Blood Ink and Fire

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. Noelle Hartley is almost 17. On her seventeenth birthday, she, like all people in The United Vales of Fell, is scheduled for immersion. Fell wants complete control, so they immerse people to take away any thoughts or memories that they deem dangerous to them. Words and reading are among the things forbidden. Noelle was born with the gift of words and she is willing to fight to save that. As an avid reader, I cannot imagine a world without books, or kindles, or anything book related. The problem I have with this book is that Noelle wasn't completely committed to the cause, she went back and forth about turning herself in, and if she did succeed, what would she really change? She wasn't a very likable character for me. It seemed like a really long book without much substance.