Some things are permanent.
Indelible.
And they cannot be changed back.
Joy Malone learns this the night she sees a stranger with all-black eyes across a crowded room—right before the mystery boy tries to cut out her eye. Instead, the wound accidentally marks her as property of Indelible Ink, and this dangerous mistake thrusts Joy into an incomprehensible world—a world of monsters at the window, glowing girls on the doorstep, and a life that will never be the same.
Now, Joy must pretend to be Ink’s chosen one—his helper, his love, his something for the foreseeable future…and failure to be convincing means a painful death for them both. Swept into a world of monsters, illusion, immortal honor and revenge, Joy discovers that sometimes, there are no mistakes.
Somewhere between reality and myth lies… THE TWIXT
Release Date: July 30, 2013
I’m not going to lie: I was totally bummed when I didnt manage to get a copy of Indelible at BEA back in May. But I was definitely lucky enough to make a wonderful YA Blog friend: Jen from At Random, who was willing to let me read her copy after she finished it! Be sure to check out her blog as well, click on the link.
At first, I was a little lost about what exactly the premise was of this novel, especially when it just didnt seem like Joy (as a character) to go out to a club dancing. However, as soon as the Ink arrived in the narrative, I was hooked.
The basic premise is that everyone is marked and “claimed” invisibly by the experiences in their life or based on their heritage by two individuals who can travel through the fabric of time and space to perform their duties. These Individuals: Indelible Ink and Invisible Inq are responsible for placing these marks or claims on people. Things you should know about Ink and Inq: Ink is a male and Inq is a female and they are considered brother and sister, and they are the only ones of their kind. Created specifically for their purpose.
This means that Ink and Inq had to learn their mannerisms and traits from their interactions with other species (oh yeah, there are a ton of other creatures on Earth other than Humans too), so Ink is considerably awkward upon meeting Joy.
Quickly the world building takes a back seat to the main action, which is Joy being pursued by some unseemily characters and Ink having to save her. I feel like the narrative really suffered from the abandonment of the world building, because I still am not 100% sure of how the entire world functions within humanity and how or who would have had the power or intelligence to create Ink and Inq. How did the people in power get in charge? So many questions that I feel could have been answered!
I will say that I enjoyed the journey of Ink learning to become more human and how organically the relationship developed between him and Joy. I was a little disappointed at how “Bella Swan” her attitude at some points, but overall I found the romance very fun.
I enjoyed the book, despite some of the set backs, and I do look forward to reading the next installment. I hope we get the answers to some of our questions!
3.5 Bards
Moving! 