Book Review - Ink and Bone

Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Twenty-year-old Finley Montgomery is used to ghosts. Normally getting another tattoo or the roar of her motorcycle calms their calls - except for this time. Without the normal guidance of her Grandmother Eloise, Finley is thrust into a search for a missing girl the Hallows wants found. And the Hallows always gets what it wants.

As one of the few suspense novels I've read there were a few things that threw me off that could just be a part of the genre.

I didn't like the amount of history told for each POV character. To me there didn't seem to be much of a point to all that information.

The type of magic was too vague for me to be worried about whether or not they'd find the girl in time. I would have preferred something more concrete where I knew how it worked and therefor could be worried about when things weren't going well.

The usage of italics also threw me off quite a bit.

Those few things aside, however, the novel was excellent in atmosphere, story, and pacing. I loved the twist at the end - it's one where I thought back on all the instances that led Finley to the climax and could see how it worked out. The endings for all the characters were hugely satisfying. Not all happy, but satisfying, and I loved the characters who supported Finley in her journey. Both alive and dead.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in the darker aspects of paranormal works, and am happy to have read it!

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