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Ink (Paper Gods #1)
by
Amanda Sun (Goodreads Author)
I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.
Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.
A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.
And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.
On the heels of a family tragedy, the la...more
Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.
A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.
And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.
On the heels of a family tragedy, the la...more
Paperback, 377 pages
Expected publication:
June 25th 2013
by Harlequin Teen
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Ink (Paper Gods, #1)
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This book broke my heart. Not in the way you might think, though.
I've become very familiar with a certain concept that much of YA has been using lately. The same concept that I discussed in my review of Reboot by Amy Tintera. It's when a book takes a gimmick—a brilliant concept, an intriguing setting, etc—and still follows the basic YA formula, riddled with cliches like:
- Outcast, ordinary heroine (who might actually not be or...more
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This book broke my heart. Not in the way you might think, though.
I've become very familiar with a certain concept that much of YA has been using lately. The same concept that I discussed in my review of Reboot by Amy Tintera. It's when a book takes a gimmick—a brilliant concept, an intriguing setting, etc—and still follows the basic YA formula, riddled with cliches like:
- Outcast, ordinary heroine (who might actually not be or...more
Completely LOVED this book. If you've ever watched a Japanese drama, you know exactly what to expect. Cute bad boys, a gutsy girl, silly friends, and DRAMA. Throw in a paranormal twist and you've got a blockbuster. It was so authentic too, this author obviously lived and breathed in Japan and it shows. Everything was meticulously researched down to the food, kendo, the customs, the language, how real Japanese teens talk ... everything. It made me miss my Japanese classes so much to read about ho...more
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See more of my reviews sooner on Birth of a New Witch! My copy was an ARC passed on to me by a friend.
3.5 stars.
(But it's important to note that the art accounted for an entire star of the rating, so the story itself gets 2.5 stars. It's important to note because this isn't as good of a book as my rating would lead you to believe at first sight.)
I grew up on anime and manga and still love it dearly, so Ink went on my to-read as soon as someone brought it to my attention. It seems like just the s...more
3.5 stars.
(But it's important to note that the art accounted for an entire star of the rating, so the story itself gets 2.5 stars. It's important to note because this isn't as good of a book as my rating would lead you to believe at first sight.)
I grew up on anime and manga and still love it dearly, so Ink went on my to-read as soon as someone brought it to my attention. It seems like just the s...more
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I am not going to lie, Ink may as well be the one of the best debut titles of 2013, if not the very best. It has everything, EVERYTHING I didn't know I was looking for so badly. Mixing the old with the new, Ink gives us the dangerous heart stopping tale we always crave in a completely new setting that involves paper gods, kendo clubs, and sizzling Japanese style romance.
Katie lost her mother, and soon after her homeland. With her grandfather battling cancer Katie has no choice but to move in wit...more
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Ink with its stunning cover and intriguing synopsis was one of my most anticipated books of 2013. It had so much potential, but sadly it failed to impress.
To start on a positive note, one the reasons I was drawn to this book was because of the setting. I haven’t read many YA books set in Japan, so I was eager to read Ink. I found the cultural descriptions about the people and traditions fascinating, and it was obvious right from the start that the author had done her research.
And now onto the ne...more
To start on a positive note, one the reasons I was drawn to this book was because of the setting. I haven’t read many YA books set in Japan, so I was eager to read Ink. I found the cultural descriptions about the people and traditions fascinating, and it was obvious right from the start that the author had done her research.
And now onto the ne...more
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2.5 stars (I might bump the rating up to three, but right now I am way too crushed for this)
Many thanks to Harlequin Teen for providing me with this arc!
Ink: My biggest disappointment of 2013 (so far).
I've been looking forward to this book for over a year. Not looking forward like 'hey, that book sounds nice', add it and then forget about it. No, I mean looking forward in the 'pre-order a copy a year before its publication, stalk the book's pages for updates and reviews and checking for ways to...more
Many thanks to Harlequin Teen for providing me with this arc!
Ink: My biggest disappointment of 2013 (so far).
I've been looking forward to this book for over a year. Not looking forward like 'hey, that book sounds nice', add it and then forget about it. No, I mean looking forward in the 'pre-order a copy a year before its publication, stalk the book's pages for updates and reviews and checking for ways to...more
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Jan 28, 2013
Julianna Helms
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who like well-researched books with amazing characters
**STARRED REVIEW**
4.5 STARS
Actual, full review: Review will be posted on my blog at 12 AM PST February 7th, 2013, here. Note: due to copy-and-paste, formatting and links have been lost.
