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.