Ink Exchange

GO Ink Exchange


Author: Melissa Marr
Type: eBook
Language: English
Released: 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins
Page Count: 336
Format: lit
ISBN-10: 006121468X
ISBN-13: No
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From School Library Journal Starred Review. Grade 9 UpтАФThis urban fairy tale, a sequel to Wicked Lovely (HarperTeen, 2007), is impossible to put down. Leslie lives with a father who has given up on life, a drug-abusing brother who allowed his dealer to rape Leslie in lieu of payment, and a burning desire to banish pain and fear from her life. Unable to confide in her best friend, Aislinn, she devotes herself to working to pay the family bills and to get the tattoo she believes will help her reclaim her body. What she doesn't know is that the art she has selected will bind her to Irial, the king of the Dark Court of Fairy. He removes her emotions like fear, panic, or anger, and uses them to nourish the fairies of his court. What Irial doesn't expect is his growing love for Leslie and her desire to make her own choices. In Leslie, Marr has created a damaged, wounded character who still comes across as being incredibly strong. Irial needs to care for his court, knowing them too weak to win a war, but his feelings for Leslie make him unwilling to do what needs to be done. The lesser characters are also well drawn: Rabbit the tattoo artist, his father, Gabriel, and also Aislinn, Keenan, and Seth from Wicked Lovely. While reading that book first would give more shades to some of the characters, it isn't necessary to appreciate the intricate world that Marr creates.тАФLisa Prolman, Greenfield Public Library, MA Copyright Tй Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate edition. From Newcomers and returning readers alike will devour this companion novel toTаMarr's ragingly popularTаWicked Lovely (2007). The new peaceTаbetween the Summer King and the Winter QueenTаisnтАЩt good for everyone: those of the Dark Court, who feed on faeriesтАЩ destructive emotions, are dangerously weakened. Irial, King of the Dark Court, needs a solution, and he finds one inTаthe Summer QueenтАЩsTаmortal friend Leslie. Tormented by memories of abuse, Leslie wants nothing more than to reclaim her body by getting a tattoo, but theTаenchanted design she selectsTаprovides Irial with a direct linkTаto mortalsтАЩ emotions. TheTаtattoo binds Leslie and Irial together even as a third faerie works toTаprevent their destructive yet seductive connection. All of MarrтАЩs 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 --This text refers to an alternate edition.