| Ink Exchange |  | Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Category: Book
Buy Used: $14.82
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1338474
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
ISBN: 0007267185
EAN: 9780007267187
ASIN: 0007267185
Publication Date: July 7, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 I love this book! July 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is awesome! It goes with the first one really well but isn't focused on the same people. I really loved it and think this is an amazing series and can't wait to read more by Melissa Marr
 Not Quite As Good June 30, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had thought maybe it was just me and my own inability to get into this book. I loved Wicked Lovely and had high hopes for Ink Exchange. Maybe this is the downfall of this book; it just didn't live up to Wicked Lovely. It seems, after reading several reviews here on Amazon, that I'm not alone in my feelings for Ink exchange: It was good, just not as good as I'd hoped it would be.
Leslie, friend of Aislinn from Wicked Lovely, wants to retake control of her life; her mother's left, her father might as well have gone for all the attention he pays the family, and her older brother is a drug dealer who has allowed his friends to use Leslie. In getting a tattoo, Leslie feels she will be regaining her sense of self by taking back her body. Unfortunately, Leslie doesn't realize that the tattoo she's chosen will tie her to the faery Dark Court and will enable Irial, the King, to use her as a conduit for emotions to feed his court. Niall, friend of Aislinn and Keenan, is told to protect her but he finds himself falling in love with Leslie and unable to save her. In the end, Leslie must learn how to save herself, of course.
I liked Leslie and had sympathy for her plight but I was terribly let down by Aislinn's unwillingness to intercede enough to save her friend early on. I loved Niall and could feel his frustration, and I surprisingly liked Irial as well. However, the plot is fragmented with too many characters and unexplained events and ties. I understand that it is a faery court, but I just couldn't believe that the ultimate solution to Leslie's problem was solved so easily really, and I found her rejection of Niall unfulfilling. While I can say I enjoyed this book, I wasn't rivted to it and kept feeling that something was missing. I needed more explanation, more excitement; I was too let down with both Aislinn and Keenan. While I would still recommend this book, I hope the next book set in this faery world has a more compelling plot.
Ok, but... June 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved "Wicked Lovely" but "Ink Exchange" was not the same type of book. If you tried to read it without reading the first book, it would be confusing. I found it confusing to read having read WL right after it was published and not remembering the story as well as I needed to.
Where WL was a finely crafted modern "fairy" tale, IE is much more of an allegory, illustrating for the reader how insidious addiction is, even when vigilant. WL had such a good ending... I couldn't figure out how Melissa Marr was going to resolve the conflicts. When reading IE, I was hoping for the same type of ending, but was disappointed.
Still, I had to give IE two stars. It was worthwhile to read if you want to know more about Aislin, Keenan and Seth.
Great sequel to wicked lovely....besides a few noticeable similarities to the last book O.0 June 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I still think I might like Wicked Lovely better but this book was still a great read continuing into the magical world of faeries and wonder! Melissa Marr really just has a way of sucking you into that world. It was like I was watching a movie in my mind because I could clearly visualize everything she wrote and she does in a such a way that may have you even believing that faeries are real ;D
*ahem*
Now to my dislikes. The book seemed to be alittle redundant with the whole plot and everything <> Just like Wicked Lovely there was a girl, Leslie, who fell in love with another character, Naill, but there relationship is threatened because of some politically fueled tie the girl ends up having with a fairy king, Irial. It was almost like how it was with Aislinn, Seth, and Keenan. Like some kind of awkward love triangle thing. So to me it just seemed too familiar besides the difference in circumstances and the a different ending.
But overall I really liked it and would still suggest it to those who've read Wicked Lovely!
Scattered and hard to follow June 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ink Exchange is confusing and hard to follow. In Wicked Lovely, the prequel to Ink Exchange, the scenarios and faery references are explained and easy to follow. In Ink Exchange, nothing is explained, the story jumps around, and it's ties to the story from Wicked Lovely are weak and under utilized. The story just wasn't as good and didn't make as much sense. It was okay, but not nearly as good as Wicked Lovely.
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