Profoundly grateful, Meg sets out to learn how to live a life and do her job so well no one will ever think to ask her why she showed up desperate and alone on their doorstep in the first place. And so Meg is given the job, despite Simon’s misgivings, including her nonexistent past and indeterminate scent. But the courtyard requires a go-between, someone who will sort through the mail and day-to-day communications between the Others and their uneasy human counterparts. Together with the heads of the various shifter and vampire factions, Simon has little use for humans except as prey. A collection of businesses run by the Others, Lakeside is headed up by one Simon Wolfgard. After fleeing the only home she’s ever known, she finds herself answering a want ad for a human liaison within the notorious Lakeside Courtyard. Before long, Written in Red was giving me that vibe, and it was only a matter of time before I picked up a copy and settled in to see for myself. These murmurings ran along the lines of complicated social order, shapeshifters, exceedingly gradual relationship development, vampires, detailed world building, etc. But then this year I began hearing murmurings of a new urban fantasy series, and the possibilities started to take shape in my mind. The first book in the rather prolific Black Jewels series has resided on my shelf for a few years now, but for whatever reason I just haven’t found my way to picking it up, likely due to a nagging suspicion that that particular dark fantasy might, in fact, be a bit too dark for me. This is my first time reading one of yours. Guest Reviewer B+ Reviews Urban-Fantasy 25 Comments
JanuGUEST REVIEW: Written in Red by Anne Bishop
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