Somewhat Lacking in Depth, but Entertaining Regardless - A Review of Ink and Bone

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


When I started out this year, I promised myself that I would try to read more young adult novels. As I have explained elsewhere, a lot of recent YA novels have disappointed me in terms of their quality, which has led me to feel disillusioned about the genre as a whole.

However, others have pointed out to me that that might only be the case because I haven’t really tried looking - and I suppose that is true. I have dismissed the genre offhand based on examples that may not have really appealed to me in the first place. Therefore, it behooves me to take better care in my selection process, and see if that does not filter the gold from the dross. After all, I should know better than to trust a list I found on the Internet - especially not when my own sense of taste regarding books has rarely conformed to the NYT bestseller list.

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