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Release Date: June 18, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
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Summary (from Goodreads): 

I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.

I honestly added Ink to my must-read list after the mere mention that it was set in Japan! The first novel in The Paper Gods series by Canadian author Amanda Sun, Ink appears to be a promising debut! I'm always eager to get my hands on new paranormal novels, but what makes this one all the more thrilling is how it's influenced by Japanese mythology. And I have it on good authority that there are a lot of hot Japanese boys featured in it. I seriously cannot wait for Ink!