I wasn't really enjoying this and it was a struggle to make myself read a couple of chapters every once in a while. The world was potentially interesting but there wasn't much in the way of details. The writing style was super-telly and had some incredibly awkward sentence constructions. Maybe I'll come back to it but probably not.

I love this new series in all areas. The author has once again built a unique supernatural world. All the characters were interesting and well constructed. I also loved that there were already three short stories with this series. I enjoyed all of them! Can't wait for the next book or short story. ( )

This is the first book in the Angel’s Ink trilogy. It was an okay urban fantasy that seemed to pull lots of elements from urban fantasy series that have already been written. I thought the story was a bit scattered and that the characters were a bit underdeveloped. However, it was okay.

This story reminded me a lot of the Dresden Files. Gage is a warlock that has fallen out of favor with the Ivory Towers. He is trying to keep a low profile running a tattoo parlor. However, things get rough for him when in one day he draws the attention of the Guardian that’s supposed to watch his magic use, accidentally makes a girl immortal..drawing the attention of a grim reaper, and is almost killed by his old teacher.

A lot happens at once very quickly in this book and you can tell that Drake is struggling to juggle all the rapidly introduced plot lines. Because of all these intertwining plotlines the character development really suffers and characters that could be really interesting end up lacking.

This is more of an urban fantasy(UF) than a paranormal romance(PNR); in fact the romance in here is pretty weak. The love scenes that are here are poorly written and awkward, so if you are looking for a good PNR this isn’t it.

This book also seems to steal a lot of elements from other PNR/UF series out there. There just wasn’t a lot unique here. Pretty much everything was mediocre and this whole book was kind of blah.

Overall this was a mediocre urban fantasy book. Some of the plot elements are interesting but there are too many things introduced at once and as a result character development really suffers. This is a lot in here that seems like its pulled from other UF/PNR series. I am not going to be continuing the series, it was just too “blah” for me. ( )

3.5 stars for the audio, 4 stars for the story- I liked it, it was very similar to Harry Dresden's story and character-like but not as well done. It had some really good moments and a lot of everything else, perhaps too much. It's a busy little book. It was a terrible audiobook, in my humble opinion, bad narration. I think I would have enjoyed it more reading it. I am not sure if I'll continue with the series.
There is a rouge warlock , he just is trying to live his life outside the control of the warlock society. His former mentor wants him dead, he hunts him, watching his every move looking for him to mess up so he can kill him. Sound familiar ? This warlock travels to other realms seeking magic goodies to save others, he also does really stupid things to save people. Sound familiar yet ?
Ok, enough of that, he is also very different, he does magic through his tattoos. While doing one he steps over the 'ok' line and steps on all kinds of toes, calling up some wickedly bad characters who want him to fix it or else. He bumbles and trips all over different messes and complicates his life more with every 'fix' he tries. He has friends, a Pixie, a troll and a cat who happens to be a witch. The story ended and didn't leave me with a "I can't wait for the next book" feel.

The cat/witch Sophie was a wonderful story addition, my favorite and she was just a side character. ( )

i liked it. not too many weird creatures that i had to try and keep track of and remember how the rules worked in this world. it had a bunch of conflicts that the protagonist had to solve. he only really solved one so this better be a series. a bit of romance. lots of action, both physical and magical. first person point of view which i prefer. she wrote 2 ebook prequel novellas to this story which i recommend you buy and read to give you more back story on the characters, but it's not necessary. ( )