I've heard people say that the best books are the ones that make you homesick for somewhere you've never been.
I don't think I've ever felt so much yearning to be in Japan than I have while reading Ink.
Amanda Sun is my new hero. So often--too often--you read books in foreign settings that are under-researched, not...more
4.5 STARS
Actual, full review: Review will be posted on my blog at 12 AM PST February 7th, 2013, here. Note: due to copy-and-paste, formatting and links have been lost.
I've heard people say that the best books are the ones that make you homesick for somewhere you've never been.
I don't think I've ever felt so much yearning to be in Japan than I have while reading Ink.
Amanda Sun is my new hero. So often--too often--you read books in foreign settings that are under-researched, not...more
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Drawings come to life and the underworld...in Japan?
I. Need. You.
Update: That cover. The blurb. Oh, you better be good when I get you.
I. Need. You.
Update: That cover. The blurb. Oh, you better be good when I get you.
God bless netgalley. I'll try to make a decent review with my lame english, you'll have to forgive me.
I can name books that i love so much i could cry, laugh and roll in the floor at the same time, and books that suit my tastes so much it make me think the autor wrote it specially for me. Ink falls in both categories. It's a book that have a lot of topics... like most YA, but still, you don't find this kind of book very often, and if you like doramas or mangas, you already know what i'm talking...more
I can name books that i love so much i could cry, laugh and roll in the floor at the same time, and books that suit my tastes so much it make me think the autor wrote it specially for me. Ink falls in both categories. It's a book that have a lot of topics... like most YA, but still, you don't find this kind of book very often, and if you like doramas or mangas, you already know what i'm talking...more
You know that excitement you get when you read the blurb of a book that seems to have it all? And the anger and disappointment you feel when it doesn't deliver?
That's exactly how I felt when I finished Ink. I mean, my expectations were knocked down a few notches after reading some reviews but it was just as disappointing because it didn't turn out to be the awesome sauce I had hoped for it to be.
So we have our girl Katie Greene who gets moved from the U.S. to Japan after her mother died to go li...more
That's exactly how I felt when I finished Ink. I mean, my expectations were knocked down a few notches after reading some reviews but it was just as disappointing because it didn't turn out to be the awesome sauce I had hoped for it to be.
So we have our girl Katie Greene who gets moved from the U.S. to Japan after her mother died to go li...more
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Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book!
*Sigh* I had high hopes for this book. I mean … just look at that cover. It's gorgeous. And the premise of the book was really promising too––a story that takes place in Japan, people who make drawings that come to life, stuff about Japanese mythology … I had hoped that this would turn out to be super-duper amazing. After reading some fairly negative reviews, I started to lose hope. But … a part of me still prayed that this would be g...more
*Sigh* I had high hopes for this book. I mean … just look at that cover. It's gorgeous. And the premise of the book was really promising too––a story that takes place in Japan, people who make drawings that come to life, stuff about Japanese mythology … I had hoped that this would turn out to be super-duper amazing. After reading some fairly negative reviews, I started to lose hope. But … a part of me still prayed that this would be g...more
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First, major plus points for the brilliantly creative world of Japanese kami, nightmares that haunt and then what could be done with ink on paper... and this is me, properly impressed. Who here has a deep seated fear of claymation? Is anyone else creeped out by those? Anyone… anyone OK, I know can’t be the only one who’s both equally terrified (to the point of nightmares) and then fascinated by what these things. I mean Chicken Run, people! Clay chickens that talk…seriously, those don’t frighten...more
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I obtained an Advance Reader Copy of INK at World Fantasy Con in Nov, 2012.
The beauty of INK is subtle and seductive, from the cover to the conclusion.
It didn't take me long to get into this one. The cover is luscious and, really, how can you not be drawn (Snicker. See what I did there?) to a story set in Japan that promises you "Paper Gods."
Sun creates great characters here, each nuanced and realistic. Katie is a strong female character while still being a teenage girl who gets lost sometimes...more
The beauty of INK is subtle and seductive, from the cover to the conclusion.
It didn't take me long to get into this one. The cover is luscious and, really, how can you not be drawn (Snicker. See what I did there?) to a story set in Japan that promises you "Paper Gods."
Sun creates great characters here, each nuanced and realistic. Katie is a strong female character while still being a teenage girl who gets lost sometimes...more
Mar 10, 2013
Braiden
marked it as to-read
I love all things Japanese and everything that Japan encompasses – except manga and, to some degree, anime. After all, I did study nihongo for six years and go to Japan too. All these titles influenced by Japan make me a very content reader.
