to Marr's ragingly popular Wicked Lovely . . . . This dark fantasy about survival and transformation is as mesmerizing as its urban faery subjects." (Booklist )
"Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )
"This dark fantasy about survival and transformation is as mesmerizing as its urban faery subjects." (Booklist )
"As the sequel to Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange is even more compelling. Their [the characters'] fierce, sometimes despairing search for their true selves gives Ink Exchange its sinister power." (Washington Post Book World )
Customer Reviews
Good Read
The book was good and catches you at the beginning. It was nice to see different characters being described indepth and the tattoo scences itself were very descriptive. I would have loved it more if she continued more with the characters instead of ending it. I am looking forward to her third book now.
This one is better than the first...WAY better
Ok so, the first book was confusing, but overall good, and this book was WAY WAY better. Since I know what is going on now, it was good! You know who is what what they can do, what they can't do, etc etc. But for some sort of reason, I favor Leslie than Ash. Leslie has history, trama, and she is full of life, while Ash is just honeslty in her own bubble and she kind of gets on my nerves. But I won't go into detail cause I am not here to spoil the book.
Overall, this one is good! Can't wait for the next!
creepy crawly tatoos
mesmerising gritty and disturbing. i couldn't put it down, but there is a feeling of despair threaded through the entire book. it keeps from edging into utter hopelessness with a stubborn refusal to give up. very good. will probably linger in your thoughts for a while.
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