Lisa Unger's latest novels have been a delight but I admit I was wary of Ink and Bone because I was none too excited about Finley Montgomery. I did not want to read about whiny young adult who bemoans her fate as a psychic while coming to realize that you can't always get what you want. There are aspects of that whininess to Finley's character but she's much more multi-faceted and interesting than the typical young-woman-with-an-awful-gift character. For example, her relationship with her grandmother, Eloise (previously featured in other The Hallows novels), is layered and beautiful. Finley's struggle with working to become the woman she considers to be good and the desires that often lead her to be bad are interesting enough as details--and Unger keeps them as characteristics and not Finley's great goal to be normal. 
 In Finley's story, the one thing that didn't work for me is her ex-boyfriend Rainer, who stalked followed her to The Hallows after she broke up with him because she didn't want to hang with the underemployed, constantly stoned, and sleep-with-anything-that-shows-an-interest types. Rainer has good points and Unger does her best to give him some depth while showing that he is a bad boy who could be good (if he grows up), but I can't get aboard. He seems like a younger version of Wolf just waiting to come into some money and a wife he'll cheat on. Then there are the Gleasons. While I no longer had any respect for Merri in the end due to her decisions in the epilogue and hated Wolf from his first word, I did enjoy the family dynamic overall. I wish there had been more Jackson because he seemed like a really interesting kid, and definitely the best of the bunch. 
 I won't say much about the climax and denouement except I was a crying mess, and that was something I did not expect at all. Perhaps it was late and I was overly emotional, but honestly, I think Unger managed to move me to tears, which is not something that happens often. I hope The Hallows novels continue and I think Finley is a worthy successor as protagonist. I look forward to reading whatever Unger puts out. 
 The sum-up: excellent installment in The Hallow series as told through the eyes of a young woman with psychic abilities. Read for the mystery, but prepare for some heart-wrenching family scenes.