Alice Broadway

In her startlingly prescient debut, Broadway shines a light on the dangerous lengths people go to make their world feel orderly--even when the truth refuses to stay within the lines. This rich, lyrical fantasy with echoes of Orwell is a tale guaranteed to get under a reader's skin.

Ink (Ink Trilogy Book 1)

Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora's father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. She knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into a Skin Book to stand as a record of his good life. But when she discovers that his ink has been edited and his book is incomplete, she wonders whether she ever knew him at all.

Lacey Devlin

“Sleep is a wonderful gift. A good night's sleep solves most problems, heals most ailments, and sweetens most sour moods.”

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Inkt

Eva Marquant

Niemand is echt weg en vergeten zolang zijn naam wordt uitgesproken.

13 year old me would have eaten this UP - lacks a general depth though

Laoise Giblin

Ashley Wendt

The cover pulled me in 100%. It might be my favorite cover ever. I’m not sure what I was expecting but I wasn’t expecting this dystopian feel. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it. It was a cool concept and something different from the normal dystopian world. Some of it feels a bit basic dystopian chosen one tropey. I’ll continue the series.

Nena Wyers 

Abi Hills

I wanted to read this book because I saw it recommended on Instagram of all places and saw people raving about it. I'm 19, so maybe I've just grown out of this genre but I was very disappointed. 

The main character was bland and unlikeable "I hate my appearance and my body", which is relatable for a lot of people but seems pretty tedious when it's a common overused trope. Also, her dreams are all symbolic which can be a cool element but I felt like there was too many and the meaning was obvious. Maybe I should have tried the other books in the series first to wait for character development but I don't think I should have to do that. 

The cover is beautiful though; I love how it encapsulates the story. Also, I enjoyed the intricate descriptions of people's tattoos. That's about it. 

I'm sorry if this is your favourite. I think my age has a lot to do with my distaste for this book.

Chriss

First of all: One of the most beautiful covers ever! Secondly: a really interesting story, good charakter development. All in all I loved it

It's a good story, but rather for younger readers. 

sharkie

Libby G

I broke my own sacred rule and picked up this book because of the cover. I hardly glanced at the synopsis. Thankfully I was not disappointed. Broadway created an interesting culture. She skillfully allowed us to believe in it before starting to tear it down. It was such a unique read.

Grace O'Callaghan

I had such high hopes for this book as it is stunning on the outside. Unfortunately it’s not quite so pretty on the inside.

I think the premise was a really interesting one, but it did not reach its full potential at all.

This world was never fully explored. Perhaps it’s expanded upon in the next book, but the first book is all about establishing the world and I never got the sense that it was bigger than a town. I also never got the sense of why things were happening. Why are the blanks so dangerous? Why has no one ever questioned the society before? Just all these questions that never really got answered.

Leora was the most generic YA dystopian protagonist you could think of. She’s introverted, does well at school, mousy brown hair with pretty eyes, has an identity crisis. She’s literally an insert self character. I also felt like her relationships were never really established. Her best friend and her shared a birthday and that’s why they’re friends? Okay.

If you’ve ever read any YA dystopia, you already know the plot. This book brings nothing new to the table and is a very simple and straightforward plot.

All in all, a very disappointing read. Cool premise, but bad execution and isn’t anything you haven’t seen from this genre. I’d recommend if you’ve never read a dystopian book, but that’s all I can recommend it for.

Mayra Melo

Tayler Park

This book was interesting. Tattoos on your body defines your life, cool concept. The book was a little slow in the beginning but I loved the way Alice described the world in her writing, it made me feel like I was actually there living in this world. Half of me liked this book and the other half thought eh. It could of done better but it kept me wanting to keep reading. Near the end it picked up though. I wish there was more character development but I loved the development between Verity and Leora. Their friendship was amazing. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Gabriela Roxana 

4.5

This book was extraordinary. So unique and whimsical, truly a hidden gem amongst so many dystopia.

Manon van Heumen

Angela Cogley

Dorianne Vervoort

Is je ziel te vangen in een tatoeage? Leora leeft in een wereld zonder geheimen: alle ervaringen, mijlpalen en misstappen worden als tatoeages op je huid weergegeven, zichtbaar voor iedereen. Leora kan tatoeages 'lezen': ze voelt de verhalen en emoties erachter. Daar zit niet iedereen op te wachten. Wanneer blijkt dat Leora's vader niet was wie ze dacht dat hij was, komt haar hele leven - haar hele identiteit - op losse schroeven te staan.

Laure Decaluwé

Cait🪼

In Saintstone everyone gets tattoos recording their deeds from birth until death, and the ink lets every other citizen know your triumphs as well as your sins; so when Leora's father dies and she sees glimpses a symbol of a horrible crime on the back of his neck she is horrified, and sure it is a mistake--and in her efforts to find out the truth she discovers the lengths that Saintstone will go to preserve its "perfect" society.

Ink (Ink Trilogy Book 1)

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