Welcome to My Monday Minis Reviews where I share short reviews of books I’ve read. For today I’ll be sharing two books with the same titles but different authors and story lines.
Ink and Bone
by Lisa Unger
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Horror
My Review
After reading the synopsis for this book, no way was I not reading it.
A father and son shot, left wounded in the Hollows while the daughter, Abbey, is dragged away by her abductor.
A young woman, haunted by dreams and ghosts, paints her body with tattoos, slowly losing control of her gifts.
The Hollows, buried in winter snow, not giving up it’s secrets.
A mother struggling to stay sane, makes a last desperate attempt to find her daughter.
I enjoy it when a story pulls me in right from the beginning and the author did just that. I lost track of things going on around me and kept reading …. kept reading, until I was done.
The character’s are strongly developed and drive the story, and the plot is busy and exhilarating, reminding me of a dangerous winding road. You race around each bend, never knowing what waits in the road to send the story out of control.
A real page turner for anyone looking for a thriller with some suspense and horror, plus a bit of the paranormal thrown in.
4 Stars
Synopsis
An instant page-turner (Lisa Gardner) that straddles the line between thriller and horror…sure to appeal to a wide range of readers, including Stephen King fans. (Booklist, starred) A young woman’s mysterious gift forces her into the middle of a dangerous investigation of a little girl’s disappearance.
Twenty-year-old Finley Montgomery is rarely alone. Visited by people whom others can’t see and haunted by prophetic dreams, she has never been able to control or understand the things that happen to her. When Finley’s abilities start to become too strong for her to handle – and even the roar of her motorcycle or another dazzling tattoo can’t drown out the voices – she turns to the only person she knows who can help her: her grandmother Eloise Montgomery, a renowned psychic living in The Hollows, New York.
Merri Gleason is a woman at the end of her tether after a ten-month-long search for her missing daughter, Abbey. With almost every hope exhausted, she resorts to hiring Jones Cooper, a detective who sometimes works with psychic Eloise Montgomery. Merri’s not a believer, but she’s just desperate enough to go down that road, praying that she’s not too late. Time, she knows, is running out.
As a harsh white winter moves into The Hollows, Finley and Eloise are drawn into the investigation, which proves to have much more at stake than even the fate of a missing girl. As Finley digs deeper into the town and its endless layers, she is forced to examine the past, even as she tries to look into the future. Only one thing is clear: The Hollows gets what it wants, no matter what.
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Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine
Genre: YA Fantasy
My Review
A book about the Great Library of Alexandria, and a fantasy to boot. I was sold and knew it would be a good fit for me.
Owning books is forbidden in this world. You can view and read books through the use of alchemy, but can’t actually own a book.
I don’t know about you but I love my physical books. I just know I’d break the rules and something terrible would happen. And so it goes with this story. Jess breaks the rules with his illegal cache of books. How interesting as he’s assigned to spy on those who break those very rules. When something wondrous and potentially dangerous is created it could change the world. Chaos ensues and it’s not just books that will be burned.
Ooh, now how does that grab ya? Once I got familiar with this world I was quickly swept away. Lots of intrigue and suspense kept me enthralled right to the finale.
This is an exciting beginning to a promising fantasy series. I’ll be visiting it again.
4 Stars
Synopsis
In an exhilarating new series, “New York Times” bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.
Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden.
Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Library, but the majority of his knowledge comes from illegal books obtained by his family. Jess has been sent to be his family spy, but his loyalties are tested in the final months of his training to enter the Library s service.
When his friend inadvertently commits heresy by creating a device that could change the world, Jess discovers that those who control the Great Library believe knowledge is more valuable than any human life and soon both heretics and books will burn.”
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I need to get the first Ink and Bone as I have heard good things about it and I need to read the second Ink and Bones because I have it but just not read it yet. 🙂
I bought one of these and won the other. Figured it would be fun to post about both at the same time. I think you’d like these too, Stormi.
Funny how two books can have the same title and yet be so different from one another. They both sound good for different reasons. Great idea to post about them together!
They are very different and it was fun to share them this way!
These look familiar. Have to check my Kindle.
sherry @ fundinmental
I’ve got print copies of both if you want to borrow them.
I love the idea of the Rachel Caine ‘Ink and Bone’ – the idea of the library of Alexandria surviving has been haunting me for a while so I must get hold of this one during the year:). Thank you for your review!
It was a well written story. Got a feeling you’ll enjoy it, Sarah, based on other books you’ve shared.
Both of these are on my tbr. It is funny how they have the same title but completely different stories. This is a great review and now I can’t wait to read these books.
They were so different and both were very good. Thanks so much:)
How funny that you’re reviewing two books with the same title! It took me a moment to figure out what was happening because I’ve seen Caine’s book around a lot but not Unger’s. At first I thought, “Is that an alternate cover? It’s so wildly different!” Until I saw the author’s name and then kept reading … 🙂
I thought it was funny that they shared the same title too. So different though.