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Roughly fifteen or ten years ago, an entire generation of youngsters discovered that cartoons and comics from Japan were the new thing to go crazy over, thanks to various TV networks running anime throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, and the Pokémon boom in 1997 certainly didn't hinder it any. I know. I was there.
That generation has now grown up, and with it, I suppose we can expect to see some of these super fans of anime and manga growing up into writers. We're already seeing P2P fan-fiction,...more
That generation has now grown up, and with it, I suppose we can expect to see some of these super fans of anime and manga growing up into writers. We're already seeing P2P fan-fiction,...more
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Hey guys!
I got a copy of this book from Netgalley when I requested it.
My Summary:
Katie Greene moved to Japan after her mother died. Now she has to cope with her mother's death and being in a country half way across the world. She's staying with her aunt in Shizuoka. When she walks into a dramatic break up between a couple when she goes to school, she sees the guy's drawing move. At first she doesn't believe what she saw, but the more she gets to know about Tomohiro, the more suspicious of him sh...more
I got a copy of this book from Netgalley when I requested it.
My Summary:
Katie Greene moved to Japan after her mother died. Now she has to cope with her mother's death and being in a country half way across the world. She's staying with her aunt in Shizuoka. When she walks into a dramatic break up between a couple when she goes to school, she sees the guy's drawing move. At first she doesn't believe what she saw, but the more she gets to know about Tomohiro, the more suspicious of him sh...more
May 20, 2013
Ian Wood
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This novel was tragically bad. Below is the complete review as featured on my blog.
Yes, I'm reading a Harlequin book! The shame! The book looked really interesting from the information on Netgalley. I guess I learned my lesson! I should have been suspicious when I saw that the illustration on the cover looks suspiciously like the author! Oh, and good luck (or look, maybe in this case?) trying to find this novel on the Harlequin Teen web site. I don't know if they're embarrassed by this novel, or...more
Yes, I'm reading a Harlequin book! The shame! The book looked really interesting from the information on Netgalley. I guess I learned my lesson! I should have been suspicious when I saw that the illustration on the cover looks suspiciously like the author! Oh, and good luck (or look, maybe in this case?) trying to find this novel on the Harlequin Teen web site. I don't know if they're embarrassed by this novel, or...more
So I have to admit that at first I didn't a positive outlook on this book, I was bored and the Japanese language barrier prevented me from being optimistic and delving into the story, BUT throughout it I came to appreciate the books unusual and original tale.
Although i just said that at first I found the Japanese barrier annoying surprisingly eventually I actually found it interesting and so different that I ended up enjoying the setting and scene of the plot. I got used to Amanda Sun's writing...more
Although i just said that at first I found the Japanese barrier annoying surprisingly eventually I actually found it interesting and so different that I ended up enjoying the setting and scene of the plot. I got used to Amanda Sun's writing...more
Okay, I've been scrolling down this book's page and reading the the spoiler-less reviews for a few minutes and now, because of that, I am starting to dread this one.
I think finding out that Harlequin published this should have given me a hint, but I want to give the author the benefit of the doubt. I'm not disparaging Harlequin altogether, but some of their books really are more focused on romance and tend to be a little formulaic. I love reading romance books, especially ones with an interesti...more
I think finding out that Harlequin published this should have given me a hint, but I want to give the author the benefit of the doubt. I'm not disparaging Harlequin altogether, but some of their books really are more focused on romance and tend to be a little formulaic. I love reading romance books, especially ones with an interesti...more
Katie has just lost her mother to a heart attack, and her grandfather having a cancer, she is forced to move to Shizuoka, Japan to live with her aunt. Due to her appearance and broken Japanese, Katie feels like an outsider for a long time, until she meets Yuu Tomohiro. Everything about him tells her to stay away from him, but Tomohiro being all mysterious and charismatic, Katie is determined to reveal his secret. However, she wasn't prepared to fall in love with Tomohiro and discover an ancient...more
This one's a grower - it starts slowly, and I was actually a little bit disappointed by it at first - I was so looking forward to reading it that I'd built it up a bit too much in my mind I think. But as I kept reading, it picked up the pace and started to really grow on me, to the point at which I couldn't put it down and was disappointed when I got to the end - not because of the ending, but because now I have to wait ages for the next one!
One thing I did love from the beginning was the gentle...more
One thing I did love from the beginning was the gentle...more
I wanted to love it but...
My thanks to NetGalley for the chance to read and review this book. I picked it because I advise a 20+ member high school anime club and I knew the girls in the club would want to know if this was a book worth reading.
