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Amazon Ink (Amazons, Book 1) Mass Market Paperback – May 26, 2009

by Lori Devoti (Author)

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Meet Mel: Business owner. Dedicated mom. Natural-born Amazon.

It's been ten years since Melanippe Saka left the Amazon tribe in order to create a normal life for her daughter, Harmony. True, running a tattoo parlor in Madison, Wisconsin, while living with your Amazon warrior mother and priestess grandmother is not everyone's idea of normal, but Mel thinks she's succeeded at blending in as human.

Turns out she's wrong. Someone knows all about her, someone who's targeting young Amazon girls, and no way is Mel going to let Harmony become tangled in this deadly web. With her mother love in overdrive, Ms. Melanippe Saka is quite a force...even when she's facing a barrage of distractions -- including a persistent detective whose interest in Mel goes beyond professional, a sexy tattoo artist with secrets of his own, and a seriously angry Amazon queen who views Mel as a prime suspect. To find answers, Mel will have to do the one thing she swore she'd never do: embrace her powers and admit that you can take the girl out of the tribe...but you can't take the tribe out of the girl.

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This intriguing series from urban fantasist Devoti (Dark Crusade) marks Juno's first outing as a Pocket imprint. A group of Amazon women in present-day America closely guard their extraordinary powers and only interact with men for breeding. Melanippe, who left the Amazons 10 years ago to raise her daughter, runs a Madison, Wis., tattoo parlor and nurses a grudge against the priestess she believes killed her infant son. When two Amazon women are slain and dumped on Mel's doorstep, their tribe immediately suspect her of the killing. Mel soon wonders who poses the greatest threat to her adolescent daughter: the unknown murderer, the rigidly controlling Amazons or disturbingly attractive and magically skilled tattoo artist Peter Arpada. Mel can be a frustrating sleuth, jumping to conclusions and ignoring obvious clues, but Devoti's fascinating mix of myth and reality will keep readers engaged. (June)
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About the Author

LORI DEVOTI grew up in southern Missouri and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, earning a B.A. in journalism. Though she once worked for the dark side—advertising—she’s proud to now declare herself a writer and visits her dark side by writing paranormals for Harlequin Nocturne.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with her husband, daughter, son, and two dogs.. To learn more about what Lori, visit her at www.loridevoti.com.

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Mass Market Paperback: 372 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books (May 26, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439154279
ISBN-13: 978-1439154274
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,137,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17626 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Romantic
- #39934 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
- #88595 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary

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Takes a while to get into...

ByCarol A. Stricklandon October 13, 2010

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There is little character development in this book; it relies on its mystery plot and basic situation to capture the reader. Lead character Mel begins angry and she ends angry. The only difference, it seems, is that she has more power at the end. Everyone around her is angry. Any time anyone says anything to anyone else, they call out for a death duel. Why do so many Urban Fantasy Chicks (I believe that's the usual term) do this? Time for everyone to cut back on the caffeine.

The book is saved because the author can actually write nice prose. The story moves at a good pace, description is vibrant, and dialogue is snappy. There's some very interesting world-building with the Amazon culture and their abilities, but we aren't given enough information about it, and if you think too long you'll see huge holes in some of its logic.

A particular turn-off for me was that the angry, posturing Mel turns to jelly whenever confronted by a non-handicapped Man. I can see her being curious about men, wary of them even as she's entered their world, but why the high school reaction? She's in her nineties. I also didn't like how the Amazons whose skills were of the domestic variety were so demeaned by the other Amazons.

I think the best thing about this book was its potential. I'm a Wonder Woman fan, and can see the parallels. I want to see how this ancient culture begins to merge with the modern world and its other gender. I also want to see further exploration of their magic, which was beginning to be defined (I despise undefined magick) and had a system of usage.

But I also wanted to see some multi-layered characterization. I looked to the next volume's synopsis and it seems to be about Mel's former best friend and not a continuation of Mel's character, which was presented here as a one-note deal.

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Th modern day Amazons premise is good, but the execution is average.

ByAJVINE VOICEon April 20, 2010

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AMAZON INK's premise of modern day Amazons is unique in urban fantasy and perfectly suited to genre. The plot is simple enough, someone is killing young amazons and leaving them for Mel to find. Despite having left the tribe a decade before, Mel is forced to work alongside with the Amazons, and deal with hostility and suspicion from both sides while tracking down a killer who may be targeting her own daughter next.

The idea of Amazons, female warriors from Greek mythology, really appealed to me. Author Lori Devoti took this idea and ran with it incorporating magic, mystical tattoos, female hierarchy, and a few surprise elements that I won't spoil into her modern Amazons. I'm definitely intrigued with how those surprise elements will play out in Amazon Queen.

I'm sorry to say that I struggled with the length of AMAZON INK. I think the pacing and plot would have both fared better at about half the page length. I found myself getting impatient with Mel and the narrative when it wasn't moving fast enough. A lot of the emotional issues that Mel was dealing with were rehashed many many times without any sort of resolution or plan to deal with them. So these passages felt tedious to me. Part of me even thinks this story idea might have been better served as a Paranormal YA title with Mel's daughter Harmony as the protagonist.

Also the romantic elements were practically nonexistent. With an author who started out writing Contemporary Romance, I expected more. I understand that the story line was such that a more significant romance might have felt out of place, but I still missed it.

I'm still giving AMAZON INK 3 stars because the Amazon idea is a great one, and the revelations at the end of this book promise to create a much more complex story in the series overall. It is always challenging to establish a unique world that is distinct from the typical vamps and weres that populate this genre. Lori Devoti does that in AMAZON INK and I'm looking forward to seeing where she takes theses characters in Amazon Queen when it releases on April 27th.

Sexual Content: References to homosexuality.

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First in duology

ByE.P. McLeanon July 30, 2015

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Very chaotic book. Mel as the hundred year old Amazon living away from the tribe with a daughter who she is raising as a normal teenager is not a new idea, but unusual enough to get my interest. Unfortunately, the main character is a horrible mix of traits. At various times she has the emotional maturity of a sixteen year old girl, and at others comes across as a confused soccer mom. Secondary characters are underdeveloped and the plot lacks strong focus. It is just a mess.

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Great new urban fantasty

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