Member Reviews
The premise of the book is great and the author really delivers. Great read. Highly recommended. .
Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the eARC.
It's difficult for me to review this book. On the one hand I enjoyed the book, on the other I found it a bit amateurish and there were parts I skipped. The story takes place in Warsaw and the seaside town of Sopot, Poland in 2 different timelines and features two protagonists: Krystian and Lena. Both have difficult lives with no mothers and controlling fathers. Krystian ends up kicked out by his father, trying to survive as a streetkid. Lena is home from college and her every move is followed by her father; cameras in her rooms, GPS in her car - her wealthy father wants to know every aspect of her life. Fearfully deciding to get a tattoo, she meets an enigmatic young tattooist and falls in love.
There are exciting parts that made me want to keep reading and the eventual end was exciting ... But I was left with a feeling of dissatisfaction that I can't put a finger on. It might be the translation into English didn't do the book justice, but since the setting of Poland was appealing to me, I would read Ms. Wojciak's next book.