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Written in Red (The Others, #1)

Anne Bishop

Start date: May 1, 2013

Finish date: May 31, 2013

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Dec 11, 2013 Steph rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: author-웃, series-ongoing, series-i-love, series-book1, author-first-time-read, favorites-all-years, my-re-reads, year-read-2013, favorites-2013, sos-games-bsb-r8

Re-Read Review @ 2023
Ten years later and I still loved this adventure into this intriguing world. I'll probably re-read up until the story veers away from the Courtyard since those were my favorite.

First Read Review @ 2013
An original, fascinating world full of unique and somewhat frightening characters! Highly recommended for UF fans looking for something new with a bite. ...more

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Dec 06, 2013 Katyana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, vampires

Loved. Loved, loved, loved. Next one, now please!

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Dec 18, 2013 A book away from an episode of hoarders rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, pnr-uf-fantasy, first-in-series, ebook, read-more-than-twice, read-before-buying, audible-purchases, surprised-the-heck-out-of-me, read-in-2015, read-in-2019

This was glorious. Made of awesome. Can't wait to read the next :) This book is a drug. I just got a taste and now I need MORE. I feel like an addict.

I'd like to just do a fangirl squeal or something but that isn't fair to the author or to ya'll so, I'm gonna try for an actual review.

I loved this. LOVED. Loved everything about this. Loved the fact that the world was just slightly different from the one we actually live in. Loved that the Others were not sanitized supernatural creatures and they' ...more

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Jan 24, 2017 Michelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2017, anne-bishop

I was hesitant to start this book because so many people have raved about it and that usually means one of two things. 1, I will love it or 2, it won't hold my interest. I am ecstatic to say it falls into the first category.

There are so many things that I cold say about this book but I hate giving spoilers, so I will say this - the writing is outstanding and the world building is first class. The intricacies of the world and it's inhabitants are close enough to real life that you can follow it e ...more

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Oct 04, 2014 R. rated it liked it

Very slow-paced. The first 60-70% were telling and retelling the same vague history of Meg and describing in excruciating detail all the dreary details of her day to day life, from snacking to putting on her socks...

It was almost cringe inducing how some of the characters were one-dimensional, most of them were a haze anyway since they weren't described to begin with.

Relationships between Meg and everyone else are not believable. Everyone loves her for ridiculous reasons such as sorting their m ...more

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