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inkBLOT
Eighteen-year-old web entrepreneur Ronnie Wright owns the virally popular website, inkBLOT. Determined to sweep local newspaper reporter, Chelsea Pressman, off her feet, he tries to wow her with his internet success. Chelsea has one goal, making it big as a reporter. Unfortunately the editor isn’t tossing any good stories her way. But her luck changes and she is first in line to cover a string of bizarre crimes. The notoriety she’s gaining from the front-page stories is addictive. The police finally trace the crimes to a common link – inkBLOT. Now, Ronnie has to clear his name as the number one suspect in Chelsea’s headline crimes.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 21, 2011
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October 6, 2011
inkBLOT was truly a suspense novel. From the very first page, it has your thoughts racing, your eyes scanning the words, trying to figure out just what is going on. On the first page of inkBLOT, you meet Ronnie Wright—an 18 year old entrepreneur who, with the help of his best friend Tiffany, owns the online website, inkBLOT.
I will be honest: at first, I did not like any of the characters in this book. Namely, Chelsea Pressman, who had to be one of the pettiest characters I have ever read about; I kept waiting for the moment when Chelsea would redeem herself, and recognize her self-centered and single-minded ways. No luck there. For the first few chapters, Chelsea was a likeable enough character and you couldn’t help but feel for her—having a father who never so much as congratulates her on her hard work as a journalist. But as the story when on, and Chelsea and Ronnie met—I disliked her strongly. She was very manipulative and controlling, and her only thoughts regarding any one person were: “How can I use this person for my own personal gain?” and in turn, that made me dislike Ronnie, since he followed her around and did everything she said, though it was clear she was using him.
But as the story went on, I came to find why I felt that way toward the characters, and why they acted the way that they did, which made me like them a little more since I could finally see things from their perspective. Whether or not this was the author’s intention, they did a very good job of it, and I wouldn’t have liked it any other way.
inkBLOT starts off fast, getting right to the punch—and then it slows down, allowing you to get lost in the story—to try to solve crimes right along side Chelsea.
My only complain is that we never got to see as much of Tiffany as I would have liked. I know she wasn’t the main focus of this book, but it would have been nice to learn more about her. She was, along with Cat, my favorite character. But she really got her moment and came through for Ronnie toward the end of this book, and I loved that. Also, some of the dialogue was outdated, and the internal dialogue could have been better—but this is a YA debut, so for that, Johnson Naigle did a wonderful job.
While slow at some parts, inkBLOT will take right off again and you won’t know what hit you. This novel will constantly provoke curiosity from its readers—you will love the characters in one scene, and then dislike them in the next—you will question if these characters are who you have thought them to be—if they even know who they really are. And most of all: You will never see that ending coming.
So if you would like to read a smart, suspense mystery, with just a bit of romance—this is the novel for you. I do feel that this book would be better liked amongst an older audience—having not only older characters; Ronnie, (18) Chelsea, (21)—this novel just feels like it would be better appreciated of readers 18 and up, since I feel they would be able to relate to the characters better. So for readers age 13 to 18, I say this will probably be best given a Four Star rating. For readers 19 and older—it could quite easily be given Five Stars. Regardless of age, inkBLOT is a wonderful story of friendship, intelligence, and just how far someone will go to get the story of a lifetime.
“Scars are like tattoos only with better stories.” –inkBLOT.
I will be honest: at first, I did not like any of the characters in this book. Namely, Chelsea Pressman, who had to be one of the pettiest characters I have ever read about; I kept waiting for the moment when Chelsea would redeem herself, and recognize her self-centered and single-minded ways. No luck there. For the first few chapters, Chelsea was a likeable enough character and you couldn’t help but feel for her—having a father who never so much as congratulates her on her hard work as a journalist. But as the story when on, and Chelsea and Ronnie met—I disliked her strongly. She was very manipulative and controlling, and her only thoughts regarding any one person were: “How can I use this person for my own personal gain?” and in turn, that made me dislike Ronnie, since he followed her around and did everything she said, though it was clear she was using him.
But as the story went on, I came to find why I felt that way toward the characters, and why they acted the way that they did, which made me like them a little more since I could finally see things from their perspective. Whether or not this was the author’s intention, they did a very good job of it, and I wouldn’t have liked it any other way.
inkBLOT starts off fast, getting right to the punch—and then it slows down, allowing you to get lost in the story—to try to solve crimes right along side Chelsea.
My only complain is that we never got to see as much of Tiffany as I would have liked. I know she wasn’t the main focus of this book, but it would have been nice to learn more about her. She was, along with Cat, my favorite character. But she really got her moment and came through for Ronnie toward the end of this book, and I loved that. Also, some of the dialogue was outdated, and the internal dialogue could have been better—but this is a YA debut, so for that, Johnson Naigle did a wonderful job.
