Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely (Quality)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm not ready to pass judgment on INK EXCHANGE.When I turned the last page and closed the book, I thought: this story is not over. Melissa Marr's first book set in the world of faerie, WICKED LOVELY, was self contained - and I'm not sure what, or who, the next book is supposed to be about.If INK EXCHANGE is supposed to be Leslie's whole story, I have to say I'm disappointed.But if it's the beginning of a series, I'm delighted.

INK EXCHANGE starts off with Leslie, the protagonist, getting ready to leave for high school while her brother smokes crack at the kitchen table.It's an early warning to the reader: this is an unrelentingly dark book.Leslie is living in a nightmare version of the human world, and it isn't long before she is unwittingly caught up in a nightmare version of the faerie world: the Dark Court.These solitary fey nourish themselves on pain, hatred, greed, lust, and just about any other ugly urge that man or faerie is capable of.They starve without this nourishment, and peaceful times are lean indeed.

Marr has set herself the difficult task of rendering these Dark faeries sympathetic to the reader.They are emotional parasites, and they literally thrive on suffering.Their King, Irial, shows us that at least some of these repulsive creatures are capable of great virtue: Irial is a devoted caretaker of his people, capable of true friendship, self-sacrifice, and sensitivity.It is moving when he exhibits these qualities, and then doubly repulsive when he sets them aside.Frequently, Marr follows the Dark faeries as they prepare for their hideous feasts - and then fades to black.But we can imagine how they must proceed, by watching how Irial treats Leslie - a girl he loves, and swears to protect.He treats her very, very badly.

I think Marr is a very talented writer indeed.Her worlds, both human and faerie, are gritty, alive, and feel very real.Her teenage protagonists are good kids who grow up too fast, and are wise beyond their years.This faerieland is no saccharine paradise for Tinkerbells and pretty princesses - profoundly alien, both gorgeous and hideous.

INK EXCHANGE was hard to put down, very compelling, but I wonder what will happen next.

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