elusivek | Book: Between Ink and Shadows

Between Ink and Shadows (Between Ink and Shadows #1)
Melissa Wright
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Nimona Weston has a debt to pay. Her father’s dealings with the dark society known as the Trust cost Nim her freedom. There’s one way out of the contract on her life and that’s to bide her time and pay the tithes. But when the Trust assigns Nim to a task in the king’s own castle, her freedom is not the only thing she’ll risk.

Warrick Spenser has a secret. As king’s seneschal, he should be the last soul in Inara to risk association with dark magic, but long-hidden ties to the Trust are harder to shed than simply cutting the threads. When the Trust sends a thief to his rooms, Warrick thinks he’s finally found a way to be rid of them for good. But Nimona Weston is hiding secrets of her own.

Magical contracts, blood-debt accountants, and a deadly game. A dark and twisty fantasy that pits magic against kings.

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Well... I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it. I did enjoy it. Just some things made me wonder.

So, Nim has all these skills for this and that (not exactly listed and detailed), so you get the impression that she's badass and is a skillful mercenary and such. But then, she faints at many points and needs smelling salts to revive her like any other victorian lady that can't breath because of you know, yet, I don't think she's clothed in one (or is she?).

I enjoyed the playful ending of being able to "wear the pants in the relationship" (corny and eye-rolling as it may be) so I'm open to reading the following book. Have it in the Kindle already, just let me finish up my current 2 library loans first!