- Find all the latest books, toys, games and DVDs from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in our Harry Potter store.
Ink Exchange: Wicked Lovely Series, Book 2
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
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)
Product Description
Mortal affections and faery rivalries continue to collide in the town of Huntsdale, as New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr takes urban fantasy to new heights.
After suffering a terrible trauma at the hands of her brother's dealer friends, Leslie becomes obsessed with the idea of getting a tattoo – it's the one thing that will allow her to reclaim her body, renew her self-confidence. And when Rabbit, her local tattoo artist, shows her a secret book of his own designs, she finds one of them irresistible.
Soon, her back is adorned with a pair of mysterious eyes, framed by black wings. Leslie feels good – more than good. Nothing bad can touch her. But what she doesn't know is that her new tattoo binds her tightly to the faery whose symbol she chose: Irial, the exquisitely dangerous king of the Dark Court…
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Torn up inside after her drug-dealer brother betrays her in the most horrible way, Leslie puts on a brave front with her friends, pretending her drunken dad isn't letting the bills pile up and hiding all her pain. Hoping to take back control over her body, she decides to get a tattoo, and picks out a special design at the tattoo parlor she often hangs out at. Unbeknownst to Leslie, that tattoo is the symbol of Irial, the king of the faerie Dark Court, designed to allow him to filter the unpleasant emotions that feed his court through her into him and his people.
As Leslie finds her vision changing and her feelings shifting in unpredictable ways, Niall, a faerie of the Summer Court who has always admired her, steps in, hoping to help her and keep Irial away. He has his own tangled feelings about Irial, whom he once counted as a friend. But as Leslie sinks further under Irial's thrall, enjoying the escape from the hurt and fear she'd been living with, only she can decide when to pull away--or whether she would rather stay with him, after all.
INK EXCHANGE is a darkly imaginative novel set in the same world as Marr's first novel, WICKED LOVELY. Readers will enjoy exploring the lives of some of that novel's minor characters and seeing more of the shadowy side of the faerie courts. They may find Leslie, Niall, and Irial less engaging than the spirited and perhaps more sympathetic narrators of WICKED LOVELY, but the trio still make for a fascinating "love" triangle as each deals with conflicting emotions and tries to decide what is right both for him or herself and for those who are counting on them.
The imagery is striking and evocative, and the politics of the different faerie courts is intriguing to explore. A great book for dark fantasy fans.
Reviewed by: Lynn Crow
As Leslie finds her vision changing and her feelings shifting in unpredictable ways, Niall, a faerie of the Summer Court who has always admired her, steps in, hoping to help her and keep Irial away. He has his own tangled feelings about Irial, whom he once counted as a friend. But as Leslie sinks further under Irial's thrall, enjoying the escape from the hurt and fear she'd been living with, only she can decide when to pull away--or whether she would rather stay with him, after all.
INK EXCHANGE is a darkly imaginative novel set in the same world as Marr's first novel, WICKED LOVELY. Readers will enjoy exploring the lives of some of that novel's minor characters and seeing more of the shadowy side of the faerie courts. They may find Leslie, Niall, and Irial less engaging than the spirited and perhaps more sympathetic narrators of WICKED LOVELY, but the trio still make for a fascinating "love" triangle as each deals with conflicting emotions and tries to decide what is right both for him or herself and for those who are counting on them.
The imagery is striking and evocative, and the politics of the different faerie courts is intriguing to explore. A great book for dark fantasy fans.
Reviewed by: Lynn Crow
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Library Binding
This is the sequel to Wicked Lovely. It's a dark faery tale; with the main character Leslie having been the victim of abuse that was instigated by her own brother. In an effort to hide her pain she decides to express herself by having a tattoo. She unwittingly chooses a design that incorporates the eyes of the Faery Lord of the Dark Realm. What follows is a tale that is darker than any other faery tale I've read. At times Marr seems to ramble and her writing is confusing, but this is a story that is well worth sticking with, as the suspense just builds and builds. I can't wait to see what Marr has in store for her readers next.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Althought the characters are some what less sympathetic than those central in wicked lovely they are deeper and more satisfying. Niall is particualy delicious and the almost love triangle is tragic and at times achingly raw. The darker side of fairie is exposed in this book showing us what Ash was really afraid of in Wicked Lovely. Out of all four books in the series to date this one stands out. Ash and Keenan begin to grate in the series and treat their loved one badly but from Niall, Leslie and Irial the worst is expected from the start and you don't love them anyless for their mistakes by the end of the book.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Worst book ever
Having been somewhat slightly intrigued by the first book I was looking forward to see where the story went only to find it centred on a different character. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Zahra
Another great book!
The second book in the series. This book shows how devious the fairies can be to get the mortals they want and use them for their own purposes. Read more
Published 4 months ago by lottiespoon
Dark and delightful
I wasn't sure how I'd get on with this after enjoying Wicked Lovely so much, mainly because it had new lead
characters and I'd really fallen for Ash and Seth in the first... Read more
characters and I'd really fallen for Ash and Seth in the first... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. J. Clarke
Dark character study with fantasy undercurrents
Leslie's life took a turn for the worse when her mother left. Her father took refuge in alcohol and her brother slid into drug abuse. Read more
Published 13 months ago by quippe
Lovely dark fantasy adventure...
I've read all of the 'Wicked Lovely' books that have been released thus far. I enjoy her style of writing and the pace at which her stories unfold, how they entwine with each other... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Chanty
enjoyable but a little pointless and confusing
I did like this book espescially the darker take on faeries but i found it abit confusing in parts,their was a lack of explanation as the reader i didnt feel a part of it,for... Read more
Published 15 months ago by sugaspicekiki
Much better than 'Wicked Lovely'
I felt as though `Ink Exchange' by Melissa Marr was a completely different book to `Wicked Lovely', it is the sequel yet Aislinn was barely mentioned. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sara Jafari
Good Read
Ink Exchange is the second book of the Wicked Lovely series of 5 novels and is a lovely romantic story with yet another love triangle for all ages. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by L. Herbert
Faeries like you haven't seen before
A 'sort-of' sequel to Wicked Lovely. I loved the use of one of the peripheral characters from Wicked Lovely becoming the protagonist in this story. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Book Angel Emma
Better than Wicked Lovely!
I've read a lot of reviews saying that the ending was not that good.., but it was what compelled me to write a review. I loved this book better than Wicked Lovely! Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by maria joia
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
