false 18909684 629344 2321296 006121468X 9780061214684 675 <![CDATA[Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/23/296/2321296-m-1255603975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/23/296/2321296-s-1255603975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2321296.Ink_Exchange 3.67 4365 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. . . .

]]> 175855 3.79 16247 2924 2008 3 6 false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 06:22:28 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 12:32:27 -0700 2008 Wicked Lovely. I prefer sequels that can stand on their own and this one doesn't. It also broke one of my *rules* for fantasy stories, which is that the first pages cannot introduce a ridiculous number of unpronounceable or clearly made-up names. It make...more...]]>