Written in Red and the Murder of Crows

I recently finished one of my new favorite books. I got Written in Red by Anne Bishop at my local library. In February my library was doing an awesome display. They had wrapped books in brown paper with single lines on them. They were setting up "Blind Dates" with books. So I got this one. It took me a little bit to get into the book. I wasn't reading it fast enough, so I decided to return it and buy the book. I tried it again once I bought it and once I got about a quarter of the way through I was hooked. I sometimes have trouble getting into Fantasy books. I tend to have better luck with the Urban Fantasy, so I am always on the lookout for those.

I really liked how vivid and easy to remember her world building is. Bishop bases her world on an alternate version of ours, which for me made it easier to follow. I also really liked her characters. They are well developed and likable. Her main character, Meg, is spunky and intelligent. This makes her journey engrossing.

It is not very often that I finish a book and feel completely obsessed with it. Which is why once I was finished I downloaded the second one, which had just been released! I also put this book as my Secret Santa category in the 25 book challenge. 

The Murder of Crows is the second book in The Others series. Anne Bishop does a great job with this one too! It starts up shortly where we left off in the first book. We continue with her world building and get more character development. This book builds towards what was started in the first one. They almost felt the one book. How it progresses and carries on a lot of the issues and questions from the first book. You have to read these in order. Sometimes you can skip around in a series, and this is not one of them.

I fell even more in love with the characters and we got a lot more info on the secondary characters and they nicely fit into the ensemble she is creating. The third book, unfortunately , is not being released until next March. I don't know how I am going to wait a whole year for this! I am not sure how many books the author is planning on writing for this series, but I hope there are a few more books coming in the future. I put this book as my Fantasy book in my 25 book challenge.