While slow at some parts, inkBLOT will take right off again and you won’t know what hit you. This novel will constantly provoke curiosity from its readers—you will love the characters in one scene, and then dislike them in the next—you will question if these characters are who you have thought them to be—if they even know who they really are. And most of all: You will never see that ending coming.
So if you would like to read a smart, suspense mystery, with just a bit of romance—this is the novel for you. I do feel that this book would be better liked amongst an older audience—having not only older characters; Ronnie, (18) Chelsea, (21)—this novel just feels like it would be better appreciated of readers 18 and up, since I feel they would be able to relate to the characters better. So for readers age 13 to 18, I say this will probably be best given a Four Star rating. For readers 19 and older—it could quite easily be given Five Stars. Regardless of age, inkBLOT is a wonderful story of friendship, intelligence, and just how far someone will go to get the story of a lifetime.
“Scars are like tattoos only with better stories.” –inkBLOT.
September 4, 2011
How much information have you put on Facebook? Did you take an online quiz recently? Just how much could someone find out about you if they could mine all that data? Could they use it against you?
This new young adult fiction novel from Johnson Naigle explores some of those questions and introduces us to Ronnie Wright the young internet entrepreneur behind a website that serves up inkblot quizzes to people called inkBLOT, Tiffany his best friend and co-worker and Chelsea the young reporter at the local newspaper that Ronnie has quite the crush on.
The book explores the idea of what could happen if the private data we nowadays gladly give to online web sites were to be used for evil purposes. In this case, it isn’t facebook or google but inkBLOT, the site where people take many ink blot quizzes to earn virtual points or goods. Through the ink blot answers, Ronnie’s web site is capable of creating a very clear picture of what type of person you really are. The book really makes you think twice about what private data you are freely giving to sites like Facebook.
I like the idea of an ink blot site. I’ve always been fascinated with the work of Rorschach, who the authors name Ronnie’s dog after. It works well in the story. Various murders are eventually linked to the inkBLOT site. Is Ronnie or someone at the inkBLOT web site responsible for these murders?
The characters are young, perhaps too young to be in the positions they are in (front page reporter, internet whiz kid, i.t. professional) etc, but that is typical of Young Adult targeted stories, and in this case it works well.
This is definitely a fun young adult read.
I hope to see more original stories like this from the dynamic duo of Phyllis Johnson and Nancy Naigle.
This new young adult fiction novel from Johnson Naigle explores some of those questions and introduces us to Ronnie Wright the young internet entrepreneur behind a website that serves up inkblot quizzes to people called inkBLOT, Tiffany his best friend and co-worker and Chelsea the young reporter at the local newspaper that Ronnie has quite the crush on.
The book explores the idea of what could happen if the private data we nowadays gladly give to online web sites were to be used for evil purposes. In this case, it isn’t facebook or google but inkBLOT, the site where people take many ink blot quizzes to earn virtual points or goods. Through the ink blot answers, Ronnie’s web site is capable of creating a very clear picture of what type of person you really are. The book really makes you think twice about what private data you are freely giving to sites like Facebook.
I like the idea of an ink blot site. I’ve always been fascinated with the work of Rorschach, who the authors name Ronnie’s dog after. It works well in the story. Various murders are eventually linked to the inkBLOT site. Is Ronnie or someone at the inkBLOT web site responsible for these murders?
The characters are young, perhaps too young to be in the positions they are in (front page reporter, internet whiz kid, i.t. professional) etc, but that is typical of Young Adult targeted stories, and in this case it works well.
This is definitely a fun young adult read.
I hope to see more original stories like this from the dynamic duo of Phyllis Johnson and Nancy Naigle.
September 13, 2011
Well, I love mystery and suspense books so this is def one of my favorite books! I have never read a mystery book quite like this one.....it's very unique and I love it! I mean this book is so devious and sneaky ;). So to start off I want to say that I love the sprinkle of romance between Ronnie and Chelsea, it really did a good job of diverting the reader away from having any sort of suspicions. I also loved the hinted the underlying relationship with Ronnie and his BFF :). That turned out to be really cute. But, back to the mystery, I had no clue who to suspect while reading this book until of course the end. This is a very well written suspense/mystery novel with tons of twists of turns. I also loved how they made detail matter. You'll come towards the end of the book when everything is wrapping up and you'll be like, "Oh yeahhhh, it all makes sense now :)". This is def one of my mystery books so far! :)
January 30, 2012
As I started this book I was intrigued with the concept of Inkblot. I always tried to read them and I always see something different than most. Or most of the time I don't see what others see. IDK. I like the way the author entwined the Inkblot with crimes. I took quite a few psychology classes and learned loads about criminals and their characters traits. This book is great in creating high tension and a great mystery to solve.
