Ink Exchange
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4.4 • 117 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The second installment in Melissa Marr’s #1 New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series brings readers back to the land of faerie and delivers another stunning, high-stakes romance.
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. . .
Tattoo Magic: Leslie thinks a tattoo of eyes and wings is a way to reclaim her body. She has no idea the ink will bind her to a world of shadows and power she can’t escape.The Faery Courts: Beyond the mortal world, a centuries-old balance of power is breaking. The Dark Court is vulnerable, and its king, Irial, will do anything to hold it together.Addictive Romance: Drawn to the dangerous allure of the king she’s bound to, Leslie is also protected by a Summer Court faery whose very touch is a forbidden temptation.Dark Fantasy Romance: Set in a modern world of tattoo parlors and high schools, this novel plunges a seventeen-year-old girl into the ancient, brutal politics of the Fae.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Returning to the faery world of Wicked Lovely, Marr serves up another highly addictive read, this time centering on Leslie, a mortal girl who made a cameo appearance in that earlier work as a friend of its protagonist, Aislinn. Broken by terrible trauma, Leslie seeks to anchor her mind from slipping into oblivion. She finds salvation or so it seems in a strange tattoo that gives her power and strength like she's never felt before. But Leslie's euphoria is short-lived, and the tattoo comes with a shocking price. Its ink has been laced with the blood of Irial, king of the fey's Dark Court. Upon the tattoo's completion, Leslie will be bound to Irial as if a slave, with Court rules forbidding even Aislinn, the new Summer Queen, and Summer King Keenan's guard, the handsome Niall, to sever this dark attachment. Once again readers will find a love triangle that simmers, this time among Leslie, Irial and Niall all of whom face choices that could cost them everything they prize. Compulsive enough to give the Twilight series a run for its money, and dizzyingly more sinister. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Second book - almost a filler episode
At first I was disappointed that the book moved to a different character who was not even a secondary character, in my opinion. However, mid way through I was almost as addicted as I was to the first book. It gave good insight to the dark court, although i didn’t find it to be a twist or anything unexpected. Niall is who pulled me in. By 3/4 if the way in, I kinda wondered what the hell happened to him. But, by the end it made sense.
I am excited for the third book because I know it goes back to Seth. Although Seth wasn’t my favorite, she is good at writing him. I’m hoping his character doesn’t change to much. I’m excited to see how she ties in events and knowledge from the first two books into the third.