I was intrigued by the premise. Katie, who grew up in Canada, loses her Mom and has to move to Japan to live with her aunt. Dad is not only absent but unknown. Katie is having trouble fitting in when she meets trouble with a capital T--Tomo. Tomo is so com...more
My thanks to NetGalley for the chance to read and review this book. I picked it because I advise a 20+ member high school anime club and I knew the girls in the club would want to know if this was a book worth reading.
I was intrigued by the premise. Katie, who grew up in Canada, loses her Mom and has to move to Japan to live with her aunt. Dad is not only absent but unknown. Katie is having trouble fitting in when she meets trouble with a capital T--Tomo. Tomo is so com...more
It always feels new and exciting when you read a new twist on the paranormal phenomenon that hasn't been used before.
While Ink is a school based story, the entire setting of Japan with its traditions, ceremonies and even the language was such a refreshing change and, being a lover of all worldwide historical lore, this was a perfect read.
Katie is our blond haired American at a Japanese school. Her mother passed away recently and she's now living with her (very cool) Aunt Diane. Things start ge...more
While Ink is a school based story, the entire setting of Japan with its traditions, ceremonies and even the language was such a refreshing change and, being a lover of all worldwide historical lore, this was a perfect read.
Katie is our blond haired American at a Japanese school. Her mother passed away recently and she's now living with her (very cool) Aunt Diane. Things start ge...more
It's nice to have a breathe of fresh air. And a story with Japan settings is something new for me. At first, it's really confusing what the story is all about and how all the characters fit in. But as the story goes, everything is coming to its perfect place. I just find myself enjoying the love story between Katie and Tomo.
The mystery surrounding Tomo is really intriguing that I almost got frustrated how Tomo denies everything when the truth is so obvious, but the story behind the truth is qui...more
The mystery surrounding Tomo is really intriguing that I almost got frustrated how Tomo denies everything when the truth is so obvious, but the story behind the truth is qui...more
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Going into this I was really excited. If I could have one superpower it would be that whatever I draw would come to life. But, hey, that's my inner artist coming out, and for Tomo it isn't nearly as fun as it sounds.
I really enjoyed this story. Japan is definitely one of those places that I'd love to visit and I love the culture in general. Katie has just moved there, after the death of her mother and is thrown into a world she can barely even begin to understand. It's a new country, new cultur...more
I really enjoyed this story. Japan is definitely one of those places that I'd love to visit and I love the culture in general. Katie has just moved there, after the death of her mother and is thrown into a world she can barely even begin to understand. It's a new country, new cultur...more
I received this book from Mira INK publishers - so thanks very much to them. I actually won it in a competition, it came with 2 other books - both of which I was desperate for, this one I hadn't heard much about but at the time I wasn't really bothered. It's been sitting on my pile for about a month. I know the release date isn't for another couple of months but I was on my way out the door the other day and wanted to take a book with me and this happened to be at hand.
And I have to say I am ve...more
And I have to say I am ve...more
Katie Greene has just lost her Mom and now she's losing her home too. Due to an outdated will, she is being sent to live with her Aunt Diane all the way in Japan instead of her Grandparents in Canada. At first she is despondent and not making much of an effort. But then she meets Yuu Tomohiro, the school kendo (a type of martial arts from what I gather) star and is intrigued by him. Oh, there's also that little thing where his drawings come to life! Refusing to be brushed off, Katie moves hersel...more
May 18, 2013
Michelle
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Manga Fans, Twilight and Iron Fey fans
After her mother dies, teenager Katie Greene is sent to live with her aunt in Japan. She is far away from everything and everyone she knew. While she struggles to fit in at her new school and her new life, she meets Tomohiro. He’s aloof and cold and someone who she should not associate with. So of course she falls head over heels in love with him. However, he’s hiding a dark secret. He’s a Kami, a Japanese God that controls ink. There’s something about her that is making his powers become out of...more
I received an ARC of Ink from Chris, the owner of the Monte Cristo book store in New London, CT. He said he thought it was the next big thing and he wanted to know what I thought of it. Well, I have to agree.
Katie is an American teen who, after her mother dies, moves in with her aunt in Japan. At first she is overwhelmed by the completely different culture and language barrier. Her aunt suggests she gives it a few months, and she reluctantly agrees. She soon finds herself grasping Japanese very...more
Katie is an American teen who, after her mother dies, moves in with her aunt in Japan. At first she is overwhelmed by the completely different culture and language barrier. Her aunt suggests she gives it a few months, and she reluctantly agrees. She soon finds herself grasping Japanese very...more
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