Ink
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
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Amanda Sun
Ink is in their blood.On the heels of a family tragedy, Katie Greene must 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.When Katie meets aloof but gorgeous Tomohiro, the star of the school's kendo team, she is intrigued by him…and a little scared. His tough attitude seems meant to keep her at a distance, and when they're near each other, strange things happen. Pens explode. Ink drips from nowhere. And unless Katie is seeing things, drawings come to life.Somehow Tomo is connected to the kami, powerful ancient beings who once ruled Japan—and as feelings develop between Katie and Tomo, things begin to spiral out of control. The wrong people are starting to ask questions, and if they discover the truth, no one will be safe.
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Author
Amanda Sun
Pages
384
Publisher
Harlequin
Published Date
2013-06-25
ISBN
1460315235 9781460315231
Ratings
Google: 1
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"Publicado Originalmente en: <a href="http://el-extrano-gato-del-cuento.blogspot.com/">El Extraño Gato del Cuento</a><br/><br/>Cuando vi la portada por primera vez supe que debía leer el libro, fueron meses de dura búsqueda y acoso a la editorial (la gringa). Cuando por fin lo tuve en mis manos (a través de mi eReader) hace un par de meses y también me llegó el Press-kit, la verdad recién ahí me enteré de lo que iba. Sumándole eso, estaba plenamente convencida que amaría el libro.<br/><br/>La verdad es que si bien me agradó la historia, los personajes y la narración, el desarrollo no me convenció del todo, y aunque me gustó la mayor parte de como Amanda Sun nos cuenta la historia es un poco inestable, hay partes donde se pone un poco aburrido y en otras un tanto exagerado.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Así como también un Otaku sabrá reconocer lo bien cuidado qué está el libro, nos regodeamos en nuestro conocimiento del japonés porque Amanda lo usa mucho (si no sabes ni papa de japonés, don't worry be happy, al final hay un precioso glosario).<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Sinceramente esperaba mucho más de Ink, pero no me ha decepcionado tampoco. Mentiría por omisión si no dijera que espero ansiosa su continuación.<br/><br/>Reseña Completa: <a href="http://el-extrano-gato-del-cuento.blogspot.com/2013/09/amanda-sun-paper-gods-1-ink-resena.html">El Extraño Gato del Cuento</a>"
"I obtained an ARC from the author at Ad Astra 2013.<br/><br/>"Ink" is a fantastic tale that combines all the best moments, funny tropes, and stereotypes of high school life found in shojo manga and Japanese school dramas and fleshes them out, gives them deeper shading and more meaning. It was like reading a novelization of all my favourite moments from <i>Inu Yasha, Hana Yori Dango, Sailor Moon,</i> and <i>Fushigi Yuugi!</i><br/><br/>As someone who did a high school exchange to a foreign country, as well as lived and worked in a Japanese high school for two years, I can say that Sun gets the social structure, the habits, the mentality, and the school life bulls-eye correct.<br/><br/>Diane is the perfect Canadaian-Teaching-In-Japan, and Katie is the perfect Exchange-Student-Tossed-Into-The-School-With-No-Clue. I spent most of the book nodding and wishing for a chance to go back and revisit my school and students, or savouring memories that I had forgotten, and which <i>Ink</i> conjoured for me.<br/><br/>The only wierd part for me was that I had an blonde gaikokujin student named Katie one of my classes, so I kept imagining her doing and saying all this stuff. And, actually, I think she WOULD have been that curious and that brave.<br/><br/>Fantastic debut, Sun. Brava."
"I absolutely loved this trilogy. It has to be ones of my favorites so far this year. "
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