An inkspot in a book would not alarm a reader, but have you ever wondered what they are?

The Angel Ryna lives inside a book and when she discovers the truth about inkspots, she flees from her book and into the real world. What follows is the adventure of a lifetime as she meets new friends like Mrs. Duck and the beautiful Flower. Ryna longs to find a home of her own, where she is in no danger of becoming an inkspot.

Though she has her heart broken and discovers that the world is nothing like she thought it would be, Ryna journeys bravely forward, hoping someone will help her. Can Amir give her what she needs?

Oh, one last thing - please caress this book a little before you open it, to avoid surprising it. Unless you want it to surprise you!

REVIEW

Straightaway let me say that The Inkspot Mystery by Imène Mebarki features one of the most original concepts that I have ever encountered.

Aimed at teens and younger readers, the narrative follows the angel Ryna - who has lost her story. To find her story Ryna must travel between the human world and the world of books.

In The Inkspot Mystery, everything is alive. I utterly enjoyed concept of whenever a book is closed all of its words, phrases, numbers and punctuation marks all come to life and interact with each other. It is then up to the title and the table of contents to keep order within the book and ensure everything is back in its proper place when a human decides to read it. I can easily imagine young readers, upon finishing The Inkspot Mystery, trying to peek between the pages of books in the hopes of seeing a word scurry across the paper into its proper position.

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