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\"coverInk <\/em>by Jonathan Maberry<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/em>St. Martin’s Griffin (November 2020)<\/strong>
\n464 pages; $13.72 paperback; $9.99 e-book
\n<\/strong>Reviewed by\u00a0Blu Gilliand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jonathan Maberry first caught my eye nearly 15 years ago with\u00a0Ghost Road Blues<\/em>, which was both his first novel and the first novel in the Pine Deep Trilogy, which also includes\u00a0Dead Man’s Song<\/em> and\u00a0Bad Moon Rising<\/em>.\u00a0 The town of Pine Deep has popped up here and there in his work since the completion of that original trilogy, but with Ink<\/em> it’s back center-stage.<\/p>\n

For those of you who haven’t read the Pine Deep Trilogy yet, don’t worry —\u00a0Ink\u00a0<\/em> stands on its own. I haven’t re-read those books since their original release, but that didn’t keep me from enjoying this book as its own story. However, I highly recommend picking them up — it’s a great trilogy, and reading them will certainly enhance your experience with\u00a0Ink<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In this new novel, something is targeting citizens of Pine Deep and stealing their most precious possessions — their memories. It’s not just taking these moments from these people, it’s feeding on them, erasing them from existence. For many of the victims, memories are all they have, and losing them is the equivalent of losing their last tenuous grip on life.<\/p>\n

I’ve long been in awe of Maberry’s talent. He does not write small books — I’d say 400 pages is about average for him. But his characters are so real, his scenes so vivid, you never feel bogged down. You come out of a Jonathan Maberry book not having read it, but having\u00a0lived<\/em> it. It’s the highest compliment I can pay to a writer, and\u00a0Ink<\/em> once again earns that accolade for its author.<\/p>\n

Reading\u00a0Ink<\/em> was, for me, like returning to a place after along absence. It’s a place you once called home, and while lots of things are different now, there’s enough there that’s recognizable to bring those old feelings to the surface. Those feelings — those memories — are just what the monster in this book is feeding on. Losing those moments, those feelings, those memories, is a scary proposition, and Maberry’s work brings that feeling to dreadful life. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ink by Jonathan Maberry St. Martin’s Griffin (November 2020) 464 pages; $13.72 paperback; $9.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Blu Gilliand Jonathan Maberry first caught my eye nearly 15 years ago with\u00a0Ghost Road Blues, which was both his first novel and the first novel in the Pine Deep Trilogy, which also includes\u00a0Dead Man’s Song and\u00a0Bad Moon Rising.\u00a0 The … Continue Reading! “Review: Ink by Jonathan Maberry”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[301,2205,539,2206,79],"class_list":["post-14927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-blu-gilliand","tag-ink","tag-jonathan-maberry","tag-pine-deep","tag-reviews"],"yoast_head":"\nReview: Ink by Jonathan Maberry - 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