Sabrina Vourvoulias

A really interesting concept and good writing, but not as fleshed-out as it could have been. It felt almost like I was reading excerpts from a novel-length piece.

DNF 45% The idea/setting has potential but I just hate this one character so much that I'm not going to put myself through the rest of it just to find out the ending. He/the author seems to think he's complex and troubled but actually he's just a jerk who mistreats women who inexplicably find it romantic somehow. I also always forget that I don't actually like magical realism, but even without that I wouldn't be enjoying this one.

**Ink** by *Sabrina Vourvoulias* is okay urban dystopic fantasy with a critical stance towards important issues within the US, mostly concerning latinx population and immigration. It touches on these issues beautifully, but came off a bit heavy-handed in many regards – people felt magical, yet one-dimensional. It may just be that I'm at least one major ocean and culture shift removed from the intended audience, though.

More of a 3.75 star. I liked this book, I liked the characters, but I almost wanted more world-building, especially about how ink worked and how the egregious Nazi parallel didn't shut down the idea. I mean, there are plenty of plausible ways to get from there to here, but more of the backstory would have been welcome, especially with so many stories being told at once.