Sangre de tinta (Inkspell: Inkheart Trilogy #2) Book

I really wanted to give this book 4 stars. But my conscience got the better of me…so 3 stars it is. There were some things in this book that genuinely disturbed me, and I'm going to point them out..

Before I do, though, I have to tell you, I loved the book over all. But I'm probably not going to sound like it...

Firstly, there are more language issues with this book. Farid uses the B word twice, and quite a few of the other characters use the D word a lot. The D word was in the first book a bit, but not nearly so much. And the B word is what really disturbed me. It was completely unnecessary, and brings the novel down a peg because of it. (I regard this as more of a children's book because of the age of the main character, this is why it affects my rating)

Secondly, Meggie is only 13 and the entire romance between her and Farid is really annoying. Not so much that they "love" each other, but that they're so young! If Funke wanted it to be a "romance," she ought to have made Meggie at least 16 in this book. Of course I think that's still too young, but it's better than just 13! I don't care how grown up she looks. Also I don't think that just because the girls in the Inkworld get married when they're Meggie's age means that Meggie would want to get married at 13 or that she should get married at 13. I just really think the whole little romance thing was way overplayed... :/

But here's a little on the up side…

I liked the over all story in this one better than the last.
The Wayless Wood makes me think of Sherwood Forest. Actually…the entire story kind of has a Robin Hood feel to it. The Bluejay is kind of a copy of Robin Hood. Different? Yes. But it even says that he "steals from the rich to give to the poor." Now is that original? No. But it's okay, because Funke manages to make the Bluejay seem less like a copout of Robin, and more intriguing to the story.