The Fantastic Flying Book Club: Reviewing Ink by Amanda Sun

Hello Books Addicts, 

This is the third day of our first The Fantastic Flying Book Club, as our schedule says, today we are hosting the Review of this astonishing book. The question of the day that you should answer in order to win more points and, in that way, have more chances to be our lucky winner, is at the end of our review. 

If you want to know what A Reading Nurse thinks about Ink, tomorrow is the Review stop in our friend's blog. We are dying to know her thoughts!

Without further ado, here is our review. Enjoy!

Ink (Paper Gods #1)

Amanda Sun

377 pages

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Release Date: June 25th, 2013

Rate: Loved it

After her mother died, the last thing Katie wants to do is move to another country, with another  different language and culture. But, there is no other choice to make; she has to go to Shizuoka, Japan, with her aunt, who she barely knows.

If that wasn't bad enough, being the new foreign in school and not be able to communicate as a normal person with a fluent Japanese, she overhears someone breaking up with the kendo star of her school, Tomohiro. 

Tomohiro has a big secret, and he won't tell anyone, but when Katie sees how the things he draws start moving, there is no way he could hide his secret anymore, or, at least, not from Katie. But then again, things are more complicated. When Tomohiro is with Katie, he loses all the control he has over his ability.

What would happen if the wrong people find out about Tomohiro's connection with ink? Will they survive the danger that entail having the gift to control ink? Will love conquer all?

“They tell you you'll forget how it used to be. You'll get used to it, that it's better to move on. They don't realize you can't. You're not the same person anymore.”

Wow! That is the only word that came to our mind while we were reading Ink. We had Ink in our shelves for a while, for one months more or so. 

We requested this book on Netgalley because we were so attracted by its cover (isn’t it amazing, the cover?). But once we had Ink, we read the description and we were a little bit doubtful… We have to admit that, by that time, we were not so much into Asian culture, and we say WERE, because after reading Ink something inside of us awake (Rosa: it remembered my old times reading manga *blushing*). We found each other looking forward to know more about Japan. We even tried to speak Japanese from the glossary. It did not go as we expected (Epic fail! Seems like we have Katie's problem as well. No worries, we'll keep trying, though). But we don’t regret having read Ink. We are glad we did. It is an astonishing, full of mystery and forbidden love story that would hooked you from the first page.

What we loved most was the plot. The fact that Tomohiro, a Kami or paper God, isn’t the I-can-beat-anyone-if-I-want type of hero, the kind we are totally familiarized with, if one of the things that made us got crazy in love with this book. Well, he can-beat-anyone-if-he-wants type of guy, if he wants to!

Tomohiro is just a teenager boy who is struggling with something he didn't not ask for, his so precious gift (as maybe someone may put), and the one that hunts him on his dreams. We loved so much that for once, the hero on the story is vulnerable and the thing that makes him so special, is the one that could destroy him. We loved how it was a unique weft, not something you read all days.

We should say that, if you haven’t guessed by now, we are madly and deeply in love with Tomohiro. He is such a badass and he acts like a jerk when he is around Katie. But deep down, he is a sweet boy with a big heart. We know he cares about Katie, although he is pushing her away with all efforts. The way he acts around people he care is because he wants to protect them from him. He is so afraid to hurt the people he loves that he prefers to be alone. So lonely and honorable. He's definitely one of our favorite hero's-non hero's! And, of course, he's already in our Unofficial Teams list (*wink, wink*)

We also love Katie’s character. She is always determined to get what she wants that she pursues her plans until the end. She did not give up because something was on her way. She is such a brave, and stubborn, girl. We like that attitude in our heroines; courageous, spirited, smart... (because God knows how difficult is to learn Japanese! We have tried a few words, you know that) and of course…
Not to speak for the fact that she's living in a different country, with a person she barely knows and speaking a language she's not familiar with, but she keeps trying. She tries to get to know her aunt and to be part of her life and she even tries to speak Japanese, though it's not her language. Even when people offer her to speak her language, she keeps speaking Japanese in order to learn. That's not an easy task. That's what we like about her.
Besides that, she is falling in love with our beloved Tomohiro, which helped her to make us fall in love with her as well.

As for the bad guys of Ink, well… there is Ishikawa, Tomo’s best friend. He is and he is not the antagonist character of the story. At first, we thought that he was an asshole because of everything he’s done (and will do *look of disapproval*). However, we think that he is just an misunderstood boy. We know for sure, or we want to think, that he is a good guy, deep down, and that he only made the wrong decisions. And that, maybe, he likes, again deep down, our beloved Katie.

Geez, we would be thrilled to keep writing about Ink, but we are afraid that we may not be able to stop. We have so much to say about Amanda’s work, that it would take ages to finish. Despite this, we think that if you want to find out more about Ink, the best way to do it is to read the book. You will see what we are talking about.

To end with our humble review, we would like to strongly recommend you Ink, and its prequel (which is FREE on amazon) as magical as the first Paper Gods series. This is a magnificent book that would make you want to be in Japan just to be part of the story. We can assure you that you are gonna love it and that you are not going to be able to stop reading until you know everything!
For all the reasons exposed before, we are honored to give Amanda’s book, Ink, 5 gorjuss doll.

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The Fantastic Flying Book Club: Ink by Amanda Sun

Book Addicts,

Welcome to our first event of The Fantastic Flying Book Club. Along with A Reading Nurse, we are opening this new section so you can get the opportunity to get you favorite upcoming books the day of their release date. 

The Fantastic Flying Book Club is starting with a wonderful book: Ink by Amanda Sun. 

"I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive."

This captivating, astonishing and incredible story, full of passion and love, is going to in one of our Book Addicts hands really soon. 

The Fantastic Flying Book Club is an event where all the readers of A Reading Nurse and our readers would participate in our daily events of the book we are hosting the even about. We're going to have a lot of things from the book, make you participate with the intention that all of you have fun and that you know a little bit more of the book. Because we can assure you that you're gonna get hooked with this one!

So, it's simple. All of you who want to get a chance to win the paperback, just need to keep an eye on our blog and A Reading Nurse's blog in order to win. There'll be a daily post with fresh Ink news and some questions for you about our post. This would make you earn more points. The winner would be the person who has more points. This isn't about luck, it's about passion for books! And the giveaway is INTERNATIONAL! Are you going to miss this huge opportunity?

This is an info post and tomorrow we would write again the most important things, so you don't miss any of them. Are you gonna be in the Ink madness this days until the release date of the book? Let us know!