Written in Red
No one creates realms like New York Times bestselling author
Anne Bishop. Now in a thrilling new fantasy series, enter a world
inhabited by the Others, unearthly entities — vampires and shape-shifters
among them — who rule the Earth and whose prey are humans.
As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut — a
gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved
so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the
only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard — a business
district operated by the Others.
Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison
job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t
smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg
the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between
humans and the Others that will surely follow.
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The Others
The Others consists of five books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Related series World of the Others
Reviews and Comments
I've been avoiding Mary Sue heroines for quite some time now. So it took some persuasion from my part to actually start reading Written in Red. And honestly I have no idea how to rate this book. Let me give you some examples. So what's this book about? Well there is a girl who can cut herself and see the future. She manages to escape her former master and ends up with group of shifters called 'Others.' Sounds good doesn't it? Well, these shifters aren't the usual fuzzy and cuddly kind. They pretty much eat people and have wet dreams about slaving them all. Oh and yeah, they call all humans 'monkeys'. So still sounds promising eh, but then comes the BUT. The Others are protecting the girl, Meg, and no one messes with the Others (because they eat people). Okay fine. So why the Others are protecting a human in the first place? 'Coz they like her. You guys starting to get my point? The Others likes her because she delivers their mail and is their first decent Human Liaison, like ever. So that's when I started to wonder why everyone liked Meg for no apparent reason. I can't honestly say. I liked her. I don't like Mary Sues but still liked her somehow. She's not THE snowflake but a snowflake nevertheless. And 90% of this book was Meg delivering the mail. So I'm a bit confused here you see. I liked the multiple POV, I liked Meg and the supportive cast (magical ponies!). The evil was evil and at least entertaining the last 10 % of the book. So somehow my observations should not be leading me toward generous review. Still solid 4 stars. Sue me.