Inkdeath

Title: Inkdeath
Author: Cornelia Funke
Genre: Fantasy, Imaginative Fiction
Reviewer:

Inkdeath is the last book in the Inkheart trilogy, the sequel to Inkspell. In the beginning, Elinor, Meggie’s great-aunt, is longing to see her family again after they were sucked into the pages of the book, Inkheart a couple months ago. Meanwhile, in the pages of the book Mo, Meggie’s father, is playing the part of a robber known as the Bluejay and trying to protect the poor people of the Inkworld; they are vulnerable to the cruelty of the Adderhead, who is immortal but experiencing a life worse than death. Meggie and her mother, Resa, are worried for the safety of her father, and Meggie misses the company of Farid, an Arab boy read out of his own story by Meggie’s father, who once earned the nickname Silvertongue for his ability to pull characters out of their stories. Farid works for Orpheus, a master of Silvertongue’s art, who twists the story maliciously to his own liking. Somehow the story must come together, Mo must defeat the Adderhead and Orpheus and help the story to its happy ending.

I enjoyed this book because of how unpredictable it was and the impossible events that happened, like some of the characters being able to shift shapes with special seeds, and Mo’s meeting with death. I would recommend it to anyone who has read the preceding novels of the trilogy. Inkdeath ties together the loose ends of the story and answers all the questions the reader is left with. The series was just wonderful to read.