Ink

by Melanie Karsak

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Ink is novella with a surprising amount of substance! At only 3 hours in length ( 124 pages) Melanie Karsak manages to fit in enough of a story that I felt completely fulfilled at the end, though definitely hungry for more!

It’s been a long time since my last mermaid book, mostly because like angel books I tend to end up with some sort of issue. But Ink was one that knocked it out of the park and made me wish that this was a series instead of a novella. The story starts off in the literal deep end, with Ink a mermaid as she struggles to find her cousin amid a vessels illegal fishing. Right away I loved her. She is not some pretty woman with a fish tail who sits about and bats her eyelashes at men on boats, her instincts make her want to drag them into the water they are slowly destroying and end them entirely. These are the sort of mermaids I need in my life. And I’m happy to say she stays that fearsome and independent, even with the introduction of a possible love interest. I will admit that portion of the story needed a bit more time to get use to, but I didn’t feel like it detracted from the enjoyment overall. I loved the lore involved and the different types of mermaids, and the fact that it didn’t just end with mermaids but included other water faring creatures like shapeshifters of unconventional means. And this is by no means half a story, we get the whole thing and it actually didn’t feel all that rushed along plot wise. It does go without saying that I would have love to have a full 300 page book with Ink and the others, but this novella was definitely a great read without the additional 200 pages.

The narrator was really great as well and I enjoyed her voice and pacing. I wasn’t too fond fond of the voice for mermaid king of the Gulf though, but only because it was a bit too obvious a voice for a somewhat spoiled King.

I really enjoyed Ink and I’m definitely going to check out the other books in this novella group (by other authors) and see how they go.