But I think Marr successfully walks the line in portraying a character who is both "broken" and strong. Leslie is a difficult character to identify with, because she keeps her emotions so tightly restrained due to the devastating events in her recent past. It's a very different book-much darker, for example-but I thought the writing showed more maturity and I found it a very compelling read. Ink Exchange is the sequel to Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely, and if anything, I liked it even better than Wicked Lovely. But the price that Leslie has to pay for freedom from fear may be more than she is willing to pay.
Nor does she know that Aislinn's friend Niall, who appears to show an interest in her, is really a faerie whose powers are devastating to mortals.Īs Leslie becomes more closely tied to the Dark Court, she finds the darkness exhilarating and liberating. Leslie doesn't realize that her new tattoo will tie her to the faerie King of the Dark Court, Irial. But keeping secrets can have unforeseen consequences. Aislinn wants Leslie to have as normal a life as possible, so she has forbidden any of the faerie to reveal themselves or their nature to Leslie. But Aislinn is keeping her own secrets-she doesn't tell Leslie about her new faerie life, or that her new friends are not human. One of Leslie's friends is Aislinn, the new Summer Queen of the faerie. She decides to get a tattoo as a symbol, a promise to herself, and a way to reclaim her own body. Leslie lives in fear, but she's determined to take control of her life. Leslie tries to pay the bills when she can, and stay out of the way of her brother's drug dealing cronies-especially since some of those cronies raped her with her brother's permission for payment of his debt. Her father has basically abdicated responsibility for the family, and Leslie's drug-addicted brother controls the house.
Ever since her mother left, Leslie's life has been difficult. On the surface, Leslie seems like a normal teen, but she hides the truth of her life from her friends.
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