Review: Ink and Bone

Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

During a hike on a family vacation, two men shoot Abbey's brother and father and drag her off into the woods. Nearly 10 months later after her disappearance, Abbey's mother hires local psychic, Finley, to find her daughter. Having recently moved in with her grandmother, Eloise, who is also a psychic, Finley struggles with her first case.

I loved the paranormal twist on the traditional thriller novel. Finley was a great character who struggled just as much with what she was seeing/hearing as the reader. In the end, although I knew what was coming, there were plenty of unexpected small twists to keep me reading. The conclusion to the mystery was a little confusing, though, and I had to keep going back to make sure I didn't miss something. Unger did clarify everything after the fact in the days following the climax, I just thought the action got a little too chaotic.

It did bother me that the missing girl was named Abbey and there was another character named Abigail. I was a little confused in a few scenes before I figured out that Abigail was different than Abbey even though they are essentially the same name. Same with the two Alfie's, one long deceased and the other Finley's brother, some clarification who was who would have been nice when they came up in conversation.

Overall, though, I did really enjoy this and will hopefully be going back to read some more by Lisa Unger soon.

Thanks NetGalley for a copy to review!

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