Title: Indelible
Author: Dawn
Matcalf
Publisher:
Harlequin Teen Australia
Release Date: 1st
August 2013
Rating: 3. 5 out
of 5
Description: 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…
Indelible was an interesting
read. The concept behind the world of the Twixt is incredibly unique and novel
and quite different from anything I have read. Dawn Metcalf has created a story
that is twisty, dark and haunting. It’s imaginative and filled with creatures
and illusions that you would expect to find in your nightmares. Overall a solid
dark fantasy read I would recommend to those wanting to read something out of
the ordinary.
Indelible is about the hidden
world of the Twixt. Joy is out dancing
with her friend when she notices a mysterious guy named Ink. This mysterious guy attacks Joy and
stabs her in her eye. Instead of blinding her, he marks her as his property and
she becomes his significant other. With his mark, Joy becomes part of the Twixt
world and is swept into the chaos of monstors, traps and symbols. To survive she
has to pretend to be Ink’s chosen one.
The story moves at a fast pace
and is filled with plenty of action. One of the things I loved about this book was
that the action was unpredictable. I never knew what was going to happen next
and what creepy creature was going to appear to wreak havoc. There were many gorgeously sinister
monsters and creatures that live in the world of the Twixt. Metcalf does not shy away from the crazy
and the hair-raising horrors of this world but instead highlights the creepy. The book does not sugarcoat the consequences of living in a world full of monstors and
these characters suffer plenty of pain.
Though the book deals with a lot of fantasy elements it also has a contemporary
side. Joy deals with a lot of personal stuff with her family. There were very realistic familial
relationships represented in this book, which was a nice change to some YA
books where parents are not as present.
Joy is a character that does not
give up. She gets thrown into chaos and terrible things keep happening to her
but never once does she give up. She picks her self up and keeps going. She was
very admirable that way. Ink was a
very noble soul. He had a very antiquated way of talking without contractions,
which made his dialogue unique and charming at the same time. The romance between Joy and Ink was sweet but happened
a bit too fast for my taste. Inq was a very entertaining flamboyant character. She was very different
from Ink and acted more human than some of the Folk, making her more relatable. Monica was a great supportive
best friend and you knew that she was really looking out for Joy.
I did have a few minor issues with
this book. The world building was quite complicated and because of this I was a
bit confused on some of the aspects of the story. The story has two main characters with the same name (Ink
and Inq) and sometimes it took a bit to figure out which character the book was
referring to. My advice would be to be patient with this book because it takes a while to really understand the world.
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