Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr

Well, the first book, Wicked Lovely, was a decent read, so I was expecting I guess more of the same in this book. Instead the author attempted to take on darker subject matter and instead of fleshing this out to the full, she skirted around the issues and didn't really address them, Kind of making the story/ characters fall flat. Basically a PG book took on R rated issues but kept them PG, relying on suggestion to get a point across rather than just addressing the issues. Because of this the plot had a kind of cardboard feel to it. I kind of felt like she kind of skimmed through the plot as well. Events took place, but there was no conviction to anything and the author didn't really follow through and finish an event. I thought the ending was kind of rushed.

Overall decent set-up but poor execution.