The plaque on Mrs. Ink’s lawn reads the Edgington Mansion, it was once thought to be lovely, though now rather decrepit and certainly full of secrets. She lives here with her husband. He is a philosopher, and said to be quite mad. According to Mrs. Ink their house is full of books, “Stacked, piled, and always advancing out and away from the shelves that ought to keep them in.” She paints and draws, writes and reads, and occasionally goes down into the dark, dismal, cobweb-creepy dungeon, to do laundry.

Evelyn Ink is the author of the YA fantasy novel Ill-fated and the children’s trilogy Sticks, Stones, and Dragon Bones. She was formally trained to be a parachutist, but found it did not fit her longstanding desire to avoid heights and thus decided to study the much less vertically horrifying subject of English Literature.

If interested, you may choose to follow Mrs. Ink on her blog or check in with her on facebook. However, due to her absolute terror of electronics and a crippling phobia of the social media (technical term: Socmephobia), her blog posts tend to be infrequent and erratic. Also, due to several post exile investigations she is generally prevented from giving any specific information regarding her whereabouts...

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• Aversion (Book One of The Mentalist Series) on Dec. 19, 2012
  
  I was given a free copy for an honest review. Three up for... 1. An intelligent, non-skanky main character, with all her (BLEEP!) together. Lately, I’ve set down a lot of YA books because the main character is just such a bimbo, I can’t possible read on. I found Gemma to be bright, sincere, and resourceful, with just enough quirk and sarcasm to feel like a real teenager. 2. No love triangle. Hurray! I for one get really tired of main characters who just gush and turn gooshy for multiple guys. You start to doubt their sincerity, even later when things move on from crush-lust to real attachment, if they’ve already proven themselves to be flakey an easily smitten (or just easy…) well, it’s hard to take the character seriously, much less their relationships. 3. Udogu’s writing style is clean and concise, matched well by the great editing and layout of this book (I know this doesn’t matter to a lot of people, but I personally cannot read a poorly edited book). Two down... 1. YA fan readers who prefer romance over action, will likely enjoy this book a lot more than I did. The plot, though intriguing, felt like a lot of set up, with very little action. In some parts it felt like information was being withheld just to drag the story out. 2. I understand this book is the first of a series, but I think series books can still have adequate closure, the ending of this book felt rushed and no real answers were given. Overall, it read more like an introduction to the series, then a well rounded story. That said, it was a fun read with good characters, excellent writing style, an excellent editing and layout.