What I liked most about this book is the great mystery that the reader get to follow along. We have a the main character Ronnie who has dedicated his life in Inkblot. He has a great online survey to find out your personality traits,character, etc. I liked that the main character Ronnie is very mature. Her has been through a lot and knows where he is going. He has very few friends which sets up for him being naive. I liked that as well. The author did a great job in setting the plot up simple and not too confusing for the reader.
The main thing I like is the whole mystery of the murders being committed. As I read the book, I like that Ronnie fell in the rabbit hole. It gave the reader a nice chase in seeing the main character struggle. What I also liked is seeing Ronnie's best friend come to his rescue.
The love interest in this book played out the way I expected it and enjoyed it. I liked seeing Ronnie realize that his true love was right before his eyes. And I'm glad that even with all of this trouble, Ronnie finally made some good choices.
Overall this is a great book with lots of mystery, adventure and a psycho on the loose.
What I liked most about this book is the great mystery that the reader get to follow along. We have a the main character Ronnie who has dedicated his life in Inkblot. He has a great online survey to find out your personality traits,character, etc. I liked that the main character Ronnie is very mature. Her has been through a lot and knows where he is going. He has very few friends which sets up for him being naive. I liked that as well. The author did a great job in setting the plot up simple and not too confusing for the reader.
The main thing I like is the whole mystery of the murders being committed. As I read the book, I like that Ronnie fell in the rabbit hole. It gave the reader a nice chase in seeing the main character struggle. What I also liked is seeing Ronnie's best friend come to his rescue.
The love interest in this book played out the way I expected it and enjoyed it. I liked seeing Ronnie realize that his true love was right before his eyes. And I'm glad that even with all of this trouble, Ronnie finally made some good choices.
Overall this is a great book with lots of mystery, adventure and a psycho on the loose.
April 5, 2012
I was actually a little bit surprised how much I enjoyed inkBLOT. I purchased it from Smashwords, and it's been hanging out on my Kindle for quite some time. I haven't been putting it off for any reason, it just somehow slipped to the bottom of my TBR list. And yet I stayed up past my bedtime (on a work night!) to finish it last night, a truesign that the author managed to suck in this picky reader.
The writing style was plain and simple, the narrator completely unobtrusive, the characters were 3-dimensional, and they changed and grew within the course of the story. I became quite attached to each protagonist, and although I figured out who the villain was fairly early on, I had to keep reading to see just how far the devious little devil would go.
I really enjoyed the social networking "inkBLOT" site premise - and the fact that the creator and owner of the popular site was a brilliant (but socially inept) almost-adult. I thought it was very believable and tons of fun.
I was startled to read that this book was written by 2 co-authors - the narrative was seamless. Each POV character had a distinct voice, and I had no idea until the author bio that this book was co-written.
The writing style was plain and simple, the narrator completely unobtrusive, the characters were 3-dimensional, and they changed and grew within the course of the story. I became quite attached to each protagonist, and although I figured out who the villain was fairly early on, I had to keep reading to see just how far the devious little devil would go.
I really enjoyed the social networking "inkBLOT" site premise - and the fact that the creator and owner of the popular site was a brilliant (but socially inept) almost-adult. I thought it was very believable and tons of fun.
I was startled to read that this book was written by 2 co-authors - the narrative was seamless. Each POV character had a distinct voice, and I had no idea until the author bio that this book was co-written.
July 23, 2018
It started out kind of slow, but then got better the more I got into the book. By the time I got towards the end of the book, I had to stay up past midnight to finish it.
July 1, 2014
This book was middle of the road, but had some interesting concepts. How much of our personality do we reveal on the internet? These characters were a bit weak but the plot was fast-paced. Main character Ronnie owns a web business where people rate ink blot tests, and it tells them about their personality. In the background, he has landed on some research into how the quiz results can identify criminal tendencies. But he is blind when it comes to self-centered Chelsea, a cute news reporter. How is she getting hold of so many newsy stories?? I found Ronnie's all-consuming crush on Chelsea to be totally unrealistic. But some of the book's minor characters were quite interesting. At times, the book felt a bit disjointed, as if the two authors alternated writing the chapters. Still, the story was creative and suspenseful. A quick summer read.
December 27, 2012
Great mystery/suspense plot! The villain was pretty clever and well-motivated. Wonderful characters too.
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