I was entranced by the idea of tattoos holding "powers" in the body of the recipient! It took exactly one page to get hooked into the story line, strong characters, not too transparent, and a plot that moves along nicely. There are a few elements of the story that I think would have enjoyed more information/closure for, but action is very good, the politics surprisingly realistic (and snarky). Will definitely read a sequel if one is written.

I owned this backpack for approx. 7 months before the zipper lost one of the "teeth", had one of the zipper parts come off track, and had this zipper come away from the seem. I was using this backpack for school. Since I am still in high school I had 3-4 textbooks in it at a time carrying it from class to class. This backpack could probably handle the abuse it would get from a middle schooler carrying lighter loads and only to and from school, or a person taking it on a vacation trip packing lightly and only clothing and essentials.