by Kristine Cuer

Created on: July 23, 2010

Have you ever wondered what would you feel or do if the characters from the book that you like or dislike just suddenly pop out of no where then you realize that the one that brought them to life is actually your voice? What would you most likely feel? Probably you will feel awed for having such magical power to bring a character to life. Probably you will feel scared cause you will get to meet the evil or the bad guys from that book.

Or how about this; Have you ever wonder what would you feel or do if you found yourself trap inside the book that you are reading? What would you do? Do you think you'd wish to come back to our world or would you rather stay inside and be part of that book's story?

Tricky isn't it? Good thing we get to imagine how things will work out if we get to find ourselves in that situation from Cornelia Funke's Inkspell.

Inkspell is the follow up book for the International best selling book Inkheart. From that book we get to meet Mortimer better known as Mo, a bookbinder who has the unusual ability to bring the characters from any book come to life whenever he reads the words aloud. But everything changed when he brought the characters from the book Inkheart to the real world, he lost his wife in exchange of the characters from that book including the villain Capricorn.

A year had passed ever since Mo and his daughter Meggie were caught up in that book. Everything was somehow back to normal, or so it seems. But of course, something magical like that is not easy to forget. This time though, instead of the characters being drawn out from the book, Mo and Meggie found themselves inside the book themselves - they became the characters that Fenoglio (the author of Inkheart) created.

This makes one wonder, how will you confront your life when you know the ending of your story? Most especially if you know that the ending is not a happy one? Will you do everything to change your fate or accept the fact that this what is written for you?

Inkspell is not a children's book. No, don't even think one bit that this book is for any child for that matter. One can even say that this is an adult book disguised in a children's story. It will take you to great imagery, pull you into deep, strings of emotions. It also great that this time Funke took some time to develop her characters. The story is more complex that it's prequel. And the quotations at the beginning of each chapter is worth noting as well.

Truly, this is a book lover's book. You'd wish you are silver tongued as well.

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