Wicked Lovely , Melissa Marr 's first novel, was on my Best of 2007 list and I've been very excited about the sequel, Ink Exchange . The storyline follows Aislinn's friend Leslie. Leslie is surrounded by a fog of secrets and unable to break through the fog because of something that happened to her while Aislinn was caught up in her own set of the tumultuous events in Wicked Lovely. The gulf between the two girls only grows wider as they find themselves unable to talk about how they have each been irrevocably altered. While Aislinn negotiates a tricky truce between Keenan and Seth, Leslie is left to fend for herself, waitressing tables to pay the bills and avoiding going home for any length of time. She is also storing away a little cash to get a tattoo as a symbol of taking her life back and escaping the terror that's dominated it for too long. Turns out she's not completely alone, though. Aislinn has commissioned Niall, Keenan's friend and right hand man, to w...