I borrowed an audio copy of Inked, by Connor Ashley and Charlotte Page through Hoopla.
Private detective by day. Demon hunter by night. Danika Frost leads a complicated life.
When Dani accepts a missing person’s case, she expects the usual culprits—money, drugs, or secret affair. Instead, she finds herself drawn deeper into Blackthorn city’s shadowy underworld.
With the help of the Ink, ancient spirits who live in her skin as tattoos, Dani follows the investigation to the last place she wants to be: a nightclub owned by her ex-boyfriend. Their reunion is explosive, but it’s the least of her concerns when bodies start piling up in the city morgue, each branded with the same demonic sigil.
As the evidence points to a rare demon, Dani realizes that she can’t solve this case on her own. In order to find the missing girl and stop the necromancers before their demon grows too powerful, Dani must decide who she trusts—the man who broke her heart or the naïve detective who wants to mend it.
I finished this last night, just before bed. It’s almost lunchtime now and I had to really concentrate to remember enough about the book to write this review. It’s not that the book was bad, but it left very little impression. I thought the idea of the ink spirits inhabiting Danika’s skin was interesting, but it’s hardly utilized at all in the story. I thought being a demon fighter was also a cool idea, but she spends very little time fighting demons. I liked both love interests, but no romance ever really develops. The villain is suitably evil, but he never feels particularly relevant. All and all, I found this a mechanically competent book, but one that left me feeling distinctly uninspired for more.
